Headphones - HELP

[clintj]

I've got a set of the AKGs largely because of the recommendations here. Great headphones.

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[PorkPieGuy]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

As a recording engineer I've been using one or another variant of the AKG 240s for thirty-five years. I've used many others but can tell you that the 240s are both the most physically comfortable and least aurally fatiguing phones I've used. I'd buy them for that application in a heartbeat.

Bob

This.

I've had the same pair for many years (10 maybe? More?). I've mixed many albums on my K240's, and if they break, I will buy another set.

[Scotso]

GRADO SR60x. Made in Brooklyn. Not over bassy. Consumer Reports recommends Grado. On ear style so not noise cancelling. About $60. Their high end models are very popular with studio pros.

[VJP5]

I have one very happy son...or should I say he has very happy neighbors!! He absolutely loves the AKG240's. He talked to his neighbors and both stated that they couldn't hear anything

Thank you all for the suggestions/recommendations. I'm sure some of the others that were recommended are fine headsets, too. Just glad these worked out.


Vince

[Bob Womack]

Originally Posted by PorkPieGuy

This.

I've had the same pair for many years (10 maybe? More?). I've mixed many albums on my K240's, and if they break, I will buy another set.

By the way, you can buy new ear pads and inserts for the 240s. We have lots of ladies in the studio and that pretty much guarantees that there will be makeup and hair products all over them. I replace them every so often. Pads are HERE. Inserts HERE. The same is true for the Sony headphone parts, HERE. We keep a stock of parts for both.

Bob

[VJP5]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

By the way, you can buy new ear pads and inserts for the 240s. We have lots of ladies in the studio and that pretty much guarantees that there will be makeup and hair products all over them. I replace them every so often. Pads are HERE. Inserts HERE. The same is true for the Sony headphone parts, HERE. We keep a stock of parts for both.

Bob

Thanks Bob! I will email the links to my son.

[blue]

My personal approach is to buy whatever is on deep discount on Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day So get something now, and keep an eye out for the "next pair". In my experience one of the things you buy when you get really good (also generally really expensive) headphones is longevity.

I consider inexpensive ones relatively disposable. And I'm an older gentleman (as old as I've ever been anyway!) who doesn't abuse things. Younger folks will put more wear and tear on gear by virtue of having health and mental health issues like higher levels of "energy", "motivation", and "natural curiosity". It's a miracle they survive at all!

[Steel and wood]

I've just been given a pair of Sony MDR-XB450's as a birthday present and they do the job very nicely.

[Sage97]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

As a recording engineer I've been using one or another variant of the AKG 240s for thirty-five years. I've used many others but can tell you that the 240s are both the most physically comfortable and least aurally fatiguing phones I've used. I'd buy them for that application in a heartbeat.

Bob

The ones labelled K240 Sextett Studio Headphones seem to be cheaper. Not sure if these are different.