i need a new pair of headphones and the number of people that are satisfied with the 280s is a pretty good sign........everybody seems to recommend them........so I went to the store the other day and tried them.......wow.....they really are a great pair for the price. the sound is so crisp and tight......definately getting a pair!

that's another not really relevant message :)

I didn't buy mine for sound quality even though they sound great. I bought them because of the isolation. I no longer have click tracks bleeding into my drum tracks.

therecordingart wrote: I didn't buy mine for sound quality even though they sound great. I bought them because of the isolation. I no longer have click tracks bleeding into my drum tracks.

Same. Be careful trying to mix on them... they are not accurate at all, though they sound pretty good. Super hyped lows, and it sounds like they're missing some high mids or something. They're excellent for tracking though - loud, cheap, and good isolation.

dynomike wrote: [quote=therecordingart]I didn't buy mine for sound quality even though they sound great. I bought them because of the isolation. I no longer have click tracks bleeding into my drum tracks.

Same. Be careful trying to mix on them... they are not accurate at all, though they sound pretty good. Super hyped lows, and it sounds like they're missing some high mids or something. They're excellent for tracking though - loud, cheap, and good isolation.

Just to add to it... don't EVER mix on headphones. NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER!

They do sound good as cans though. Especially for monitoring purposes. I wouldn't say their lows are superhyped. Yeah they are hyped, but not superhyped.

The only time I use headphones in the mixing process is just to hear what I've got going on a different source.

I listen through headphones, in my car, and pretty much every DVD player that I have in my house. Surprisingly enough, my cheap $200 Sony surround system is my "truth." That thing doesn't lie when a mix sucks.

I love my 280s- No more bleed from the cans in my tracks- took a while getting used to them as they isolate you a lot, but it was just what the doctor ordered. Had them for probably over 2 years now and happy with'em

thats exactly what I need, isolation! I'll finally be able to place mics and actually hear the difference when moving them around.

This will for sure improve my sound by a lot!

I think they're a great sounding pair of headphones and the isolation really helps also.

Just did a little in-studio favored shoot-out comparison with Senn 280's & Ultrasone 750's.

Testers were 3 recording engineers, 1 mastering engineer, 2 very famous musicians, 2m & 2f general public listeners.

The hands down unanimous winner - Sennheiser 280's!

KJ
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Kyro Studios

I didn't buy mine for sound quality even though they sound great. I bought them because of the isolation. I no longer have click tracks bleeding into my drum tracks.

Same here, the isolation is great. For great sounding cans I prefer my K240's.

don't worry..

i got mine just for tracking and listening to my regular music on..

i've got separate monitors for mixing!! :)

another vote here, for the money... you can't get wrong with them, the isolation rocks, really, akg's 240's or 271's are very nice, too.
but the hd 280's remain to be my workhorses...