For discussion about setting up your studio and advice on the gear and equipment within it.
By 6/8 Stanley Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:35 am
Zoom H6. Something in the $35 and under range for playing my MPC beats etc? No BT. Fat cord preferred.
By 6/8 Stanley Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:25 pm
Maybe a dumb idea, need to hear clearly what I'm playing and recording while also listening to the beats on H6 so maybe earbuds bad idea. Have some old studio monitor headphones that might work with H6 but want something way lighter and more comfortable. After an hour those things hurt my ears. And it usually takes me more than an hour to lay down anything good.
User avatar
By Lampdog Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:50 am
BEST earbuds I’ve ever bought in my life, I even got the wife and her sister the same ones (they have the mic’d version for chat, I don’t) they were stunned at the wide freq range. They heard things in their music they’ve never heard before. I use them when making beats on ipad.

https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R6-Black ... DXD9RKTDSM

Image
By 6/8 Stanley Sun Jan 19, 2020 6:11 am
thanks, it's in my cart at amazon. It's R6 ll, hope the slightly newer version isn't worse. They don't seem to make the newer version anymore either, they're dumping wired I guess.
User avatar
By Lampdog Sun Jan 19, 2020 6:25 am
You will be very satisfied with them!
Let us know what you think after you’ve listened to a variety of songs.
By 6/8 Stanley Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:19 pm
I like. Comfy and sound good. Shows differences between digital formats and differences between my gear I'm listening too that I never noticed before. Stuff downloaded from youtube that somebody recorded with their phone from a crappy record player or sound system still sound bad. Low quality MP3's sound about the same. The FLAC and high quality MP3 on the laptop sounds much clearer than through my speakers.

But the R6 sounds most amazing with the Fiio music player.
Listened to a FLAC of Tabu Ley and Mbilia Bel's English version of "Shauri Yako", a famous song that swept all of Africa (except South Africa where Congolese music was illegal) in the 80's. I could understand all of the lyrics (she doesn't really speak English) for the first time. Also listened to a FLAC of the original N'Timbo Swahili version of "Shauri Yako" that someone recorded off the vinyl. Guitars etc. crisp and clear. Beat the miserably recorded youtube version of it by a mile. Then I listened to Hendix, "Exp" and the rest of Axis Bold As Love.

So yeah. Thank you. Should be perfect for H6. Spending more time with the music player now. And looking for more FLAC's.
User avatar
By Lampdog Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:25 am
Glad you like em man! Like I said they amazed me, Klipsch took earbuds to a whole ‘nother level. You can hear differences in everything, they don’t hide or mask anything with eq or filters it seems.