good and cheap headphone. $35 and under

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hello all
thats what im looking for urgently.
the best $35 and under headphone i can get at sam ash or guitar center or whatever.

dont need it for mixing exactly, but just want a good, loyal sound.

i checked out the sennheiser hd201, for $25
and a few sony and audiotechnica ones.

so what do you guys think?

thank you
 
i dunno if MoreMe would have a "good loyal sound" from reading the product descriptions. i'd probably try the Sennheiser HD202 if you really want something with an O-K sound. MoreMe might be better if you just need to buy a bunch of tracking headphones.
 
yeah, the moreme's do look like they might not sound so great with say some mp3's, ipod type thing.

i wanted some headphones for a slight mixing job... like late at nite when i cant blare the speakers... and also for casual listening
 
they are 25 at guitar center
my girlfriend just bought a pair.
they are pretty good for the price. mids are not at all expresive.
good bass though.

i saw a pair of sonys for 20... but i dont know the model. damn.
and the guitar center site doesnt have them up, weird.

so harvey... you'd say i'd be better off with the sennheisers?
 
i got a pair of sony MDR-V150 from walmart actually for only 20 dollars. i think they're the cheapest pair of their studio monitor series. they're actually quite decent for the price
 
ps-they have a good sound and would be good for mixing and listening, but they dont fit around the whole ear and can have some more bleeding into the microphone than other headphones while recording if not careful
 
The pair of Sony MDR-V150s I bought sounded like ass. Zero upper mids, boomy, muddy, blah. I gave them away.

The AKG K-44s don't have much bass but they don't sound awful. They're semi-open back so they will bleed. That doesn't sound like it will matter for your needs.

I'd save a little more and get a pair of the cheaper Grado's like the SR60s or SR80s or some Sennheiser HD280s.
 
My favourite is the Koss Porta Pro. I don't use it for mixing, since it's an open system and noise from outside can be distracting. It has a life time warranty. I use it for my iriver. This one usually sounds best with all EQ disabled, which is always a good sign.
For mixing, I glued the speakers from a broken Sony MDR32 into a cheap closed H&H housing. Works well.
 
TravisinFlorida said:
The pair of Sony MDR-V150s I bought sounded like ass. Zero upper mids, boomy, muddy, blah. I gave them away.
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they're by no means great, but they get the job done. you cant be picky for 20 dollars. i expected shit and they surprised me. they weren't tinny or too trebly like most 20 dollar regular headphones ive used are. and they definitely weren't too muddy in my opinion. maybe slightly in those frequencies but i would much rather that then too bright or tinny. i havent had as much experience in recording/mixing as a lot of people here but i thought they were pretty flat and accurate. C being average i'd rate them a C+ in just about every area when compared to all of the expensive heapdhones (which i'm not willing to spend anywhere near on a pair of headphones yet and this person doesn't seem to be either).. but for 20 dollars the value of that c+ becomes higher like grading on a curve. 35 dollars for headphones doesnt seem like that much more at first glance but you could almost get 2 pairs of these for that and most likely not miss out on much sound wise. it's kind of like the mxl 990/studioprojects of mics compared to 150 or 200 dollar mics. not much difference but half the price and almost as good sounding.
 
steve j, there's a huge step up in sound quality and clarity when going from $20 headphones to something like those Grados or Sennheisers. The one's I mentioned are good bang for buck low end stuff. I definitely hear where you're coming from. I hate recommending something outside of someone's budget but this is one of those situations where I think it's money well spent. The first time I put on a pair $100 headphones it was like someone pulled the cotton out of my ears in comparison to my cheapies. Those were Sony's too, which catch a lot of flack around here. If you're going to buy one pair of headphones they should have decent sound quality. You might as well get something with good isolation too, which is good for tracking and mic placement. Also, if you use any kind of amp modeler for guitar, good headphones will make a huge difference in what you hear. I wouldn't be recommending a more expensive pair of headphones if I didn't think that it would be money well spent. You'll notice a huge difference in sound quality and clarity.
 
tarnationsauce2 said:
I'll add AKG K-44 to the list.
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I'll second that. I use those on a regular basis, and they have served me well. Have used much better head phones, and there is a pretty large difference, but if these are for tracking or some preliminary mixing, I think that they do a fine job, at least for my work.
 
Bondo said:
I'll second that. I use those on a regular basis, and they have served me well. Have used much better head phones, and there is a pretty large difference, but if these are for tracking or some preliminary mixing, I think that they do a fine job, at least for my work.
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I'll third that and also recommend the AKG-55's.

I have been using them for 5 years and they are still great.
 
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