MOTM

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