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03-21-2013, 08:12 PM
| | | | Headphones for bass practice
well thats the question, what headphones I can use for bass practice? Im tired of damaging earphones I always end broking it. you know the bass. Im thinking in some big headphones , any suggestion? |
03-21-2013, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South of the USA | | | Grado
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03-21-2013, 09:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | Audio Technica and AKG are two that I have used and like. What's your price range?
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03-21-2013, 09:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | I just saw a Vox headphone with builtin practice amp, made for bass. They call it the "AmPhone Bass": http://www.amazon.com/VOX-AMPHONESBA...s=amphone+bass
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03-21-2013, 09:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West of Stumptown, USA | | | Unsure of the specific model numbers, but I have Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Sony, and Shure headphones. They all ran between $79 and $129 (I think), and the best ones IMO are the Shures.
If you are damaging the headphones, you are probably damaging your ears also. |
03-21-2013, 09:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: Illinois | | | Sennheiser, mine (HD419) work great and they're pretty affordable. |
03-21-2013, 09:57 PM
| | | | For higher price headphones I favor the Beyer Dynamic DT770 Pro (generally $200). For lower price ($100) I like the AKG k240 studio heaphones. Havent tried Grado, but hears good things about them to. Ive owned a few pair of Sennheiser, the upper end models do sound very good, but I find them not as well built for durability compared to competition.
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03-21-2013, 10:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Lakewood, CO | | | My Sony headphones are the nicest and most comfortable headphones I've ever owned. Sadly they have a very short cable that makes playing with them awkward. Other pair is audio technica. Very nice as well, not quite as comfortable or noise cancelling, don't stay on my head as well, but they have a very long curly cable that is perfect for playing while wearing them. |
03-21-2013, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Up the street from Fender... | | | Skull Candy aviators. $150 awesome headphones
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03-21-2013, 10:19 PM
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03-21-2013, 10:21 PM
| | | | Well Im thinking in going with some of the 100+ range in a near future but I want something that can reproduce the bass sound without distortion and can last more than one week. I need it soon for continue with the practice at night so I cant afford right now a $100+ headphones but maybe a $40-$60 range |
03-21-2013, 10:25 PM
|  | Live life at 41.204 Hz | | | | | Just picked a pair of Sennheiser HD-280's right here for $60. Neodium drivers and they go down to 8 Hz. They perfectly reproduce my bass tone.
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03-21-2013, 10:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Newark ohio | | | Seems like you need to get the "old school" looking headphones to get the best sound reproduction. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like the "ear bud" sized headphones don't deliver in the bass department. I own sennheiser ( not sure of the model # but they were around $130) and do the job very well.
Before the current set, which I've had for 3-4 years now, I had a Bose set that my toddler at the time broke easily. Not that Bose is bad... They just broke easily in a toddlers hands. The sennheiser set seems to have been a little more robust and have lasted me this long and keep on going!
Not that it matters but both sets were purchased at guitar center while on vacation. Hope this helps.
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03-21-2013, 11:41 PM
|  | Don't want no treble. | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern California | | | Klipsch Reference One. Just got 'em and like the bass tone. Solid and fairly compact.
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03-22-2013, 08:47 PM
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03-22-2013, 10:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by prbrianpr well thats the question, what headphones I can use for bass practice? Im tired of damaging earphones I always end broking it. you know the bass. Im thinking in some big headphones , any suggestion? | I have 2 pairs:
1.) Audio Technica ATH-M50's. I use these for the more critical listening/recording and when my wife or children aren't likely to be calling me.
2.) Grado SR60i. Great open-back phones that work well and let me hear what's going on around the house.
I play 5 string basses only, and both of these have been great for that thus far. I have had the M50's for a few years and they still look new.
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03-23-2013, 01:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois | | | Phil jones offer some cans made specifically for bass they may be worth a look if you can save abit.
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03-23-2013, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CT | | | Just a quick question...
If its just for late night practice.and u need them right away..why do they have to be expensive? why must the volume be so loud that your "breaking " them.?..
im still usin a pair i got at a drugstore about 5 yrs ago..and i practice with them probly 3 times a week (at resonable practice volume). Im sure they dont reproduce bass tone as best it cld be..but ..again..were talkin practice here. Of couse i cld be missing something..
ymmv an the rest. |
03-23-2013, 09:19 PM
| | | | I'm using the Sony MDR-V6 monitor series headphones and I love them, for both silent practice and listening to music. There are tons of great reviews for them. Seems as though it usually comes down to a competition between the MDR-V6 cans and the Grado SR-60i cans for the price point. |
03-23-2013, 10:07 PM
| | Don't want no treble. | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jalap_inya I'm using the Sony MDR-V6 monitor series headphones and I love them, for both silent practice and listening to music. There are tons of great reviews for them. Seems as though it usually comes down to a competition between the MDR-V6 cans and the Grado SR-60i cans for the price point. | The MDR-V6 are the consumer version of the MDR-V7506 pro headphones. Excellent!
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