Suggestion on headphones (home listening)?

aut.t.n · Post by **aut.t.n** » Thu May 26, 2011 5:04 pm

I own some AKGs for home listening / mixing for some years now and I can only recommend this brand in terms of sound quality. Very precise and warm.

Mine look pretty similar to these:

http://www.thomann.de/de/akg_k121_studio.htm

but I think my exact model is not produced anymore.

EDIT: These seem even better and are still in your price range:

http://www.thomann.de/de/akg_k_240_stud ... hoerer.htm

forgot to say that they are really comfortable to wear

Del · Post by **Del** » Sat May 28, 2011 8:39 am

Themis wrote:first thing: the thread OP didnt ask for the perfect balance between DJ and Music headphones.

how you all can really suggest DJ Headphones for homelistening and producing music is beyond me.

Every headphone producer has one tiny little section for DJ headphones and a gigantic section for quality music listening headphones

think about it.

DJ headphones are ultra durable and ultra loud !
only cause they are not really bad in reproducing sound and you actually can get a decent sound out of it, doesnt make them good quality headphones for homelistening.

so investing 100 euro into DJ headphones and not use them for DJing is a bit retarded in my opinion.

Dude, my understading is that the HD25's are monitoring headphones, for studio situations, not just exclusively for DJ'ing. I think they're an excellent suggestion. Never had any problems with comfort either I have to say.

Themis · Post by **Themis** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:01 pm

Del wrote: Dude, my understading is that the HD25's are monitoring headphones, for studio situations, not just exclusively for DJ'ing. I think they're an excellent suggestion. Never had any problems with comfort either I have to say.

i dont produce so i cant say much about that, but my understanding is that you dont want coloured headphones when producing and the HD25 are extremly bass heavy, one time i bought vinyls after listening to samples with the HD25, i was dissapointed in the bassline when i played the vinyl after.

i found a thread concerning headphones for production
http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php ... es&start=0

and comfort wise there are just a million better headphones out there..

Vito · Post by **Vito** » Sat May 28, 2011 4:42 pm

dr dre headones are meant to be really good!

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:11 pm

Vito wrote:dr dre headones are meant to be really good!

yes they are very good for home listening.

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:20 am

Del wrote:
Themis wrote:first thing: the thread OP didnt ask for the perfect balance between DJ and Music headphones.

how you all can really suggest DJ Headphones for homelistening and producing music is beyond me.

Every headphone producer has one tiny little section for DJ headphones and a gigantic section for quality music listening headphones

think about it.

DJ headphones are ultra durable and ultra loud !
only cause they are not really bad in reproducing sound and you actually can get a decent sound out of it, doesnt make them good quality headphones for homelistening.

so investing 100 euro into DJ headphones and not use them for DJing is a bit retarded in my opinion.
Dude, my understading is that the HD25's are monitoring headphones, for studio situations, not just exclusively for DJ'ing. I think they're an excellent suggestion. Never had any problems with comfort either I have to say.

The HD25-s are far from linear so not good for producing anything.
check http://www.head-fi.org/ and http://www.headphone.com/
I'm concidering getting these Beyerdynamic dt 880 but would also need a decent headphone amp to drive them. Not much to listen without an amp anyway :s

tsankip · Post by **tsankip** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:14 pm

yup-yup, hd25's are definitely not for producing!