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Originally posted by Tarpex Sennheiser 250-II. Flat as a football pitch, open design, can use them for hours with no prob... Probably the AKG's are one ladder step higher, but if $$ is an issue, these will do great!

The AKGs are definately not THAT expenisve... i picked mine up for $140CAD

I agree on the AKG k240s.
They have a flat and detailed sound. They're VERY comfortable, perfect for long sessions. I can achieve a very nice sounding mixdown without even using my monitors. Although this has much to do with that I know these headphones very well.

I wouldn't recommend the AKG k271s, even though they're a more "advanced" model, the fact that they're closed back make them less suitable for monitoring.

Get monitors for mixing...headphones are pretty useless for doing bass properly...I would only use headphones initially, but would never use them towards the end of the song, when I'm trying to mix it properly.

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i did a lot of research and ended up buying the AKG 171's after demoing a bunch at a local hardware shop. All of the AKG models sounded really good but the 171 took to me the most.

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Originally posted by RickyM Get monitors for mixing...headphones are pretty useless for doing bass properly...I would only use headphones initially, but would never use them towards the end of the song, when I'm trying to mix it properly.

+1

Headphones are handy to be able to *really* tell if your sounds are clean though. I have a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770 headphones which work flawlessly

AKG240 is the way to go if you're serious about music production.

Im in love with my new AKG K701

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Originally posted by Shade +1 Headphones are handy to be able to *really* tell if your sounds are clean though. I have a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770 headphones which work flawlessly

Yeah I notice that something that I make that I like the sound of on my mackies, usually sounds really great on my Headphones (crappy technics DJ headphones)...it never works like that the other way round though

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I have to second that. If I get the mix sounding good in my monitors it'll sound good in my headphones, but not generally the other way around. I like headphones for composing and putting the original sounds together, but then it's always an eye opener when I throw the mix out to the monitors. I don't generally do much eqing before the mix hits the monitors, invariably there'll be a sound which comes through fine in the headphones which doesn't really cut through at all in the room. That's just my personal experience though.

I've found headphones good for frequency range placement and detail in the low end. Perhaps that's a result of poor room acoustics. They'll skew your perception of stereo placement however. Doing some EQ adjustments in mono with headphones has aided my productions.

wewt, thanks for the feedback

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