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Best headphones for under £100?

Post by VirusTI » Fri May 25, 2012 12:48 pm

Okay, so I need a decent pair of headphones which I can use for producing and also for DJ'ing (Will be used for producing like 75% more though) but I'm kindda limited to a budget of around £100...

My last headphones were Panasonic RP-HT225's (http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/P ... kInfo=true) which were pretty shit to be honest. Had no sub bass or anything and anything I tried to produce with 'em sounded terribly mixed on a half decent system
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by legend4ry » Fri May 25, 2012 2:07 pm

I have the upper market KRK headphones, they do a pair for 89 quid, they're solid for the price.
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by AxeD » Fri May 25, 2012 4:34 pm

Thus far my favourite is the A&H xd-40, got em for around 45 quid. Great build quality, nice balanced sound.
Don't expect powerful bass, but that's not something you'd want anyway.

For producing I'd go with some fat Beyerdynamics. I can get the mother of all discounts on them but
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by VirusTI » Sat May 26, 2012 2:24 pm

AxeD wrote:Thus far my favourite is the A&H xd-40, got em for around 45 quid. Great build quality, nice balanced sound.
Don't expect powerful bass, but that's not something you'd want anyway.

For producing I'd go with some fat Beyerdynamics. I can get the mother of all discounts on them but
I'm obviously not allowed to resell or anytin :)
Lookin' at the Beyerdynamics, looking sick. What's with the discounts? Also, any in particular for producing EDM? They look like they have quite a large range of products! :O
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by VirtualMark » Sat May 26, 2012 4:01 pm

I bought some sennheiser hd 215's for general use, tbh i wouldn't recommend them for production as they sound a bit boxy. I use akg k702's for producing, the difference is night and day. If i was you i'd save up and get them, they sound awesome.

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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by AxeD » Sat May 26, 2012 6:54 pm

VirusTI wrote:
AxeD wrote:Thus far my favourite is the A&H xd-40, got em for around 45 quid. Great build quality, nice balanced sound.
Don't expect powerful bass, but that's not something you'd want anyway.

For producing I'd go with some fat Beyerdynamics. I can get the mother of all discounts on them but
I'm obviously not allowed to resell or anytin :)
Lookin' at the Beyerdynamics, looking sick. What's with the discounts? Also, any in particular for producing EDM? They look like they have quite a large range of products! :O
They offer great discounts for audio students. All great headphones, just go with what ever you're comfortable with spending.
Or -like VirtualMark said-, AKG studio headphones. Rarely hear bad things about those.
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Post by Mexztah » Mon May 28, 2012 7:39 pm

Tbh, form the headphones i whave used, i would reccomend the AKG K240 Studios or the Creative Aurvana Lives
bot are crakcing pairs of headphones, although the Creatives are cheaper at about £60 over the k240s £90
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by VirusTI » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:45 pm

AxeD wrote:
VirusTI wrote:
AxeD wrote:Thus far my favourite is the A&H xd-40, got em for around 45 quid. Great build quality, nice balanced sound.
Don't expect powerful bass, but that's not something you'd want anyway.

For producing I'd go with some fat Beyerdynamics. I can get the mother of all discounts on them but
I'm obviously not allowed to resell or anytin :)
Lookin' at the Beyerdynamics, looking sick. What's with the discounts? Also, any in particular for producing EDM? They look like they have quite a large range of products! :O
They offer great discounts for audio students. All great headphones, just go with what ever you're comfortable with spending.
Or -like VirtualMark said-, AKG studio headphones. Rarely hear bad things about those.
Don't mean to bring back an old thread, but would these discounts stretch to a Music Tech, a level student, hoping to study music production at uni? :6:
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by overture » Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:54 am

legend4ry wrote:I have the upper market KRK headphones, they do a pair for 89 quid, they're solid for the price.
I have the 6400 model, pretty nice headphones for the price. They're very comfortable even after I've had them on for hours and the sound is crystal clear to me, they sound relatively flat from what I can tell and vocals really come through quite nicely.

I'd definitely recommend them, if you can stretch your cash and get the 8400's though i'd do that...I've heard they are slighty clearer and have better bass response. Plus if I'm not mistaken they have a volume control on the cable too.
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Post by Disco Nutter » Sun Jun 10, 2012 12:53 pm

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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by Smiles » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:04 pm

Sol Republic Tracks, I have the Tracks HD which are 130 and they are great. The only problem i have with them is they hurt my ears after about an hour and i have to give my ears a break because they aren't over ear headphones.
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by overture » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:11 pm

Smiles wrote:Sol Republic Tracks, I have the Tracks HD which are 130 and they are great. The only problem i have with them is they hurt my ears after about an hour and i have to give my ears a break because they aren't over ear headphones.
Yeah it's definitely better to go with over ear headphones when producing, comfort is a huge part of the decision, for me, when buying headphones
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by jam1 » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:56 pm

Found a b-stock pair of AKG K 240 MK II's on the Digital Village site today for £80.33. Apparently they had been sent back within their 30 day return policy and have been fully tested etc. My old, battered HD 25's don't cut the mustard.

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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by lloydy » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:00 pm

Long time user of beyer's dt770's and for an extra 20-30 pound they are an awesome set of cans and comfy as fuck.
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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by Attila » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:36 am

I have a $12 pair of Behringer headphones I started using like 5 years ago. I think it's more important to just find a pair and start getting used to the sound. Literally start using them for all listening activities.

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Re: Best headphones for under £100?

Post by jrisreal » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:15 am

You can get the Shure SRH440 for under USD$100...they're decent, not amazing.
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