is Sennheiser hd429 a good pair?

[Ema_geodiV]

just bought a hd429 sennheiser and to be honest im not that happy with the quality, i personally like my sennheiser hd203 more but the right ear got buzzed >.<, it's cheaper too.

looks like i'm going to be stuck with this headphones until i can get a AKG K 240. Anyway, if one of you guys own a hd429 please tell me what you think of it. Maybe i just got used to my old hd203 coz for me it is really not the same but in a bad way

[outbound]

Quite curious to see what others think of this as well. I've used a few sennheisers (got my HD600's as the latest) and interested to know how the perform at this price point.

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The AKG 240 MKII are pretty darn good for 99USD (don't pay the full 150, you can find 'em boxed and new for less). If you can afford it, I highly recommend going with the AKG 701 or 702 (same guts, the 702s looked more comfortable to me). I still own both, the AKG 240 will sort you, don't get me wrong there, but when I got my 702s a whole new world of headphone mixing opened up. Also, pretty much all AKG headphones have easily replaceable cords, which is nice, since I'm always yanking on them, rolling over them with my chair, etc. I still use both pairs to mix (why the heck not right?). The MSRP of the 702s is about double the MSRP of the 240s...but if you can make the 702s happen, do your mixes a favor and buy those. At first I was like "I can't believe I am paying 300 dollars for flippin' headphones"...but the first mix I did on them, I sent around to friends and they all commented on how much better the my mixing had gotten.

[Ema_geodiV]

The AKG 240 MKII are pretty darn good for 99USD (don't pay the full 150, you can find 'em boxed and new for less). If you can afford it, I highly recommend going with the AKG 701 or 702 (same guts, the 702s looked more comfortable to me). I still own both, the AKG 240 will sort you, don't get me wrong there, but when I got my 702s a whole new world of headphone mixing opened up. Also, pretty much all AKG headphones have easily replaceable cords, which is nice, since I'm always yanking on them, rolling over them with my chair, etc. I still use both pairs to mix (why the heck not right?). The MSRP of the 702s is about double the MSRP of the 240s...but if you can make the 702s happen, do your mixes a favor and buy those. At first I was like "I can't believe I am paying 300 dollars for flippin' headphones"...but the first mix I did on them, I sent around to friends and they all commented on how much better the my mixing had gotten.

Oh Nice to hear!! the AKG 240 MKII does have really nice views and most of them came from an audio recording studio DJs for movies and studios, so that really counts as a proof that those pair are Godly.

I will buy the AKG 702 but maybe around the time after I bought the AKG 240. As for the Sennheiser hd429, I'm really disappointed but there's a part of me that tells that I should give these pair a chance. The quality is not "THAT" bad I really recommend it for gaming coz it really gives you that ambiance that you're inside the game (I actually got creeped out by the footsteps that I heard from the game coz I thought they were real and someone is behind me in the middle of the night ) ) But as for music production and mixing? I wouldn't recommend it. The bass is dead but it does have that rumbling sensation whenever the bass is hitting hard, but still it's dead, even though the box says that the bass is boosted. Most of the lead's and synth's brightness is flushed, pretty much the whole song will sound like it is being played inside a cave and you can barely hear the drums hitting hard. HD203 is better in my opinion, It really brightens up the leads and the presence of the bass. But hey don't take my word for it, maybe it's just me

[GV1]

Not sure on this model. I have the HD 25's MKII's and they are fantastic. Had them over 10 years now and still working perfectly. The frequency response on them is brilliant.