What Headphone do you use to Mix?

Thanks guys.. The Audez LCD-2 look very promising but I don't like the price tag.
I'm going to make a list of all the suggestions and take my gear (MPC & Laptop) to the musicstore to do some testing soon.

@Zangetsu, there are other suggestions on here that are more affordable.

Also, learn about a/b referencing. I'm sure many of the regulars here can attest to to this.

Aiaiai, Yung Guru Edition, and Beats Studio.

Referencing is key. Level-matched referencing. Extremely important.

Thanks for the advice guys.. I appreciate it..

Sennheiser HD 25-1 II, hands down. Arguably one of the best and certainly one of the most used headphones for mastering, studio's, tv-production, and dj'ing and the like. They sound very good with any type of music, rock, classical, jazz, hiphop, you name it. And they're virtually indestructible too.

fender wrote:Sennheiser HD 25-1 II, hands down. Arguably one of the best and certainly one of the most used headphones for mastering, studio's, tv-production, and dj'ing and the like. They sound very good with any type of music, rock, classical, jazz, hiphop, you name it. And they're virtually indestructible too.

I'll agree with indestructible and with DJing, but very strongly disagree with the rest.
Tracking, listening, etc...yes, but definitely *NOT* for mastering or critical audio work where you have to hear it all non-hyped – the sound is very boomy and hyped.

Fanu wrote:I'll agree with indestructible and with DJing, but very strongly disagree with the rest.
Tracking, listening, etc...yes, but definitely *NOT* for mastering or critical audio work where you have to hear it all non-hyped – the sound is very boomy and hyped.

Funny, this is the first time I see someone call the HD25's boomy and hyped. Boomy and hyped is something that describes Beats by Dre cans.

Anyway, see head-fi.org for lots of serious / critical reviews and a huge thread discussing them.

I'd suggest the Beyerdynamic DT-880. I got them because they sound rather similar to my monitors.

Using these babies.
http://www.tonepublications.com/macro/t ... eadphones/


Do yourself a favour and check these out. Incredible headphones which destroy the competition (until you get into four or five figure sums for headphones)

Heres a resource for comparing and looking at frequency response.

http://www.headphone.com/pages/build-a-graph

Shure SRH440's

Perrin&Tonic wrote:Not to sound rude, but I would strongly suggest never "mixing" with headphones.

I was waiting for someone to inevitably say this

I agree with Fanu, get a decent set of headphones, get used to them and you should be okay, just remember to double check on monitors. You can also try the VRM box.

Just to add, headphones will make you go deaf. Turn them down or try not to use them.

Im using open back Beyerdynamic DT880's and closed Sennheiser HD280's


Stax Headphones look and sound different, if the price on the amp were lower, I would try them out.

The HD280's are always on sale too. You can get them brand new for around the $60-70 dollar range. The Audio Technica M50's are overrated and wack to me, I'm sorry to everyone I've offended. Maybe I have not used my pair enough but my ears feel tired after an hour of use.

Right now my go to are the old Sennheiser HD497, they're open but they're flat. For closed, I prefer using the Sennheiser HD25 but now I'm using a pair of the Sennheiser Amperiors which are the HD25 driver in an aluminum enclosure, so they're slightly brighter and have a bit more punch than the original HD25 series.

Again, its important you pick a pair that you like and learn how other music sounds with it. Using a pair like those beats by dre are not going to give your mixes what you need but if you learn how things are supposed to sound, you can use your own judgement of what not to adjust. But that goes into a whole other topic of mixing that I don't want to flood here. Peace.