MOTM

> 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.

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