Bose QuietComfort Headphones for Monitoring?

DammitJanet

DammitJanet

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My partner just ordered a pair of Bose noise-cancelling headphones. I was already eyeing a pair of Sony MDR-V6's, but if these are just as good for monitoring the signal going into the camera (from an AT-4073a), then I guess we're set. Anyway, I've never used the Bose stuff, but I've used MDR-7506's so I was curious as to whether there would be any advantages or disadvantages to the Bose set.

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the bose set will not be very accurate due to the noise cancelling technology. They are made to sound good, not be accurate. You need 7506s

if you want luxury get beyerdynamic dt770s.
 
Initially I would agree with Sane, but on reflection I'm thinking - sure, the design of the audio quality will not make for a truthful representation of the sound, the lows will be boosted as with most consumer hifi gear etc

BUT

the noise cancelling feature won't necessarily a bad thing. Instinctively i thought "noise cancelling, but if there is noise, i would want to hear it!". But the noise that is cancelled is picked up from the external part of the ear peice, effectively meaning that the headphones are more 'closed back'.

potentially quite a nice feature they could incorporate in pro gear?
 
Bad for a number of reasons. They alter the sound going to your ears, they use batteries, and they may or may not have accurate sound.

Most noise cancellation systems work via some method of phase cancellation. This means the headphones are going to be feeding you sound from the surrounding area phase inverted to cancel it out. What happens when the sound from your environment (which you don't really want leaking into your phones) is also the sound you are recording with your mic (which you want to monitor). Stick with the 7506's!
 
Bad for a number of reasons. They alter the sound going to your ears, they use batteries, and they may or may not have accurate sound.

Most noise cancellation systems work via some method of phase cancellation. For those not familiar with the phenomenon, if you take a signal and invert its phase and play them together at the same loudness the result is.. silence, because the waves cancel each other out. This means the headphones are going to be feeding you sound from the surrounding area phase inverted to cancel it out. What happens when the sound from your environment (which you don't really want leaking into your phones) is also the sound you are recording with your mic (which you want to monitor). Stick with the 7506's!
 
the better solution are sennheiser hd -25
much acurate sound then the sony , much better outside sound blocking
twice the money :-(
 
What Tigeba said

What Tigeba said

:evil:


(Get some sound blankets, the reverb in here is horrible)
 
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