Looking for good studio headphones

[kieran t]

has anyone been using beats by dre?
the £350 ones?
my mate has some and i had a quick listen to them and compared then to to krks in his set up and i was impressed sounded spot on and exactly the same as the speakers.

opinions everyone.................

 

[MisterApe]

has anyone been using beats by dre?
the £350 ones?
my mate has some and i had a quick listen to them and compared then to to krks in his set up and i was impressed sounded spot on and exactly the same as the speakers.

opinions everyone.................

That's because they both hype up the frequencies .

 

[cruk]

I see I was mentioned earlier in the thread ha. Yeah I've owned the DT880's for 2/3 years now and they've served me very well done about 90% of my mixing and mastering on those bad boys, can't go wrong

 

[Mania]

I see I was mentioned earlier in the thread ha. Yeah I've owned the DT880's for 2/3 years now and they've served me very well done about 90% of my mixing and mastering on those bad boys, can't go wrong

Hey cruk, nice to see an NFG regular pop in.

Just so people know, i ended up forking out for the DT 880s.
Ive been having an issue with them though. Even though the tops have smoothed over, after about 20 hours of use they still sound pretty rough and low res if that makes sense.

Theyre being run with a 2i2 on a mac, on full gain if that makes a difference.
Its a bit of a concern because i have read so much praise, but they dont seem to sound proper in my setup. especially with percussion and mono sounds.

or do they just need more time?

 

[DYSRUPT]

I would give them more time. Mine were to bright for a while and it really bothered me becouse the tune would be bright and bashing but everywhere else it had no energy at all.n now their great. Not to mention letting your ears get used to them is very important as well.

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[DYSRUPT]

I never noticed an issue with mono sounds though. (That might be untrained ears though) I did notice the percussion issue though. Thats the frequency they had an issue with in the beginning.

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[MisterApe]

Just upgraded to the Beyerdynamic DT 880 pro's today.

I can hear SO much crap right now that's wrong with my music.
Back to the drawing board after the BSE blackout tonight .

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Hey cruk, nice to see an NFG regular pop in.

Just so people know, i ended up forking out for the DT 880s.
Ive been having an issue with them though. Even though the tops have smoothed over, after about 20 hours of use they still sound pretty rough and low res if that makes sense.

Theyre being run with a 2i2 on a mac, on full gain if that makes a difference.
Its a bit of a concern because i have read so much praise, but they dont seem to sound proper in my setup. especially with percussion and mono sounds.

or do they just need more time?

Did you get the 250ohm or the 600ohm version?
If it's the 600 one the interface might not be powerful enough to run it, seeing it sounds fine on a 2i2 over here! (250 version)

 

[cruk]

Hey cruk, nice to see an NFG regular pop in.

Just so people know, i ended up forking out for the DT 880s.
Ive been having an issue with them though. Even though the tops have smoothed over, after about 20 hours of use they still sound pretty rough and low res if that makes sense.

Theyre being run with a 2i2 on a mac, on full gain if that makes a difference.
Its a bit of a concern because i have read so much praise, but they dont seem to sound proper in my setup. especially with percussion and mono sounds.

or do they just need more time?

Hiya mate.
It sounds like they could do with more time to be honest, I remember giving them a fairly extended burn-in period. Just whack on some super long bass-heavy mixes and leave them playing for a while.
It shouldn't depend on the model you purchased though as headphones with higher power handling won't necessarily be better quality they'll just have lower harmonic distortion, however it sounds odd that you should need to have the gain on full to get them loud enough, are they the 600 Ohm cans?

Also want to mention that although I'm a believer in the headphone 'burn-in' it won't necessarily make a huge difference and a lot of people say it's purely placebic, I'd say if something sounds genuinely wrong with headphones they could be faulty so it might be worth looking into getting them exchanged or something.

 

[Mania]

Hiya mate.
It sounds like they could do with more time to be honest, I remember giving them a fairly extended burn-in period. Just whack on some super long bass-heavy mixes and leave them playing for a while.
It shouldn't depend on the model you purchased though as headphones with higher power handling won't necessarily be better quality they'll just have lower harmonic distortion, however it sounds odd that you should need to have the gain on full to get them loud enough, are they the 600 Ohm cans?

Also want to mention that although I'm a believer in the headphone 'burn-in' it won't necessarily make a huge difference and a lot of people say it's purely placebic, I'd say if something sounds genuinely wrong with headphones they could be faulty so it might be worth looking into getting them exchanged or something.

I got the 250 which juuuust matches my saffire, and also for using it on other peoples amps and stuff (i researched it beforehand). And when i say full gain, thats only really for when its under 14ish RMS, otherwise its too loud.

It seems to lose a bit of smoothness and clarity at my maximum comfortable volume, but the culprate is the high-mids, which should sort itself out, like what you said, with proper burn in. But, also like you said, ive always had the idea that it is a form of placebo and that it really shouldnt make much of an actual difference, which complicates things. If it ends up not making much of a difference than there might be something wrong with them, my ears. Maybe the fact that ive been stuck with poor studio sound with my monitors in my bedroom that i dont know what i should be looking for in a pair of cans.
I'll cease judgement until i give em the time, but its just bit of a worry for now. Especially since i sent a WIP to a few people and they said the mix was fine even though i thought it was shite and needed more work. Ah well.

Thanks for the help guys in the forum, and i hope you stay here and pitch in a bit crukky, cause the more established peeps the better.

 

[cruk]

I got the 250 which juuuust matches my saffire, and also for using it on other peoples amps and stuff (i researched it beforehand). And when i say full gain, thats only really for when its under 14ish RMS, otherwise its too loud.

It seems to lose a bit of smoothness and clarity at my maximum comfortable volume, but the culprate is the high-mids, which should sort itself out, like what you said, with proper burn in. But, also like you said, ive always had the idea that it is a form of placebo and that it really should make much of an actual difference, which complicates things. If it ends up not making much of a difference than there might be something wrong with them, my ears. Maybe the fact that ive been stuck with poor studio sound with my monitors in my bedroom that i dont know what i should be looking for in a pair of cans.
I'll cease judgement until i give em the time, but its just bit of a worry for now. Especially since i sent a WIP to a few people and they said the mix was fine even though i thought it was shite and needed more work. Ah well.

Thanks for the help guys in the forum, and i hope you stay here and pitch in a bit crukky, cause the more established peeps the better.

Yeah that's the other thing it can also depend on what you're used to. I'm enjoying mine now more than ever purely because I'm so used to them, it's the same with all new gear I suppose. I remember before I got them I'd been making music using little Sennheiser earbuds for tiime, and although it was a massive upgrade the transition can just take some getting used to.

No worries mate, yeah I should be sticking around, came across on the DOA life-raft haha

 

[kieran t]

That's because they both hype up the frequencies .

is that a good thing for mixing or bad?

 

[MisterApe]

is that a good thing for mixing or bad?

A bad thing generally, you want your speakers/headphones to be as flat as possible, downside of cheaper monitors/headphones usually is that they hype specific frequencies, krk rokits for sample hype the 80-100hz area if I'm not mistaken.
But, that being said. You can always learn how to mix on them and get a decent sounding mix as a result.

 

[DYSRUPT]

I agree. You eventually get used to what your work sounds like everywhere else. So you compensate. Eventually the compensation becomes second nature.

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[sam the dnb man]

Anyone use the DT-990 Pros? What are they like in comparison to the 770s?

 

[alz]

Anyone use the DT-990 Pros? What are they like in comparison to the 770s?

don't use them but they look exactly the same except for being open backed. 880's though... they look siiiick.