Advice on headphones for monitoring. Brands and Suggestions.

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seanwin

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Hi All,

We shoot a lot of weddings. We use 5dmk3 with the Tascam DR-60D. I find that when we are filming dancing, in particular Macedonian weddings, the music is quite loud. And is sometimes very difficult to hear whats coming through on our headphones.

I always get scared that the audio is coming through the channels distorted etc. I wanted to find out what you use that has good noise cancelling in this situation. Any help would be great thanks all.

Sean.
 
Sony 7506 or MDR-V6
Sennheiser HD25-II

The sony V300 aren't bad either as a general purpose light weight set, they are low cost and should be good enough for most your needs.
 
The Remote Audio HN-7506 might work for you. These are Sony MDR-7506 internals in David Clarke aviation cups with liquid filled ear seals.

If you need more that this, you're probably looking at custom molded in-ear monitors, like used by rock band members and their sound crews. Google for it and you'll turn a bunch of companies making them. Pricey, but can't make a better seal to keep out noise, and you can always wear a pair of David Clarkes over your in-ears to max out your isolation.

That's about where it ends though. If your body is out in a really loud sound field, you're going to hear some of it through mechanisms like bone conduction. The only way around this, is to extract yourself from the sound field.
 
Sennheiser HD 25-1 II or the new HD 26 Pro :thumbsup:

(I have used the original HD 25-1 for about 23/24 years now, and it's still going strong)
 
Good advice. Consider also that using custom-fitted (or even stock) earbuds (or In-Ear Monitors) and then covered by industrial hearing protectors is another possibility.

DO NOT consider using active "noise-cancelling" headphones like those things you see advertised on TV and in airline magazines. They will give you a FALSE sense of security because you will NOT be hearing what you are actually recording.
 
Richard Crowley said:
Good advice. Consider also that using custom-fitted (or even stock) earbuds (or In-Ear Monitors) and then covered by industrial hearing protectors is another possibility.
DO NOT consider using active "noise-cancelling" headphones like those things you see advertised on TV and in airline magazines. They will give you a FALSE sense of security because you will NOT be hearing what you are actually recording.
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1) I'd say that comfort would be compromised by doing this. But on the cheap, it's a simple solution.
2) Why a "FALSE" sens of security? I'm curious.
 
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