compact headphones

Mark A. Beal

Mark A. Beal

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I've got my 7506s for shooting, but they're mighty bulking in my laptop bag, so I'd like to find something compact for when I'm editing on the go (which is always). Is there anything that resembles an industry standard in that category?
 
Audio editing on any sort of headphones is not the best idea. I have a pretty old set of Shure in-ears that I use from time to time if I'm somewhere noisy and just need to roughly cut something together.
 
^agree. i've used inears for the last 4 or 5 years for playing drums on stage...seems a nice solution for on the go stuff as well. i have the Shure EC3's, and they sound bitchin'
 
For location work, I use the M-Audio IE-30 in-ears. For sound editing, I can't get very far before I have to sit in front of my monitors (Event TR-6s).
 
I should have clarified, this is not actually for audio editing but general video editing. The advice I've gotten in the past has been that pretty much anything will suffice at this stage, but all of the really compact/folding phones I've gotten in the past have fallen apart pretty quickly. And I've never been able to get used to ear buds.

I was thinking about possibly Grado SR 60 or SR 80s and was wondering -- do the ear pads rotate so the headphones can be stored more or less flat? I have been able to check them in person.
 
Mark A. Beal said:
I've got my 7506s for shooting, but they're mighty bulking in my laptop bag, so I'd like to find something compact for when I'm editing on the go (which is always). Is there anything that resembles an industry standard in that category?
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I always use the Sennheiser HD 25-1 for this.
 
JordanBlock said:
Audio editing on any sort of headphones is not the best idea.
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I'm sorry, but this just isn't true. Dialog editors almost exclusively cut on headphones because you can hear things in much more detail. At the facility I work at, all of the dialog and Foley editors use headphones while the sound effects editors and sound designers use speakers.
 
Brad S. said:
I'm sorry, but this just isn't true. Dialog editors almost exclusively cut on headphones because you can hear things in much more detail. At the facility I work at, all of the dialog and Foley editors use headphones while the sound effects editors and sound designers use speakers.
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Yes, I agree - editing on headphones is actually better than editing on loudspeakers.

However - mixing on headphones is another matter as a mix should really also be checked on good monitors.

I always edit on headphones - but if mixing will always check a mix on loudspeaker monitors.
 
I love the audio technica anc7b, they are small, come with a case and have a legit noise canceling function which is good on the loud shoots or plane ride.

bout 150
I'm on my second pair only bc i lost the first set at a party, along with my racing gloves, why i had these things out at a party is beyond me.....
 
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