[microsound] Headphones

[brian t]

I would recommend giving the Grado SR80s a shot.  Pretty transparent across
the spectrum, without the bass boost of the Sony MDR7506s.  They are an open
design, so not so good for tracking, but this makes the bass frequencies
sound a lot more natural.

http://www.gradolabs.com/frameset_main.htm

-B.

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> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:52:23 -0500
> Subject: [microsound] Headphones
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> Alas seeing as the left ear no longer functions on my old ear-muffs I am
> contemplating refurbishment. Sennheiser HD-25 was what I was thinking of,
> anyone care to disagree?
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> Le Mac
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> From: Klanggold <touch at klanggold.net>
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> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:11:36 +0100
> Subject: Re: [microsound] Headphones
> it´s a good one ;)
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> Andreas
> Am 09.02.2010 um 10:52 schrieb macdara at email.com:
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> Alas seeing as the left ear no longer functions on my old ear-muffs I am
> contemplating refurbishment. Sennheiser HD-25 was what I was thinking of,
> anyone care to disagree?
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> Subject: Re: [microsound] Headphones
> I'm a big fan of Sony's MDR-7506.
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> macdara at email.com wrote:
> >
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> > Alas seeing as the left ear no longer functions on my old ear-muffs I am
> > contemplating refurbishment. Sennheiser HD-25 was what I was thinking
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> From: Lorenzo <lsutton at libero.it>
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> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:16:14 +0100
> Subject: Re: [microsound] Headphones
> I'm a big fan of Sony's MDR-7506.
>
>> macdara at email.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Alas seeing as the left ear no longer functions on my old ear-muffs I am
>>> contemplating refurbishment. Sennheiser HD-25 was what I was thinking
>>> of, anyone care to disagree?
>>>
>>>
>> Is it for 'studio' or 'everyday' use (like bus etc)?
>
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> From: Sune Petersen <sunep at modular.dk>
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> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:36:23 +0100
> Subject: Re: [microsound] Headphones
> I am using HD25, I like them, the sound is neutral but in high end
> terms it lacks a bit of the transparency and clarity that less
> ENG-style headphones can give. They are still among the best sound
> quality wise when compared to similar offerings from other
> manufacturers in my opinion.
>
> My main annoyance with them are that I constantly wear out the soft
> pads and they are pretty expensive to replace, also the connectors to
> each ear cup are at risk of getting bad connections so you need to
> adjust them for them to work.
>
> but then again I treat my equipment relatively rough (my laptops last
> 18month on average, the they stop working)
>
> I really like them and has gotten to know the sound of them and might
> even go some HD25 when I feel I need to upgrade. I will probably then
> try to find some sort of protective casing that will still allow for
> them to be easily transported.
>
> So I would say it definitely depend on how you will use them, if it is
> strictly for studio use and not on the road, I would probably go for
> something like Beyer Dynamics DT770, I prefer closed headphones to
> avoid spilling too much sound to my surroundings
>
> Sune
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> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Lorenzo <lsutton at libero.it> wrote:
> > MDR-7506
>
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