What do you use?
I need a pair as reference and when doing editing and restoration etc.
Ideas?

Grados.

I use the SR225s and like them a lot.

Thnx! will check it out
Btw, WOW!!! i just checked your website,, damn thats a cool studio.
I love concept studios

Sony 7506's. They don't come out much, but there's always a pair handy.

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Btw, WOW!!! i just checked your website,, damn thats a cool studio.

Thanks very much!

FWIW, the amp you pair them with will have a big effect on their sound. I demoed them through the Grado amp and they sounded beautiful, very natural and clear. I use them through a Central Station and find the response to be a bit colored. Still clear as hell though, and no where near as tubby as the Onkyo I have at home.

im using a pair of SR225s and thinks they are great for editing and such, but they lack mid freqs....which you will need for more musical stuff. check out a pair of the RS series...:-)

I like my Grados for this. I have SR225s and SR80s.

You'll pay for the RS series Grados, but they are superb headphones as well.

Only asterisk is from about the 225s on up, you'll hear it if you're plugging into a so-so headphone amp.

Been meaning to pick up a pair of 225's... Any favorite dealers?

to my knowledge, the 225 cost 200$ @ any dealer store around the globe....

Thanks guys, will be tryin out thoose grados soon..

John, hows your cabeling coming along?
What cable did you end up using, price per feet?

I'm in the same situation, after several tests im probably going with a Cat5e cable, very good specs and truly good results contra price.

I'm using Belden 1800F high-flex AES cable for the whole thing.

Been so busy that I haven't even taken it in yet... I think it's .40-.50 a foot or so. Gotta move on that. I'm hoping to get it all finished up after the 4th (July 4th).

Sounds good! keep me posted with the results!

OK, so i demo´d the grados today, have to say they sound really really nice, and damn cheap aswell..
Just need a nice Headamp then i´m game.

Thanks for your recommendations.
/Jonas

I went ahead and ordered a set of 225's myself. If Dirty likes 'em, I'm confident that they smoke.

Not that I really use phones much... But I've been getting a lot more restoration work in lately... And I'm about to have the entire catalog of one of those crazy 80's-90's guitar gods in soon... A lot of tape. Some DAT's, and even a stack of vinyl one-off's.

I'm assuming I'm going to be turning to phones a lot to zero in on clicks & pops a little more often than usual. So, they might as well sound good. Not that the 7506's aren't "happy" enough for that, but... But... Well, I dunno. It'll be nice to give something else a shot.

I'd really like to know how ear fatiguing problem goes with 7506 or 225. I like headphones a lot & find myself using them way more than I'd wish I did. They always give that extra something missing in other monitoring. So I've been thinking may be I should get something better to have them fuck up my ears mildly at least.

Any ideas?

Just plugged in the 225's... Sounded really nice.

Switched over the the 7506's to compare...



The 7506's will be on e-bay in a half-hour.

Kidding (about e-bay - but if anyone's interested, the 7506's are mint!).

It's not even a fair fight. The Grados slay the 7506's with extreme prejudice. The imaging is so much more detailed... The sense of air and space is more than impressive. Snare drums are much more poppy and realistic (a problem the 7506's always suffered IMO/E) and you can hear much more of the wood (or brass, if that's the case) in the shell. Very "3D" although I know that's an overused term.

Whoops - No time for a review... Gotta run. Anyway, a bargain from the first impression.

John - still like SR225?

More and more as I get used to them.

I've never tried the 225s - but I own both the 7506s and Beyer Dynamic DT770s - which I much prefer - anyone A/B'd the 225s and the 770s?

Just reading now that the Grados are open - the 770s are closed - so not necessarily a fair comparison for strict listening but I remain very curious.

Alessandro MS1 & MS2 are great open headphones like Grado great for mixing, Ultrasone Proline 650 close headphones better for mastering not that much of fatigue to the ears.



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