My AKG 99's just went after 7 years. I believed them to be fairly flat and got pretty decent mixes out of them for the price, but it seems like it's time for an upgrade.
Before everybody jumps in and says I shouldn't produce with headphones... I'm aware. I've got some Presonus Eris 8's for monitors and they're fantastic, however I live in an apartment and I can't always be bumping dubs and 3am in the morning (hah). I also lack a sub and while the Eris 8's have great low end, it's pretty essential that I cross check the bass with headphones so there must be good and accurate low end extension. I've been doing a bunch of research that I normally do before a big gear purchase and have come up on a lot of conflicting info...
A lot of audio guys I talk to who have been in the industry for years and really know their stuff often have a hard time grasping how important bass monitoring is in my genre, and often misguide me to flat monitors/headphones that don't have the low end extension I need. Just to give you guys an idea of what I'm dealing with here's a couple tunes(find the drops)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSKS3HdZhSA Paloma Faith - Just Be (Distance Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROoduwehVY Matty G & J:Kenzo - SC Connection
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Is mixing/producing/mastering really that bad with closed backs? You would think the isolation would be a pro but I've read things saying differently. I have an untreated room*
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Impedance... my AKGs were apparently 32 ohm and they still sounded fairly clear, does it really matter that much? and if it DOES matter, will my Focusrite 2i4 be able to power a 250 or 600 ohm headphone? How can I tell if my amp is good enough?
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Feel free to comment on any of the pairs I've listed below in terms of flatness, bass extension, comfort, sound pressure, ear fatigue, etc... Pairs I'm looking at...
Beyerdynamic DT 880 Sennheiser HD280 Sennheiser HD518(are these for home theater and not mixing/mastering?) AKG K612 (sometimes made in China and worse than an Austrian version that exists? idk? anybody know about this?)
Regards, DeadBit
Submitted April 29, 2017 at 04:13PM by DeadBitSound https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/68b4bu/headphones_for_producing_electronic_music_100200/?utm_source=ifttt