arachnaut


I've had these Stax Lambda Pros for about 30 years. I wouldn't trade them for anything.

Wow!!!

New SR-507s on eBay for ~$1150.

I have K240s (x2) and one K270 headphones. The K270s no longer output the right side. Gonna get that set repaired one day soon.

The K240s feel like an old pair of jeans.
Comfortable... 
I can wear them for hours.

I'm diggin' my Beyerdynamic Dt770 pros. I picked up a Focusrite VRM box awhile back. I'm pretty happy with the combo. I have an old pair of ATH-M40's but I think I'll pick up a pair of M50's.

Rocky

bluzdog


I'm diggin' my Beyerdynamic Dt770 pros. I picked up a Focusrite VRM box awhile back. I'm pretty happy with the combo. I have an old pair of ATH-M40's but I think I'll pick up a pair of M50's.

Rocky

I have the 770's also and think they are terrific. Wouldn't mind trying the 880's now :)

bitflipper


http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/beats-pro-high-performance/4852-7877_7-34210289.html

The first 5 reviews listed:

"Extremely overpriced, overglorified and overhyped"
"Truly disappointed"
"Way overpriced"
"meh, you really can do better"
"above average considering its cost"

No guarantee that these reviewers meet Jonbouy's standards, either, of course. They could all be making stuff up.

 
Oooh a sweaty, Mr Bitflippant!!!...
 
If you actually read what my standards were they had to do with not taking my advice on particular products, nor anyone elses but to research what you are after (flat response, normally for mixing), try several before buying, and then learn the ones you chose well once you get them home.
 
I reckon that about sums it up.  Your own typically inverted snob's approach at the outset of the thread took pride in the fact you knew all about the Beats gear without needing to consider anything else.  You already knew what they were like without a trial remember.
 
Glad to see you at least bothered to do a bit of research since.  Keep at it and you might learn a little something beyond your own opinion, perish the thought that there might be something out there other than that... 
  
I've been using 'studio staples' since I was 17 for both tracking and monitoring, long enough to know there isn't such a thing.  Sometimes studios have staples that they can bear to keep replacing when people keep sitting on them...
 
All I know is that pretty much every engineer I've ever worked with (and I'm talking about the times when labels would actually pay people to make recordings) has sworn by his own particular and sometimes peculiar seeming choice.  Now everyone's an expert, and two or three choices fit every head...lol.
 
I'm convinced yours would be far too wide to fit my 'ickle pin-head for starters.

 

The ratio of mud slinging to useful information is still pretty good here. Is there something in the rules about minimum mud slinging that I missed? There seems to be a good deal of it in almost every thread here.

Rocky

Sony MDR 7509 !....http://www.amazon.com/Son...eadphone/dp/B000HHYZV6

I'll take a look at the 7509s too.

I have a pair of ATH-M50's. When ordering you have to be aware that they come in straight and coiled cabled versions, so you have to think about which version is going to suit your recording/mixing setup. I chose the coiled ones because I never need to put any distance between me and my DAW. 

They are excellent cans for mixing. The bass response is excellent and they expose lower frequency mud very quickly. That said, for tracking and general purpose listening, I prefer the sound of my Grado SR80i's. They have such a clear, open sound. Music is a pleasure to listen to on them. However, if I try to mix with them I always end up exaggerating the lows. Which is why I switch to the ATH-M50's for that. I don't think you can get better mixing cans for the money. 

I'm one of those people who does all of their mixing on cans, with some occasional checking on a pair of crappy Bose computer speakers. My building is not well insulated sound wise and I'd be evicted pretty damn quickly if I set up a pair of monitors and started auditioning synth presets on them. Besides, I am not able to acoustically treat my space and so if I spend a bunch of money on some expensive monitors they'd just be wasted. 

I also use a VRM Box for mixing - I don't think the speaker simulations are particularly realistic (you're not going to forget you have cans on) but they are very useful for running your mix through a bunch of different perspectives to check for problems. I think people buy the VRM Box thinking it's going to be something it's not, and then they're disappointed. It's not meant as a substitute for real monitors, it's just there to give you some alternative frequency curves in order to get your mix sounding acceptable on as many speakers as possible. I just wish they had a car simulation. 

Jonbouy

robert_e_bone

Jonbouy

robert_e_bone


They are made cheaply, and the bass is artificially hyped.

Bob Bone

See what I mean...

Hey - I made my comment based on personal experience.  I bought them for my son, and he had to get them repaired twice in the first 6 months.  They ARE cheaply made.  Save your condescending attitude for someone else - I stand by my comment.


Bob Bone

 
You bought your son the whole range?
 
There's quite a few in a wide selection.  Most people here are at least being specific about particular models.
 
I wouldn't dismiss a whole range of any brand being cheaply made and biased in the lows based on experience of one model.
 
btw you have no inkling of my 'attitude' on anything you are merely drawing your own inferences based on the words presented.

This is a stupid dialog - I was just trying to provide my opinion - that's all - and that's all it should have been taken for.  All you have done is snipe at folks in here.  Obviously it was for the one model I bought.  Duh.  And yes, my opinion is that you have been condescending in this thread.  So, I gave my 2 cents - if that helps someone, cool - if not, cool too - everyone can make up their own mind.


So, f**k o*f, a**h**e.


Bob Bone

ATH-M50 The white ones look pretty cool. Have you looked at the Sure SRH-840? There was a review I read that mentions them.

robert_e_bone

Jonbouy

robert_e_bone

Jonbouy

robert_e_bone


They are made cheaply, and the bass is artificially hyped.

Bob Bone

See what I mean...

Hey - I made my comment based on personal experience.  I bought them for my son, and he had to get them repaired twice in the first 6 months.  They ARE cheaply made.  Save your condescending attitude for someone else - I stand by my comment.


Bob Bone

 
You bought your son the whole range?

There's quite a few in a wide selection.  Most people here are at least being specific about particular models.

I wouldn't dismiss a whole range of any brand being cheaply made and biased in the lows based on experience of one model.

btw you have no inkling of my 'attitude' on anything you are merely drawing your own inferences based on the words presented.

This is a stupid dialog - I was just trying to provide my opinion - that's all - and that's all it should have been taken for.  All you have done is snipe at folks in here.  Obviously it was for the one model I bought.  Duh.  And yes, my opinion is that you have been condescending in this thread.  So, I gave my 2 cents - if that helps someone, cool - if not, cool too - everyone can make up their own mind.


So, f**k o*f, a**h**e.


Bob Bone

Good stuff, you'll see if you read that I've been sniping at nobody in particular but advocating those exact words that you've just used.
 
Thanks for what I'm assuming is a Scandinavian Christmas wish at the bottom there too.

robert_e_bone


@jonbouy - and a happy Aboriginal new year.  You were correct and I was crabby - my apologies - I have a bad back and shouldn't have even been typing, compounded by skip-reading.

Bottom line is that headphones are really best researched and tested by each of us.  Based on my personal experiences with one model of that particular product line, I would not choose to purchase another, but that does not mean other products in that line are automatically bad.

Bob Bone

It's all good, I know I've got a 'club mouth' when it comes to expressing an idea I have strong feelings about and it doesn't always come across too well.
 
So have a real Olde English Merrie Christmas from me...

I prefer not to mix only on headphones. If forced I think I would actually use my Philips SBC HP890 over my AKG240, not by much but still. Don't know what Philips did there but that is a killer headphone for cheap. They're a little bit bass heavy, but as I know it I could probably compensate for that. I have a couple of mid range Sennheisers and Koss as well and they're good but not for my mixing preferences.  

shawn@trustmedia.tv


 
These little guys were $14.00 at Walmart & I'M NOT JOKING: I've had a few $100-$200 pairs of headphones and these little guys are my favorite headphones. They are very durrable and take a beating going in and out of my back pack & I really love the sound of these cans, it's well balanced.


Belive it or NOT! - Shawn

I believe it.
 
There was a line of Panasonic ones I used to use for several years at £7.99 a pop.  If they were still available I'd  have some among my collection.  They didn't last long before they fell apart but they worked a treat for me.
 
I never used to mix back then though, because it wasn't my job to, but they were my studio 'staples' nonetheless whilst tracking and monitoring the other guys in the booth.