Richard Brewster writes:
>>Now I need a decent pair of headphones to monitor my recordings. What can
you recommend? Someone told me Sony was good. I was looking at these:...But
if you read the review comments, some say, "Great mids and highs for a set of
cans at this price. But, bass is artificially boomy." I do NOT want boomy
bass. So who to believe.<<
I've been using the consumer version (MDR-V6) of the 7506 for years. When I
bought the 7506 I noticed the more boomy bass and I needed to turn my bass
control down. But I still think they are the way to go. The AKG K240 is
popular, but having just bought a pair, I would say stay away from them. The
AKG sounds like its running through an EQ with the mid bands curved down and
the very bottom band or two boosted way up. It's the only set of headphones
I've owned in my life where I can't use the loudness control on my stereo.
Boomy bass and lack of midrange punch I would say about the AKGs.
Also just bought a pair of Sennheiser's new HD280 Pro. Doesn't seem to have
as boomy a bass as Sony (but haven't done a side by side comparison), and
they sound good. They sell for $90 at 8th Street Music.
However none of those above are flat response mixing headphones. If you want
flat response you'll have to look to Audio-technica ATH-M40fs or others like
them. But being flat response they have that boring and boxy studio monitor
sound to them.
-Elhardt