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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by Eat Bass » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:33 pm

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Sonika wrote:Do you mean the AKG K240 MK II?
Yes, but no. The MK II is a remade version with the same specs and a $100 price boost. I'd go with the k240 studios. I'm telling you man, these are clean as fuck. You're never going to hear sub bass incredibly clearly in your headphones mix, but you can hear it enough to get the level right and IMO subs can be mixed under anything by the numbers. (some of you will get after me as i constantly read we should never mix by numbers....i find it effective for subs)
actually my ultrasone pro 900s do a pretty amazing job at replicating sub bass. they literally sound like I'm in a large room with some dope monitors and a monitoring sub, the sound stage is huge!

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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by rymebox » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:53 pm

I'm picking up some as well. I'd go with the DT-880s or AKG 701/702s from what I've heard.

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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by Sonika » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:18 pm

So I'm looking for headphones that I can actually do a mixdown with...would the AKG K240s have good enough quality for a mixdown and master? So far I haven't found any that are up to that quality, and I can't get studio monitors right now so my only choice is headphones.
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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by jrisreal » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:25 pm

Sonika wrote:So I'm looking for headphones that I can actually do a mixdown with...would the AKG K240s have good enough quality for a mixdown and master? So far I haven't found any that are up to that quality, and I can't get studio monitors right now so my only choice is headphones.
it seems to depend on the person, whether the K240's are good or not. I personally, don't like them, but some people swear by them.
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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by Sonika » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:39 pm

Jr, you use shure srh940s right?
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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by jrisreal » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:42 pm

Sonika wrote:Jr, you use shure srh940s right?
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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by Aphile » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:38 pm

jrisreal wrote:
Sonika wrote:So I'm looking for headphones that I can actually do a mixdown with...would the AKG K240s have good enough quality for a mixdown and master? So far I haven't found any that are up to that quality, and I can't get studio monitors right now so my only choice is headphones.
it seems to depend on the person, whether the K240's are good or not. I personally, don't like them, but some people swear by them.
the response is so flat and even. everything is crystal clear. it's so incredibly apparant from the first moment you listen to your favorite tunes...borgore sounds like he is standing next to me in FLAC. I swear by them. Best thing you can do is try and demo some at a store; Guitar Center?

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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by jrisreal » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:44 pm

Aphile wrote:
jrisreal wrote:
Sonika wrote:So I'm looking for headphones that I can actually do a mixdown with...would the AKG K240s have good enough quality for a mixdown and master? So far I haven't found any that are up to that quality, and I can't get studio monitors right now so my only choice is headphones.
it seems to depend on the person, whether the K240's are good or not. I personally, don't like them, but some people swear by them.
the response is so flat and even. everything is crystal clear. it's so incredibly apparant from the first moment you listen to your favorite tunes...borgore sounds like he is standing next to me in FLAC. I swear by them. Best thing you can do is try and demo some at a store; Guitar Center?
I tried them, they didn't sound good to me. I don't remember why they didn't sound good, but they didn't. The build quality felt pretty poor, also, and it fit way too loosely on the head...could fall off easily.
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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by Eat Bass » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:37 am

the k240's lacked bass when i tried them. but thats sort of a known thing with them anyway. the mids are crisp as hell though and they are pretty transparent.

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Re: Looking for my first pair of studio headphones

Post by Electric_Head » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:52 am

why are so many of you who have been helped already, suddenly asking the same question again?

plus dude said he is on a limited budget, why does everyone have to post headphones well above his budget?
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