Topic: Recommended headphones for best bass response?

[yates7592]

I use a pair of cheap headphones for EQing my live recordings and, of course, the bass i hear on the headphones is nothing like the bass i hear when i burn the CDR and play back on my hi-fi.
I realise that this is the case to some extent with most (all?) headphones, but can anybody out there give me the benefit of their experience with headphones with excellent bass response? I tend to have to roll off the bass on my recordings, but I do like a good bass presence to remain, so I'd like to use headphones to give me a good idea of when i'm going too far on the roll-off.  Budget not a big issue, within reason. Thanks in advance.
Paul

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Are you using open backed headphones now?

The only open backed headphones I'd come close to recomending are the Sennheiser line of HD650 or the HD800 (maybe...). For close backs, I think the quanitity aproaches a reasonable amount in comparison to standard speakers, but it's through resonances and not necessarily raw energy. Denon D7000 comes to mind (and to an extent, the D5000 which has more of a subwoofer effect) as does the Ultrasone Edition series. At the cheap end of the spectrum, the ATH-M50s might fit the bill, or at least get you close enough that you know what the differences are between the headphones and your speakers.

[George]

Check out the Sony MDR-V6 or 7506. 

[rjp]

If bass is what you want, try out the 80-ohm Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro cans. Not only do they have enough bass to do justice to pipe organ, but they also have beautiful detail to go with it.

[Belexes]

If bass is what you want, try out the 80-ohm Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro cans. Not only do they have enough bass to do justice to pipe organ, but they also have beautiful detail to go with it.

These are what I have and am a bass freak. Love them and did try the Senns, but the Beyerdynamics won out.

[Charlie Miller]

If bass is what you want, try out the 80-ohm Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro cans. Not only do they have enough bass to do justice to pipe organ, but they also have beautiful detail to go with it.

I have the 250ohm DT770's and think that they sound much better, but do need more power. I think the 80ohm version has a mid range boost that doesn't work for me, well, it doesn't work for the EQ'ing of my hearing loss

[yates7592]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

The Beyerdynamics seem just what i'm looking for. So if I am primarily listening back over my standard pc soundcard, would i better with the 80 ohm low impedance version rather than 250 ohm? I would also occasionally use them with my hi-fi.

[George]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

The Beyerdynamics seem just what i'm looking for. So if I am primarily listening back over my standard pc soundcard, would i better with the 80 ohm low impedance version rather than 250 ohm? I would also occasionally use them with my hi-fi.

Yeah, the 250 ohm ones need a headphone amp to sound their best.   Check headphone.com for other closed models too.