Headphones (Page 1 of 4)

DJing= Sony MDR-V600 I have had the same pair since 1995.
Studio= AKG 240
Portable= V-Moda Bassfreq, free from work.

HD-25 rules, only problem is you get sweaty ears

my portables are the koss porta pro. nice solid build for portables.
i prefer the on-ear design i feel there is less potential for hearing damage.
my first pair were savagely attacked by a room mates poodle while i was out. there was foam everywhere.
i replaced them soon after. and koss have a lifetime guarantee which is rare in this day and age.

for dj-ing i have pioneer HDJ-1000. great sound but not comfortable for extended periods.

studio monitoring is done with sennheiser HD 25 SP. never will change these.

Couldnt have said it better. They rule but you get wet ears

using headphones in a studio environment is not a good idea. your mixes will be totally non-accurate when you play them on normal speakers.  if you use normal volumes and nearfield monitors, no one will be able to hear you. you don't need to mix at high volumes, as a matter of fact it's bad because your ears fatigue quicker.

i have one question about those small ipod type thingies. i normally hate them and have normal akg small headphones for my mp3 thing. however, if i use them on my bike, the wind noise is sometimes so bad i can hardly hear music. do those in-your-ear things eliminate wind noise because they are actually in your ear?

I agree with the headphones in the studio, especially while mixdown.

Any of those in ear type phones are made to eliminate outside noise, but I would imagine that if they were a very no aerodynamic shape, there still might be some wind noise. I have ridden my bike with the V-moda ones and cab report that they are dangerously good. You can't hear almost anything besides the music with them in...

I hear that Rude, hearing loss is no joke. And yes, the near-fields are first when working and the cans are supplemental.

The Sennheiser CX 300s let in NO outside noise but the Sonys in my 1st post actually have an opening (see left bud below) that let's out a bit of the sound and lets some in, I think I read somewhere when researching that it helps the sound output in some way. I noticed that I can hear more of the outer noise with the Sonys and I don't mind. Sometimes w/ the CX's it would be a bit annoying cause all the noises you make inside - chewing, heavy breathing, hard farting etc would be audible because of the tight seal between ears and phones.

about those in-ear portable headphones; how is the contact noise when the wires are rubbing?

i got a cheap pair of sony freebees, but especially the thin single wires leading to the phones create noise when they rub against clothes etc. and since they're mainly used portable, this happens a lot.
and humming along just-out-of-tune is also not possible since i can hear myself hehe.

maybe those SONY MDR-EX85LP's from CommunicatoR are what i need. i'd like to hear some outside noise.

My Sony MDR 700's lasted no time, like 6 months and they were very rarely used.

I'm watching my parent's house while their on vacation at the moment, so I decided to have a look around. In the attic I found these gathering dust:

Yeah, they look truly bizarre. The weirdest part is that no part of the set actually touches anywhere near your ears at all. Going to try them out when I get back from work, but I'm not sure how much sound I'll get from them. From what I've read about them it seems like they should have their own amp and I couldn't find one, when searchign through the attic.