good headphones for 150~200 bucks?

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hi folks,

I'm looking for a good set of headphones for approx. 150~200 bucks. I was considering going for

sennheiser's symphony head set, but I'd rather go for a closed one, better bass...

forgot to mention it is for recording monitoring, not for MIXING (I got it right since my last post...)

could you drop any references, plz??

cheers dudes
 
A lot of people here use the Sony MDR-7506 and love them. You see them in a lot of studios. The same can be said for the AKG K-240M.

These are both closed ear design.

Both around $100.
 
Sony 7506 are great!

Also I've heard that Grado makes good cans around 125.
 
hokypokynose said:
Also I've heard that Grado makes good cans around 125.
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The problem with Grados is that they make EVERYTHING sound too good - I love them for listening, hate them for mixing.
 
Like everything else, a lot has to do with personal preference. What you'll have to do is take the ones people recommend here and try them for yourself. So many here rave about the Sony 7506's, but I didn't care for them. I really, really like the Beyer DT-770's (about $150) - smooth, GREAT detail, but very inefficeint - great for checking mixes, but not very good for tracking. I know that a lot of professional studios use the Fostex T-20's for vocal tracking. I believe that the emphasized mids help the talent hear themselves better. I personally got the AT-M240f's as sort of a compromise between enough efiiciency for tracking and a smooth enough frequency response for listening. They're OK, but I can't say I would call them great by any means. A lot of it has to do with comfort, too, and the only way you'll know anything about that is for the person who's going to be wearing them to try them. Also, the Beyer-990's that kartikbala mentioned are, I believe, the OPEN-backed version of the 770's. Definitely not for tracking, if that's the case. But I will say, that for someone with a large head (like mine), the Beyers cannot be beaten for comfort! I hope there's a place close to you where you can try out several of the models mentioned, because that's what it's going to take.
 
Try the Sennheiser HD265 heaphones out. I think you can get them for just slightly under $200. A good friend of mine had a pair and when I put them on I was mighty impressed with their SOUND & their FEEL--another one of those "can wear all day" type of cans. Otherwise, the high-end AKG are nice.
 
I wouldn't spend my money on anything other than Audio Technica, when it comes to cans....

(in my humble opinion)
 
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