Are they mono or stereo headphones? Headphones for drummers are pretty critical as to fit, isolation, and loudness.
Well, I'm kinda jumping the gun here, but now is as good a time as any to mention this, I guess. First, some background:
If you need isolation phones, it's usually for tracking, where you need "really loud" first, "great isolation" second, "good sound" third, and "rugged construction" fourth. Most of the phones mentioned do most of those jobs pretty well, but at a premium price.
But, in most medium sized studios, you'll find a mish mosh of different phones, some working, some not. The cords and phones get stepped on, yanked, and generally abused.
For a while, I used the Radio Shack Hall of Fame phones, and every set I bought (around 15 of them, at $40 a pop) are now busted. $600 down the drain. The Radio Shack Racing Headphones have good isolation, but they're only mono.
I also have about 5 pair of Sony 7506s, all with only one side working. Another $500+ down the drain. I have 8 pair of Grado SR-60s and SR-80s; only one of them is still working.
I have a pair of Studio Kans and a pair of the Metraphones that keep on ticking, but as people have pointed out, they're uncomfortable, not great sound, and expensive.
The Ultraphones look like a real winner, but at those prices, I'll be damned if I'm gonna buy a bunch of them and pass 'em out to punk and metal groups for tracking.
So, I started looking around for some phones I could use for tracking, and I finally found a manufacturer of pretty cheap phones that work damn well. I'm gonna start selling these things to people who need some reasonable isolation, loud sound, rugged construction, and inexpensive prices. I've been testing them here in the studio, and everybody likes them.
I'm calling them "MoreMe" headphones. They use 2&1/2" drivers (a little over 63mm), can hit 105dB (loud enough to cause ear damage), a Stereo/Mono switch (with detachable earpieces, so that two people can use one set of phones for choir and backup singers), metal adjustable holders (so you can bend them to clamp on your head really tight), decent isolation, and a low enough price that home studios can actually afford to buy a few sets.
I don't have the product manuals done, or the special foil decals yet, but the price is set: $20 a pair, plus $5 for priority shipping in the U.S. If they break at any time, for any reason, I'll replace them for $10, plus shipping.
Right now, I only have 24 sets in house, and the shipping boxes. If you wanna try them, they'll cost ya $20 plus $5 shipping. If you don't like them, send them back within two weeks, and I'll refund your $20.
So what's the downside? They have a coil cord, a 1/8" and 1/4" adaptor, and they don't sound as good as the 7506s or the Sennheisers, but for tracking, they're good enough for most people. The go down pretty low, and up to about 18kHz. I wouldn't use them for final mixes and mastering (nor would I use almost any phones for that), but for tracking, they work great, or at least, good enough.
Anybody interested in spending $5 to be a guini pig? (You'll get your $20 back if you don't like them.)
