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Subject: Re: [motm] Monitor headphones for recording

From: Scott Juskiw <scott@...>
Date: 2003-10-08

I tried those Sony headphones in a store and found them quite bass
heavy. I bought the AKG K240 instead. I bought the 600 ohm version.
They now have a 50 ohm version of the K240 out.

At 7:36 PM -0400 2003/10/07, Richard Brewster wrote:
>I just took delivery of a nice used Digi-001 with Pro Tools LE. 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:
>
>http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--SNYMDR7506
>
>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. Advise me, folks. My upper price boundary
>is in the $200 ballpark.
>