> 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.
Talk about opening up a can of worms.
Headphones are like monitor speakers - everybody's got their own
favorites.
I own 2 pair of 7506's, and while they're fine for monitoring while
tracking or just listening to music, I would -not- recommend trying to
mix through them. It's not that the bass is artificially boomy, it's
that the mids are scooped -just- enough to throw everything else out of
balance.
I've auditioned two different pair of the top of the line Sennheisers.
I forget the model number, but they were both very false.
AKG's are good, similar to the Fostex T-40's, but they're quite flat.
Singers love them for that reason - they can hear themselves.
My new favorite headphone, as turned on to me by the FOH mixer for the
B-52's (a guy who's been doing this for as long as I've been alive and
who's opinion I trust completely) is the Sony MDR-V700. They're
marketed as a DJ headphone, but ignore that part. They're about $130 at
Guitar Center or $150 at Best Buy. A big step up from the 7506/V6, and
certainly worth a listen.
e