headphones : recommendation ?

People on set (Sound tech) tend to ask me what I am wearing all the time... :Drogar-Dum(DBG):

I use my good old Sennheiser HD600, just because I can hear through their open shell, because they are very comfortable and they sound just right to me !
But only inside the studio where the shooting takes place. If outside I switch to my BeyerDynamics DT770 (8O ohms)

My 2 cents
 
twocik23 said:
I own a pair of Technics RP-DH1200 Pro DJ Headphones, not really sure if these can be used, but sound pretty good.

http://unitedstate.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/technics-rp-dh1200-pro-dj-headphones/



I also own a pair of Bose in ear headphones, and love them.

http://www.boseathorsham.co.uk/moredetails.aspx?productid=5





Has anyone tried these ? They're very comfortable and light weight.


http://www.boseathorsham.co.uk/moredetails.aspx?productid=8
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In monitors you are not looking for "sound pretty good," you're looking for accurate, consistent, isolating from the environment, and unforgiving of flaws. Headphones (and speakers) intended to appeal to the audio consumer are designed to hide flaws and make things sound pleasing, to make silk purses out of acoustic sow's ears. That's great if you're listening for pleasure but recording monitors are for work, not for fun, and if the production sound has timbre issues due to mic placement problems or is contaminated by the neighbor's dog barking in the distance and buzzes coming from the lights, they need to let you hear it in all its crappy glory so you can fix it. For example, the ad you link to for the Bose Around-Ear Headphones brags about its "acoustic equalization" feature to make mp3's sound fuller and richer - that's absolutely the LAST thing you want in recording monitors where if your recording isn't capturing the full sound spectrum properly, you need to know about it
 
$50 will get you a pair of Grado

$50 will get you a pair of Grado

I have there model 80 $100- and I think its comparable to a $300 pair of Sennheisers (which a friend has). I have not heard the $50 pair but Grado doesnt make crap. Downside is you cant fold them- from what I can tell.

Grado are clear, dynamic and realistic- for the money they are a steal. You will hear more detail than you will ever get from the Sonys for $100- I've heard them and the sound to me was muffled.
 
What are some specs that you would look into buying a pair of monitor headphones (what really makes them better )?



I have noticed that the two pairs of headphones (in ear & my DJ Technics) I own, make a cracking noise very easily when moving the mic around in a near to sound less room. It almost sounds like a distorted crackle or lose cable. I've checked everything, and can't figure it out.


I've also noticed that my audio is 1 - 2 second delay on the DVX100b, not sure why ?
 
twocik23 said:
What are some specs that you would look into buying a pair of monitor headphones (what really makes them better )?



I have noticed that the two pairs of headphones (in ear & my DJ Technics) I own, make a cracking noise very easily when moving the mic around in a near to sound less room. It almost sounds like a distorted crackle or lose cable. I've checked everything, and can't figure it out.


I've also noticed that my audio is 1 - 2 second delay on the DVX100b, not sure why ?
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The delay might be solved by the following:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=132008
 
twocik23 said:
What are some specs that you would look into buying a pair of monitor headphones (what really makes them better )?
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Just like with your nearfield speakers, you want an uncolored linear output of the sound you are recording.
Just compare it to color rendition when grading, if the monitor doesn´t show you true colors to start with, anything you "correct" ends up off the mark...
Secondly you want them to let you hear EVERYTHING. If there´s a aircondition hum in a room and your headphones just don´t let you hear it, you´ll regret it later in post...
Fortunately buying headphones still is a fairly inexpensive must-do compared to other equipment.

BTW if these things offer good audio (in a linear way...), this might be a great solution for VJs.
http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/press_releases__07.01.2008

A second pair of Headphones can be added, nice for the director or a boom op...
But this needs to come down in price first...
 
twocik23 said:
I have noticed that the two pairs of headphones (in ear & my DJ Technics) I own, make a cracking noise very easily when moving the mic around in a near to sound less room. It almost sounds like a distorted crackle or lose cable. I've checked everything, and can't figure it out.


I've also noticed that my audio is 1 - 2 second delay on the DVX100b, not sure why ?
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Could be just wind noise on the mic capsule. I have had noise when moving my HEAD in both brand new Sony MDR-7509HD and Audio-Technica ATH-M50 headphones. Reason: loose drop of soldier, in Sonys I found it myself (just opend the can), AT:s I had to take to service, because the tin drop was inside the element itself. Lousy quality control.

There is audio delay in DVX100 when shooting progressive, camera has to wait for both fields before writing to tape, this processing takes some time. There is no delay to speak of when shooting interlaced. It is also possible to listen to unprocessed incoming audio as explaned in the other thread.
 
Have you seen the new Panasonic headphones ? To bad these wouldn't work....





retropanasonic.jpe
 
I have used the Audio Technica AHTM40's for years and totally dig them...way more comfortable and better sounding than the 7506's.
I just upgraded to the ATHM50's and those are even better (They are about $150 though).

My 2 pennies...

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