Headphones?

Rick Meyer

Rick Meyer

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I have searched and searched for an answer but am having trouble finding one...Headphones? What am I looking for? I have heard the SONY 7506's are good but I was wondering why? Could I get by spending a lot less $? If there is a corner I'd like to cut with minimal loss in quality, it's this one.

What headphones is everybody else using?

Rick
 
$100 is a good benchmark for decent phones. IMHO you want isolating phones, since the 2 frame audio delay drives me nuts. I use Etymotic, mostly because they are tiny and easy to pack in my kit. I also have a Senn HD280 Pro set, but they mostly get used for editing now that I have Etymotics. Each set cost me a litle under $100.
 
Thanks Galt-
So if I spend $100.00 dollars for a decent pair of headphones (I have seen the SONY 7506's being mentioned a lot), will that prevent a delay?
 
No, it will prevent live sound from coming thru so that all you hear is delayed audio. It has nothing to do with $100 or quality of headphones, it has to do with isolation capability. I don't know if Sony 7506 will do this or not.
 
the sonys isolate well. that's one of the reasons they get mentioned a lot. to me, they're also more comfortable than the senn 280's, which really starts to matter for longer shoots.
 
Sony MDR-7506's are the industry standard because they have 40mm drivers capable of reproducing a complete range of sounds at generally acceptable volume levels. $100 is cheap for headphones.

To get an idea of exotic headphones for location audio, check out these models:

Remote Audio High Noise Headsets $285
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Ultrasone Proline 750 Headphones $399
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Headphones ain't the place to go cheap. There isn't much to save anyways...
 
I have a pair of Shure E3c in-ear monitors and one thing to keep in mind is that these things get inserted deeply into your ears. People have varying levels of comfort with in-ears and they're not convenient at all for constantly removing and inserting. For a high ambient noise environment, they rock, but otherwise the MDR-7506s are much more convenient. Given the choice between the two, i use the 7506's 95% of the time. Then again I have the original DVX100, so I'm not dealing with the audio lag. Even so, if you're used to taking off and putting on the headphones constantly during a shoot--doing the same with in-ears will be inconvenient at best and possibly painful.
 
Barry_Green said:
Hey Galt, the more I look at those etymotics the more I think I gotta get some. But looking at this page:
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/epcomp.aspx

They list the ER4b's and ER4s's impedance at 100 ohms. Which ones do you have, and do you get adequate volume out of them when used with a DVX?
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I have the ER-6 model (not 6i) and they work great. The 4's look to have slightly better specs, and maybe if I was a serious music artist I might care, but 6's are plenty good enough for my ears and isolate almost as well. Also the 6 is a much cheaper choice at $100 instead of $250. I have to turn DOWN the headset volume to 2- 3 on my DVX or I end up with sound levels way too low (based on LCD bars)
 
galt said:
I have the ER-6 model (not 6i) and they work great. The 4's look to have slightly better specs, and maybe if I was a serious music artist I might care, but 6's are plenty good enough for my ears and isolate almost as well. Also the 6 is a much cheaper choice at $100 instead of $250. I have to turn DOWN the headset volume to 2- 3 on my DVX or I end up with sound levels way too low (based on LCD bars)
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These look interesting. Are they comfortable to wear and easy to put in and take out? I currently use a Senn 280 Pro, and I constantly have to take them off to talk to other people around me. It's a pain to put them on again, especially when you've got the camera in one hand. Earbuds would be much easier to use with one hand.

Also, I didn't know you can adjust the headset volume on the DVX! How do you do that?
 
Comfortable enough, and not intimidating to people being interviewed (which I think regular headphones can be). They tend to slip out if I don't press them in firmly, like any similar device it has to fit YOUR ears. They do have different size cups available. Very easy to pop them out with free hand, putting right one in while holding camera is a trick but doable. I usually just pop left one out if I have to talk to someone with camera off.
 
Sumfun said:
Also, I didn't know you can adjust the headset volume on the DVX! How do you do that?
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+ / - buttons on left top of camera in front of menu toggle.
 
galt said:
I have the ER-6 model (not 6i) and they work great. (based on LCD bars)
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Galt-

Is there a major difference between the ER-6 model and the ER-6i model? I have seen them listed for nearly the same price. Based on your recommedation, as well as Barry's comments, and most everybody elses, I think I am going to go with these.

Rick
 
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