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Budget Headphones $20-50

I am doing some research for a friend that wants to get into recording as a hobby. He needs a pair of phones for monitoring while recording and maybe for playing guitar at night when he can't turn the amp on. He will not be using these for mixing or referencing or anything like that. He just wants a nice pair of phones for around the budget mark.

Do I need a preamp with phantom powered condensers?

Just a little confused as to what the phantom power actually does if I still need a preamp.

i'm using the cheapo mxl990/991 set of condensers, with a seperate phantom power supply, plugged in to a line 6 pod xt via XLR -> 1/4" adapter

the pod is plugged in to my macbook via usb

Can this sound clip be fixed with noise reduction?

I recorded an acoustic guitar with a RODE nt4 mic. I have a pretty noisy environment for recording and unfortunately, it's probably not going to change. Most of my recordings are distorted guitar through a Palmer Speaker Simulator and everything else is software, so room noise isn't generally a problem. For this, however, it definitely is.

Couple of questions

First an apology, I've been busy this week and almost away from the computer a lot (plus I was on holiday/vacation a few weeks back...). Been feeling really apart from the forums. But I'm back, with additional features now.

Thanks to your advice over the years, I managed to run sound for a nightly kids club, and notice some signs of age in our system. Good to be different :D