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Any good recommendations on headphones for studio use? (pg. 4)
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| Stephen Olejnik |
Just last night I received my pair of AKG k702 headphones in the mail. I am absolutely no expert in sound so I searched around the net for reviews etc and this one came up pretty good. Also went to my local music store and listened to a pair of AKGs (k6 somethings I think) and they sounded pretty good so I got the k702s.
The first thing about the k702 is the sound volume. I use a M-AUDIO FastTrack as an external sound card and even at full volume the headphones are pretty quiet. This is okay most of the time (and probably beneficial for both good mixing and the health of my ears), however it makes it difficult to see how the mix fares at higher volumes, so I may get a little headphone amp for them (suggestions for this would be welcome).
The next thing that struck me is how different they sound to other headphones. I have used a pair of Sennheiser HD555s for a long time (relatively high-end consumer headphones - not studio reference) and the difference between the two is amazing. The AKGs sound so much smoother and flatter (which I suppose makes sense since they are marketed as having a "flat frequency response"), whereas the HD 555 sound a lot more harsh and full-on - more bass and more sibilance, even at the same volume levels.
Even though the sound does not feel lively or enhanced, it is very clear. The different frequencies seem to separate very well, making it very easy to distinguish between the leads, pads, bass, drums etc in a track, whereas the with the HD 555s the sound feels very squashed together, making it difficult to distinguish the various elements.
I knocked together a few quick loops with drums, bass, leads and pads using the AKGs and then listened to them at higher volume on the HD 555s and they sounded really good. My mixes usually sound very muddy when I play them on different systems, but the mix I did with the AKGs came out sounding great on my other headphones, my home stereo, and my car stereo.
As I said I am no expert so I could be completely misguided with everything I'm saying but even with just a few hours experience with them, I would definately recommend these bad boys.
As a last note I am interested to know what this means:
| quote: | | Should I 'burn' them in like you have to with the 701s? |
What does the statement mean? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Some headphones may require lots of play time to perform at their best. "Burning in" refers to leaving music playing through the headphones for many hours so that they can be broken in and play at their best. Here is a longer explanation:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/he...burn-faq-56744/
And I agree, AKG headphones sound so "smooth" and yet also separate the sounds very well. I love mine for both production and regular listening. :-) |
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| floyd741 |
ing hell yea, burn in all dynamic headphones. Burn in basically is the process of letting the headphones play for anywhere from 100-300 hours from what I've read. Maybe I'm just insane but I noticed a big difference in my 7506's after letting them burn in for about 4 or 5 days. There is no actual proof for this but hell, it certainly won't hurt anything.
I've read some people use pure waves (sine for example) and others just use bass heavy music. I just used a playlist of a bunch of songs I really like, all trance. Also they were all at least 256kbps mp3, not sure if sound quality makes a difference but again, it certainly won't hurt anything. |
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| Fledz |
| Yea burn them in. Best way to do it is just to use them for regular music listening, watching tv shows etc. My 240s took well over 10 or so hours to soften up completely. |
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| Kysora |
I've heard white noise is used a lot for breaking in headphones, mostly because that breaking in focuses on the upper register instead of the bass response, as I understand it
Though I never really bothered to break my K701's in, I listen to music constantly and I couldn't wait a week to use them after getting them anyway. I figure with all the listening I do they're bound to be as broken in as they can be at this point. |
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| Ravist |
| again...has anyone used headphones from ultrasone? im thinking of just taking a big risk and just getting a pair |
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| johncannons1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sonic_c
Lol dont worry about your spelling look at mine!
+1 though mint headphones |
they aRE GREAT.
ive only just started to use em for production.
i have monitors but i been using headphones a little bit.
i used em for djing.
and my beatmatching went up 20% HAHA
when theres not much outside noise i found any headphones could do but in a club it made it SO much easier..
i was using skullcandy before that HAHA pieces of SH** :p |
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| Waza |
ok got my new headphones today.
Sony MDR7509hd
I'm liking the sound of them very clear and crystal.
just a question how loud should you have them to burn them in when listening.
Cheers |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Waza
ok got my new headphones today.
Sony MDR7509hd
I'm liking the sound of them very clear and crystal.
just a question how loud should you have them to burn them in when listening.
Cheers |
Congrats man, I know you're going to love them. Good choice.
I've never heard any as clear as them but do beware, as I said before it can be a little misleading becuase you hear details that don't represent on not so great monitors.
Personally, I wouldn't burn them in. Just use them as you would, the difference is not huge and by them time you really know them they'll be as burnt in as you ever need. |
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| winston |
| reason is rubbish. get yourself a copy of komplete6 and get very creative, there is no reason why you should not invest money on something you value, unless you want to sound like . |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by winston
reason is rubbish. get yourself a copy of komplete6 and get very creative, there is no reason why you should not invest money on something you value, unless you want to sound like . |
Go be an idiot in the c0r. We already have more than enough in this forum. |
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| winston |
you could use ANY freeware on the web; it's not the means but the end result. (imo)
oh, and if you need good headphones get yourself a pair of seinheser[s]. |
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