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I need to get about 4 pairs. Something affordable - what do you use and what do you like about it? Thanks guys,

Marcus

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Calgary Fri, 12/02/2005 - 18:02

I use Fostex T20s. They deliver fantastic sound for the price. For wireless, my choice for the performers, I like Sennheisers, i.e. the R65s, you can add multiple headsets to one transmitter:
http://www.audaud.com/audaud/MAR05/component/comp3.html

Those are budget items, if you have some dough then definitely test out the Sennhesier 650s if you can:
http://www.digitalhome.com.au/Home_Audio_Visual/Headphones/Sennheiser/HD_650_HIGH_END_AUDIOPHILE_HIFI_STEREO_HEADPHONE/518

Caveat: I'm no audio expert, just a beginner. But I read up before I buy gear and I'm confident the info I've provided above is reasonably accurate. I've seen T20s used in some very big studios. 8-)

Hawkeye Tue, 01/03/2006 - 13:28

Calgary wrote:

... if you have some dough then definitely test out the Sennhesier 650s if you can:
http://www.digitalhome.com.au/Home_Audio_Visual/Headphones/Sennheiser/HD_650_HIGH_END_AUDIOPHILE_HIFI_STEREO_HEADPHONE/518

The HD650's are wonderful high-end audiophile headphones BUT... they are open driver design. The original poster asked for suggestios for phones for tracking. I have the Sennheiser 570's which sound kinda nice but you can definitely hear bleedthrough from whatever you're monitoring when tracking vocals close up to the microphone.

anonymous Fri, 02/17/2006 - 12:05

i used the akgs for a while, but being an old drummer, the ears aren't as good as they used to be, so i found that when i brought up my headphone mix to hear it, i got bleed onto the track from the play back, so now i use these cheap vic ferth headphones. they look like shooting earmuffs but they are head phones. they dont sound that bad,but for tracking drums it is easy to here the mix at a much lower level cause it cuts out the outside noise. i wouldn't suggest using them for mixing though!