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09-08-2004, 05:57 PM
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What are the best headphones for "silent" bass practice I can get for $100 or less. Hopefully something I can pickup at the local "big box" music store, and not have to order. I'll be plugging into my SWR 4004.
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09-08-2004, 06:08 PM
| | | | Ironically, the best headphones i've ever had good for a nice bass sound were purchased at wal-mart.
It's called a Koss UR-15C. |
09-08-2004, 06:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Toronto ON - Beauty, eh? | | | AKG 240S - the original studio headphones! |
09-08-2004, 06:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Providence, RI | | | I love my Sony MDR 7506... $99.
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09-08-2004, 06:15 PM
|  | Dr. Bass, The best cabinet you'll NEVER own! | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland | | I use the Sony's as well. Excelent 
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09-08-2004, 06:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA | | | I also love the Sony MDR-7506. I don't about local but you can probably find them online for $99.
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09-08-2004, 06:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: WI | | | A question I've often wondered too and have been meaning to ask. Also, is there anything that is noticably better for a little over $100 or will the above mentioned be all a person needs? For my needs, it will have to handle the low B string.
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09-08-2004, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: University of South Carolina | | | you better make sure its a headphone slot and not a regular output slot or you'll blow em as soon as you sound a note... |
09-08-2004, 06:46 PM
| | | | Yes, stereo headphone slot. One reason I bought the 4004. |
09-08-2004, 07:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | I'm very curious as well. I'll be in the studio a lot this fall and mixing a lot at home, too, and I can get a pair of swank headphones from L&M through the school with the pgoram's educational discount.
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09-08-2004, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by DEFELDUS you better make sure its a headphone slot and not a regular output slot or you'll blow em as soon as you sound a note... | Hey Dre, my Eden has a headphone output on it so it would be no problem.
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09-08-2004, 09:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: University of South Carolina | | | ah cool, just watchin out for ya.
btw, whos dre? |
09-08-2004, 09:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa, USA | | | I, too, use the Sony MDR-7506 on a regular basis and really like it. Like most of the others, I paid $99.00USD for mine. For less money, I bought a set of Radio Shack "Extreme fold-ups" (now discontinued, of course) for around $35.00 a couple of years ago. The Radio Shack set works almost as well as the Sony. |
09-08-2004, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DEFELDUS ah cool, just watchin out for ya.
btw, whos dre? |
Hey, sorry man, I got you confused with another person.
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09-08-2004, 10:02 PM
|  | Chronic Pain Endorsed By Fentanyl/Oxycodone/Valium | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Evansville, IN | | I'd first stay away from marketing claiming "Enhanced bass response" or anything of the type. Even if true and not a marketing gimmick (high-end brands have models voiced in different ways), I think naturally "flat" EQ response is a better way to go - you can always EQ more bass in other ways, and flat response is nice for studio monitoring, other sources, etc...
That being said, I love my Audio-Technica ATH-M40fs. I picked them up at during a MF sale (they're about $30 more now, but use Froogle to pricematch if ordering from MF.com or purchasing at GC) and they're wonderful not only for "silent" playing, but for listening to music as well. I'd forgotten how nice a great set of headphones were at enhancing a CD listening "experience" since I moved out and haven't had access to my Dad's.  |
09-08-2004, 10:19 PM
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