FWIW I use the AKGs and a pair of Senheissers. I prefer the AKGs by
far as they are flat. If you are mixing and have to "turn down" the
bass to get the right response from your headphones, then you'll get
a great mix: for those headphones! For mixing, flat response is what
I look for. Same with monitors.
On the other hand, as long as you are used to the response of your
monitors/headphones and have learned to make great mixes on them,
then pretty much anything will work. The issue is then fatigue,
comfort, etc. so choose what you like best in that department.
Mike
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, elhardt@a... wrote:
> Neil Bradley writes:
> >>Advice I've given to everyone - everything ∗BUT∗ Sony headphones
> (boom/sizzle/fatiguging).<<
>
> It's the consumer version MDR-V6 that has sizzle. The 7506 aren't
as
> bright. And gatiguging may have more to do with what's being
listened
> through them.
>
> Scott Juskiw wites:
> >>I tried those Sony headphones in a store and found them quite
bass heavy.<<
>
> They are, but turning down a bass control helps get rid of that.
That's why
> I like to have several different headphones and regular monitor
speakers. I
> can use the Sony's when I work, but at the end I can compare to
something
> else to be sure using Sony's doesn't cause my sounds to be too bass
light.
>
> coyoteous writes:
> >>I don't know if you're talking about the M's or DF's, but both
are
> certainly better than you characterize. These are 600 ohm phones,
so they do
> take some drive, probably a good bit more than you're getting from
> your "stereo."<<
>
> I bought the 50 ohm version just to be sure I wouldn't have trouble
driving
> the. When comparing them to the others, the AKG lacked mid range.
And as I
> said before, if I hit the loudness button, it's like piling two
loudness
> circuits ontop of each other because of the AKG response. I just
wouldn't
> trust that I'm getting a close representation of my sound through
AKG 240K.
>
> But as you can see there are as many different opionions as there
are
> headphones. Isn't that always the case.
>
> -Elhardt