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Headphones
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:39 am
by Gillihan
Anyone have any experience with Berringer studio headphones ? I use lots of their stuff and some of it is pretty impressive for knock off. especially the U-phoria UNC404HD interface for recording. It has midas preamps and wow!! Very cool for really low price. Checking around before I buy a bunch of pairs of headphones for my studio. they go for $25 bucks. 4 for $100 is way better than 4 for $1,000 lol but if they are not good enough quality to ref sound than What's the point? here's the ones..
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Behringer BH 470 Studio Monitoring Headphones
Re: Headphones
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:22 pm
by AlanHall
I'm posting so I can see where this goes
When I use headphones, I check my mixes in a pair of Audio Technica cans. Not super expensive, $70 or $80 if I recall. I'm tempted to pick up a pair of the headphones that screeners use; the exact model has been discussed on Taxi TV and elsewhere, the price was about $40, I think?
Alan
Re: Headphones
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:31 pm
by gitanosoy
AlanHall wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:22 pm
I'm posting so I can see where this goes
When I use headphones, I check my mixes in a pair of Audio Technica cans. Not super expensive, $70 or $80 if I recall. I'm tempted to pick up a pair of the headphones that screeners use; the exact model has been discussed on Taxi TV and elsewhere, the price was about $40, I think?
Alan
Yes before the the world shut down I bought a pair of the the Audiotechnica ATM-m25 that the screeners used when they were screening from the office but I think it all changed when they started screening from home but these are closed back anyway good for tracking and not for listening to a final mix/master.
Re: Headphones
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:42 pm
by Gillihan
AlanHall wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:22 pm
I'm posting so I can see where this goes
When I use headphones, I check my mixes in a pair of Audio Technica cans. Not super expensive, $70 or $80 if I recall. I'm tempted to pick up a pair of the headphones that screeners use; the exact model has been discussed on Taxi TV and elsewhere, the price was about $40, I think?
Alan
I have really great Kali Monitors for mixing. I also have various other places to check mixes(the car ,the home stereo etc.) I just need some decent Headphones mainly for tracking vocals and acoustic instruments . I actually have some of those audio technica ones. (I stepped on them) DOH!! LOl thats basically the demise of all of my headphones sooner or later. Thats why I don't wanna spend a heap on any hahaha
Re: Headphones
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:24 am
by hummingbird
I mix exclusively in headphones, I have for years, I have no choice. I have a Beringer U-Phoria interface, my headphones are Audio Technica ATH-M50X. We researched both items a great deal before purchase. The headphones have served me well. However, they are more pricey than your stated budget.
HTH
Re: Headphones
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:51 am
by eandersonmusic
A lot of headphones these days come with a replaceable cable that you insert or plug into the actual headphone, so if you step on the cable and it ruins the headphones, this may be a good option for you. I had a pair that got caught on something and ruined the cable, not a big deal, just replaced the cable and saved the headphones.
Re: Headphones
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:07 pm
by Gillihan
eandersonmusic wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:51 am
A lot of headphones these days come with a replaceable cable that you insert or plug into the actual headphone, so if you step on the cable and it ruins the headphones, this may be a good option for you. I had a pair that got caught on something and ruined the cable, not a big deal, just replaced the cable and saved the headphones.
They do, I went ahead and ordered them. They should be here any day now. I will fill y'all in on how good they work.
Re: Headphones
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:44 am
by AlanHall
Gillihan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:07 pm
eandersonmusic wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:51 am
A lot of headphones these days come with a replaceable cable that you insert or plug into the actual headphone, so if you step on the cable and it ruins the headphones, this may be a good option for you. I had a pair that got caught on something and ruined the cable, not a big deal, just replaced the cable and saved the headphones.
They do, I went ahead and ordered them. They should be here any day now. I will fill y'all in on how good they work.
Which model, please?
Re: Headphones
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:41 am
by cosmicdolphin
IMHO $25 Behringer headphones are likely fine for tracking but for mixing I would always reccommend buying the best studio headphones you can. I just checked back to the orignal review of the Sennheisers I got for my own studio and it turns out I've had them over 20 years and they have outlasted pretty much everything else in my studio - Monitors - Controller Keyboards - Computers - Any piece of softwre I owned then. My point is that if you plan to do any serious work on them it's worth investing in good ones.
I remembered seeing a good round up review in Sound on Sound, turns out it was 13 years ago but quite a few of the headphones tested are still in production and a couple of them are significantly cheaper than they were then. These are all from good quality manufacturers and likely to give good service over a long period with replacable parts being available on the better models. Some of them are very reasonably priced.
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/st ... adphones-0
Re: Headphones
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:54 am
by Gillihan
AlanHall wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:44 am
Gillihan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:07 pm
eandersonmusic wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:51 am
A lot of headphones these days come with a replaceable cable that you insert or plug into the actual headphone, so if you step on the cable and it ruins the headphones, this may be a good option for you. I had a pair that got caught on something and ruined the cable, not a big deal, just replaced the cable and saved the headphones.
They do, I went ahead and ordered them. They should be here any day now. I will fill y'all in on how good they work.
Which model, please?
Here ya go Alan,
Behringer BH 470 Studio Monitoring Headphones