Topic: Starter headphone question?

[Nomad]

Im a new to taping and what a good starter pair of Phones I can monitor shows with and enjoy some light home listening with in the $50 to $100 range. I dont have golden ears.....yet so if I can find a good deal on some cheaper phones I would be happy with that. I know the sky is the limit on phones like everything else. Thanks

[Brian Skalinder]

IME, using headphones to monitor recordings in the field and listen at home are two radically different uses.  And honestly, unless you're making multi-source mixes (3-mic mix, 2-mics + SBD), there's really not much need to monitor in the field.

At any rate, in that price range a lot of people are happy with the Sony MDR-7506s.

[Joe w.]

brian makes some good points. you could pm gloco on this board, he is a self proclaimed headphone nut. For that price range you can find a nice set of AKG's, Grado's or if you are patient, you could find a pair of Senn HD580's. The akg and Senn's will enclose the ear, the grado will rest on the ear. The enclosure could make for better isolation.....but I have not used the grado's...nick g. could comment on this as he owns a pair.

[John R]

brian makes some good points. you could pm gloco on this board, he is a self proclaimed headphone nut. For that price range you can find a nice set of AKG's, Grado's or if you are patient, you could find a pair of Senn HD580's. The akg and Senn's will enclose the ear, the grado will rest on the ear. The enclosure could make for better isolation.....but I have not used the grado's...nick g. could comment on this as he owns a pair.

don't forget a good headphone amp.

http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=27

[pfife]

I have 7506's, and I love them.  THey do not provide near enough isolation to monitor at a show though.  But I agree with brian - there's not really much reason to if you aren't doing a matrix.

watch out for blowing your ears out trying to monitor at a show...