Headphones advice for blocking sound (field use)?

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firehawk

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I've read quite a few posts over time but as time goes on now I wanted to get recent input for some headphones for field use, please.
I'd like some that will do a good job blocking out sound so I can ideally only hear what is coming through the mic.

I've been using Sennheiser HD 280 Pro and they are the best headphones I have owned but the last couple outdoot shoots with wind and other noise I was having a hard time discerning what was actually being recorded from the mic and what I was hearing.

When I checked it turns out that most of the noise I was hearing was getting through the headphone isolation and not really being recorded but it is hard to tell when rolling.
Hope that makes sense as I'm very tired. Thank you much
 
This all depends on your physical head. I personally love the HD280 headphones, but I have small ears. If I had larger ears and the ear pads rested on them I wouldn't like them because they would hurt. Many people like the HD25 headphones, but I've had problems with them because they sit on the ear and hurt me. The Remote Audio high noise headphones are good for cutting out external noise and I've seen those used, and you can get a version that has a boom mic on them if you need to do talkback to your boom op. The Sony MDR7506 headphones are extremely popular because they sound accurate and are very rugged. When I've used those I've put the Garfield covers on the ear pads. I sweat a lot with headphones on (I've ruined many a pair of studio headphones back in my session drumming days), and those Garfield covers help a lot. Ultrasone makes some really nice headphones that have felt ear pads and they sound exquisite, but they are more expensive. I remember when they came out and I was quite impressed with them. Beyer Dynamic makes a slew of headphones that are all very nice and many production mixers swear by them.

For me, it comes down to accuracy and comfort. If you are working a 12-15 hour day, you are going to have headphones on for a large part of that day, and you don't want your ears to be fatigued and your head to hurt at the end of the day. As you can see, just one person has given you several options, as it's a pretty personal thing, so the best bet is to try different ones out and you'll eventually find a pair that work best for you. I know it's not a definitive answer, but that's how it goes when it comes to headphones.

It seems that headphones and studio monitors get the same type of responses. :)
 
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