Studio Headphones Reccomendation

Captain Iggy

Hello all

I'm a novice at home recording.

I recently bought a Line6 UX2 and use this interface for recording demos / song ideas to send to my band and will eventually post some stuff on myspace. Style is indie/rock/pop

I am looking to buy a good pair of headphones (My budget is about €100). These will only be used for this purpose.

Can anyone help me by reccomending a good set of studio headphones for doing the above. I'm not expecting to have studio quality output from the above work but I do plan on mixing with them, since a decent set of monitors is currently out of my budget.

I looked through the forum and keep reading good things about SENNHEISER HD-280's
And here is what I found on Thomann
http://www.thomann.de/ie/studio_headphones.html?ls=50
with stuff both in and out of my budget

Can anyone please point me in the right direction?

ogy

i know there above budget but not by a HUGE amount:)

but if you bought these you'd more than likely never need another pair
http://www.thomann.de/ie/sennheiser_hd25_c_ii.htm

i know lots of engineers that use them, and all the parts are modular so if a part breaks (which hasn't happened for me in 2 years of constant use) you can replace it cheaply enough!

buy cheap buy twice etc....

jtsuited

ogy wrote: »

i know there above budget but not by a HUGE amount:)

but if you bought these you'd more than likely never need another pair
http://www.thomann.de/ie/sennheiser_hd25_c_ii.htm

i know lots of engineers that use them, and all the parts are modular so if a part breaks (which hasn't happened for me in 2 years of constant use) you can replace it cheaply enough!

buy cheap buy twice etc....

yup. the ONLY studio/dj headphones i've ever liked (and I've used pretty much every set ever).
Look like crap, sound like gold. Easily fixable and well worth the investment.

madtheory

The January issue of Sound On Sound magazine had an excellent comparitive review of the best makes and models. Take out an eSub to read it.

Captain Iggy

Thanks all, I might just do that and save for an extra bit longer

Dead right bout the buy cheap, pay twice thing.

Jabel

Iggy.
The Audio Technica ATHM40's are a great set of
studio phones, not the greatest build quality
but well within your price range (€70 DV247).
I have used them for years and can recommend them
only recently moved on to a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro
which are also very good.
Hope this helps
J

ZV Yoda

I have a pair of those HD25ii... and while they are very good (and comfortable), they are expensive to buy (nearly €200) and to maintain. I've had to replace 2 ear capsules in the past 18 months (they cost me €65 each sourced locally here in Ireland).

So, buyer beware!

SonasRec

My choice is Sony MDR7506.

Comfortable over long listening periods, accurate, durable.

E119 in thomann, $99 and cheaper in the U.S.

tweeky

SonasRec wrote: »

My choice is Sony MDR7506.

Comfortable over long listening periods, accurate, durable.

E119 in thomann, $99 and cheaper in the U.S.

Spot on, been using them for years and have spare pairs all over the place.

alfa beta

A budget of a hundred quid doesn't necessarily put monitors out of your range

http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behringer-ms20-active-stereo-nearfield-monitors--34408

If you liked you could fork out another £30 on a pair of the little Seinnheiser PX 100 folding jobbies (if you wanted to add the headphone option) for the money I think they're very good.

Just an idea. I'd hate to rely on headphones only for mixing anything (no matter how good they were) - might just be me though!

tweeky

Sorry Alpha but i think the Sennheiser PX 100's are best left to your mp3 player on the bus (and a good job they do) and the Behringer's would not be accurate enough to replace the Sony MDR7506's although they could be of use for a "second opinion" somewhere about the house.

Buy the Sony MDR's or the also recommended Sennheiser HD 25 now and save up for a pair of decent monitors later.

alfa beta

fair enough tweeky

I guess I just wouldn't be a fan of relying on headphones solely and would always check out what kind of speakers my budget could get me - no matter how tight.

to be honest the sony's are coming so highly recommended here I think I might invest in a pair myself!

ogy

they cost me €65 each sourced locally here in Ireland

foolish yoda, don't you know that once the headphones are assembled in tullamore they have to be sent to a magical warehouse to germany to be priced fairly:)