Sennheiser HD-25 Headphones

[twist2]

fuck hd25's, check out the clarity on these badboys

[desto]

For serious production it'd have to be along the lines of Beyerdynamic DT-880 or Sennheiser hd-650. Thing with needing different headphones for the studio and DJing is in a nutshell that proper studio headphones give you the clarity and neutral frequency response but their high impedance requiers more power from the amp, i.e. you can't get a powerful enough signal to them through a DJ mixer while playing on a proper soundsystem (and won't hear what you're queuing). DJ headphones like HD-25 have low impedance so you can actually hear what you're mixing. Their frequency response, however, is far from neutral so in the studio you won't be hearing what's actually happening in the track and could easily overcompensate certain frequencies just because your headphones sound a certain way.

Obviously in the studio the whole signal path is what matters, not just the headphones. Get a proper soundcard & so forth. And as for using headphones in the studio, it is possible to get aquainted with the headphones so although you can't hear the sub frequencies on them but you know what you're doing with your bass you know it'll work when played elsewhere. This said, everything should be checked on monitors too.

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Hope this helps. Just some basic points about headphone business, if you go into it there's a lot more you can look at but at the end of the day actually doing the tracks & playing the tunes is what matters no matter if you're doing it with 3rd Reich commincations headphones or whatnot.

[darkmatter]

As desto said the frequency response of the HD25 is designed for clarity in a club, not for neutrality.

Just as some people get used to producing on poor 'hifi' speakers, it's still possible to achieve good results especially if you're very familiar with A-Bing against other speakers.

In terms of comfort, open backed headphones are much nicer for long production sessions in my opinion. Good ones will be more accurate because they present a friendlier load to a headphone amp that allows the amp to work in a range where it's producing less harmonic distortion, as desto said the impedance is more sensible. They should also be less fatiguing on the ear, because rather than being tweaked for high sensitivity with a slightly peaky response, they're designed for lower sensitivity and flatter response. So you're less likely to get fatiguing resonant peaks from studio headphones.

I'm not saying people can't get good results producing on HD25s, if it works for you it works.

[wooda916]

there sick, get a pair.

[labiteena]

How do I get a plug that'll go from a headphone jack to a guitar amplifier? For example, I want to hook my CD Player or MP3 player up to my amplifier to hear it really loud, is there any product that could do that? Also, what is a good type of headphone that'll plug in to my amplifier so I can just here it on the headphones and not out loud?
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[boot]

Fucking awesome for DJing
But yeah I'm gonna go with the shit for production crowd on this one
Waaaaaay too fatiguing, epicly shouty. They scream at you (which is why they're great for cutting through the noise in a club).

I heart my AKG k702s if I'm using headphone for production. Definition is incredible, great stereo image, not fatiguing in the slightest

[setspeed]

I don't produce seriously, but I find setting too much store by studio headphones a bit odd. No headphone is going to give you a true monitoring experience, kicking studio monitor speakers is all that matters, and even then you should listen back to your tracks through as many different bins and cans as possible to get a bit of distance and a sense of how they're going to sound to other people IMHO....

yeah it depends on your perspective.

i do produce seriously, and I've had tunes released (on decent labels) that have been written, produced and mixed down entirely on a pair of AKG701's. I wouldn't trust my HD25's for that kind of detailed work - although i love them and wouldn't touch anything else for DJing - but they are fun to get ideas down on. Especially on planes or trains - the heavy, closed back sound that is so appropriate for a club is also useful for keeping out engine noise and people on phones!

[rob sparx]

But yeah I'm gonna go with the shit for production crowd on this one

Not shit but yea theres deffo better headphones out there but i expect they cost more n all

[godflesh fiend]

Right, so while i was DJing a house party here in Manchester someone somehow snapped my headphones... now i need a new pair and i'm pretty keen on these Sennheiser HD-25's i've seen alot of people using. I've heard they sound sick, but i just wanted abit of feedback from people who already own a pair, good or bad things are welcome, i just want to know if they're worth £140

I have these headphones and they're friggin amazing.

[0mshant1]

What i wear. T's a gr8 pair i swear, the Sennheiser HD-25-1.