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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2013, 07:11:05 PM »
I picked up a set of the ATH M50's for $99.  At that price they are hard to beat.  One thing I have noticed is that if using them exclusively to master a recording it usually sounds very "bassy" when played on the full size stereo system.

Is that because you are adding bass because they sound bass shy?
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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2013, 03:00:26 AM »
audeze lcd2- would love to have these but pricey

how about the hifiman he500?  still expensive for me

i wasn't sure if the ortho's were good as monitors compared to standards like the sennheiser.

sennheiser hd600 vs hd650 . which one is more accurate?




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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2013, 03:57:51 AM »
I can't comment on all the suggestions so far because I've never used them, but I can highly recommend Sony MDR-7520. These are excellent headphones for monitoring, they pick out the flaws in most recordings, and bass response is really good, not overblown or light, just accurate.
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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2013, 06:30:33 AM »
I picked up a set of the ATH M50's for $99.  At that price they are hard to beat.  One thing I have noticed is that if using them exclusively to master a recording it usually sounds very "bassy" when played on the full size stereo system.

My experience has been the same with 7506s. Once you learn to hear the expected bass differences compared to monitors, it's easy to compensate using the cans.
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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2013, 07:15:35 AM »
I picked up a set of the ATH M50's for $99.  At that price they are hard to beat.  One thing I have noticed is that if using them exclusively to master a recording it usually sounds very "bassy" when played on the full size stereo system.

Is that because you are adding bass because they sound bass shy?

The opposite.  I always seem to need to reduce bass in post. 
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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2013, 09:15:53 AM »
I picked up a set of the ATH M50's for $99.  At that price they are hard to beat.  One thing I have noticed is that if using them exclusively to master a recording it usually sounds very "bassy" when played on the full size stereo system.

Is that because you are adding bass because they sound bass shy?

I'm amazed you thought the 280s were "bass shy".  What were you amping them with? 

Compared to the ATH-M50 I think there is no contest... I find the 280s are a choice of lots of engineers for live monitoring because they reject a good bit of outside noise, but I thought they were really boomy and inaccurate at the low end, with too much LF emphasis.... The M50 in general seems more neutral in tone to me.

I like my Denon 7000s a lot for listening but as page said, you have to be mindful when mixing on them. 
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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2013, 01:10:41 PM »
audeze lcd2- would love to have these but pricey

how about the hifiman he500?  still expensive for me

i wasn't sure if the ortho's were good as monitors compared to standards like the sennheiser.

sennheiser hd600 vs hd650 . which one is more accurate?

I'd trust my work on the hd600s first before the 650s which seem to have an odd bump in the upper bass region. I at least knew what I was missing with the hd600s and could compensate, but the 650s threw me for a loop when I tried them at a meet once.

the hifiman series are excellent for detail (as all orthos seem to be due to their response), but they are much brighter.
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Re: Most accurate headphone for monitoring?
« Reply #22 on: January 31, 2013, 03:23:31 PM »
I choose the HD650 after listening to as many different phones as I could at a meet and finding it most balanced.  HD600 was on my audition list but unfortunately wasn't available.  I'd like to hear the difference in the two and have wondered if I'd prefer the 600s but was unwilling to buy a pair without getting a chance to try them.
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