Victory Road
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Gosford, Australia
Flat_Mango wrote:

All the Audio engineers at my Uni, including the teachers enjoy the DT770 for closed-backed headphones.

If your mastering though as opposed to tracking, Go for open cans. Sennhiesers have got some great open-backed headphones.

Agreed! HD650's are absolutely unreal. Even the lower-end open-backs that they make are really great. People complain about sennie's lacking bass but they're definitely the most well-balanced headphones for casual mixing and listening. AKGs and ATs sound shit-hot but I feel like they paint a deceptively warm picture of bland sources. Just my opinion, though.

I got told by the teachers and audio engies that it is not worth spending more than $300 on headphones.

I dunno about this, though. Sounds like something someone who's never spent more than $300 on headphones would say.
I got Alessandro MS-Pro's 18 months ago and they're just amazing, they bring the best (and worst!) of any source material and have a really fierce and dynamic low-mid sound. Almost the same kind of god-tier beautiful as Grado RS-1's imo, even without a headphone amp.

Hah, I guess I'm a Grado & Sennheiser fan too.

Last edited by Victory Road (Jul 19, 2012 1:14 pm)

minusbaby
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The Bronx

I've been using Sennheiser HD 25-1 II for the past 5 years; anything I've written since 2007 were done on them. I love them.

I'm going to get a pair of Amperiors when these die.

roboctopus
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Madison, Alabama

I wasn't even in the market for new headphones but all this geeking-out has made me want a new pair of cans.

Telerophon
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Austin, Texas

Me too, dude.

Especially some that won't wake up my roommate. sad

Russellian
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Harrisonburg, Virginia

Darn you non-glasses wearers... I can't use actual headphones since they all cause headaches with glasses frames being mashed into the side of my head. Skullcandy, wooooooo! :')

roboctopus
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Madison, Alabama
Russellian wrote:

Darn you non-glasses wearers... I can't use actual headphones since they all cause headaches with glasses frames being mashed into the side of my head. Skullcandy, wooooooo! :')

I wear glasses and don't have a problem.  Maybe you need poofier pads.

SketchMan3
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NC in the US of America
roboctopus wrote:
Russellian wrote:

Darn you non-glasses wearers... I can't use actual headphones since they all cause headaches with glasses frames being mashed into the side of my head. Skullcandy, wooooooo! :')

I wear glasses and don't have a problem.  Maybe you need poofier pads.

Russellian
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Harrisonburg, Virginia

True... Or maybe less tight headphone...top band thingies? My Sennheiser HD 280 pros are really poofy, but the band on the top is really tense, so I get a headache wearing it within half an hour. My gaming headset has less poof and much less tension. Any suggestion for poofy and/or less tight headphones?