I personally use Beyerdynamic DT770s. They are a bit pronounced on the bass, but they do it right, as opposed to the older Beats.
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Beats By Dre for Practice?
- Thread starter organworthyplayer337
- Start date
I did considered in ear monitors. Like the ones from Shure. I was just worried about the sound quality of the bass. Do they portray bass well?
Get some Audio Technica ATH M50x. They are much better than Beats for much less. They come recommended by many as great value headphones for the money.
I have 1964 Ears Qis. Those are quad-driver in-ear monitors and the bass is great; loud as you want it but in balance with the rest of the spectrum. As far as the bass response on other IEMs I cannot say. You'd have to look up reviews of what you're thinking at buying.
Wondering if this is the same Beats audio system that my newest laptop came equipped with. If so, it is by far the best sounding and far loudest laptop I've ever owned/heard. Sounds great in the 17" HP
Edit: bought it used, and not to plug my bass into
Edit: bought it used, and not to plug my bass into
I'm sure the drivers in your computer and the drivers in the headphones are two totally different animals..
Beats were designed and marketed as fashion accessories. That tells me everything I need to know.
I use an MXR bass DI+ going into the board and use Sennheiser headphones where we rehearse.
Next time you practice, cut the treble and mids on your amp and/or active eq on your instrument, then boost only the bass- You will then have your answer to whether or not that kind of unbalanced emphasis works well for practicing. IMO, a relatively flat eq gives the best sonic benchmark, YMMV.
I'm looking into those now thanks!
Seem like good quality headphones for just bass practice...
MDBass
Supporting Member
- Nov 7, 2012
- 8,590
- 14,890
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Dingwall-Fender-Bergantino-Dunlop-Tech 21-Darkglass-Nordstrand
More sub frequencies and less midrange just means more woof and less articulation, so no...your ears will fatigue faster and you won't hear yourself as accurately.
They will still work but literally every other option is a better choice, especially considering the price point.
MDBass
Supporting Member
- Nov 7, 2012
- 8,590
- 14,890
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Dingwall-Fender-Bergantino-Dunlop-Tech 21-Darkglass-Nordstrand
The M50's are great for just about everything, balanced while still pleasing to listen to and reasonably priced; unless you're an obsessive audiophile with disposable income, there's no real reason to step up to the $500-$1500 models.
MDBass
Supporting Member
- Nov 7, 2012
- 8,590
- 14,890
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Dingwall-Fender-Bergantino-Dunlop-Tech 21-Darkglass-Nordstrand
I do.
But if you already own a $500+ pair of IEM's (UE's, JH's, etc.) there's no real reason to be looking into headphones
I didn't read thru the 52 posts before mine but all the same, here's my opinion:
I own a set of Beats and a set of Audio-Technica ath-M50. The Beats have their place - when listening to electronic music, or anything bass heavy. To that end, I definitely recommend them for use during practice. The M50 cans are much flatter in response. Given that they're also circumaural (they cover your entire ear) and closed-back, they have what some would call an "untrue bass response." All closed back cans have this... It's a product of the design - think of ported vs non-ported cabs. Anyway, I really love them. I use them in tracking, working quick skeleton mixes, and just for general listening at home.
IMO, either of these (or any closed back set of headphones) would be a good choice for home practice. The M50 are usually around $150 new. The Beats are significantly more expensive but they're also much louder, since they're active and noise cancelling.
Bring your phone/iPod/whatever with you to the store and try a bunch of cans with your favourite songs. Pick the one that sounds best to you... I use both the Beats and the M50 on a regular basis, depending on context. Don't let the haters steer you away from something you might like.
I own a set of Beats and a set of Audio-Technica ath-M50. The Beats have their place - when listening to electronic music, or anything bass heavy. To that end, I definitely recommend them for use during practice. The M50 cans are much flatter in response. Given that they're also circumaural (they cover your entire ear) and closed-back, they have what some would call an "untrue bass response." All closed back cans have this... It's a product of the design - think of ported vs non-ported cabs. Anyway, I really love them. I use them in tracking, working quick skeleton mixes, and just for general listening at home.
IMO, either of these (or any closed back set of headphones) would be a good choice for home practice. The M50 are usually around $150 new. The Beats are significantly more expensive but they're also much louder, since they're active and noise cancelling.
Bring your phone/iPod/whatever with you to the store and try a bunch of cans with your favourite songs. Pick the one that sounds best to you... I use both the Beats and the M50 on a regular basis, depending on context. Don't let the haters steer you away from something you might like.
I try a different approach, although I don't own any Beatz-headphones. It is more than a marketing gimmick and bassplayers should know this better than anyone else...
Those who buy these headphones don't simply pay that huge amount of money without listening with them first, at least most of them don't.
We should know that if you have the possibility to listen to music through large speakers at a decent volume, bass is something you don't just hear with your ears, you feel the low frequencies in your stomach and if it is really loud it puts pressure on your chest.
Most of us don't have the possibility to do this at home. More and more people have to or prefer to live in big cities with a huge infrastructure and accept the higher costs for apartments instead of maybe living in a house of their own, even if they pay more for a small apartment than others for a house.
I guess the younger ones who experience music in clubs with huge speakers and subwoofers or 5.1 sound in large and well equipped cinemas kind of miss something, when they are listening to music out of notebook speakers or cheap smartphone buds.
The reason that the Beatz and similar headphones are so popular is that they kind of try to make up for the loss of the physical experience of listening to low frequencies with an overemphasized amount of the pressure of bass directly on your ears that closed headphones can archieve.
I hope and guess in the future transducers will make up for this in a better way (like TecAmp with their Pleasure Boards).
I own neutral headphones like the AKG K701 and others (and a lot of rather high-end stuff including different pairs of nearfield speakers from Adam and Focal), but when it comes to tracking I prefer the K267, which is a bit of a reaction of AKG to the Beatz-headphones. It allows you to choose between neutral, more bass (club) and even more bass (stage). In AKG's case it is a mechanical solution.
And I have to admit I love the stage-setting and it makes playing more fun for me.
It is a bit lame to just despise those who buy headphones like the Beatz instead of at least suppose that they might have a rational (if the costs for the Beatz are justifiable and if you love this company is anther story...).
Those who buy these headphones don't simply pay that huge amount of money without listening with them first, at least most of them don't.
We should know that if you have the possibility to listen to music through large speakers at a decent volume, bass is something you don't just hear with your ears, you feel the low frequencies in your stomach and if it is really loud it puts pressure on your chest.
Most of us don't have the possibility to do this at home. More and more people have to or prefer to live in big cities with a huge infrastructure and accept the higher costs for apartments instead of maybe living in a house of their own, even if they pay more for a small apartment than others for a house.
I guess the younger ones who experience music in clubs with huge speakers and subwoofers or 5.1 sound in large and well equipped cinemas kind of miss something, when they are listening to music out of notebook speakers or cheap smartphone buds.
The reason that the Beatz and similar headphones are so popular is that they kind of try to make up for the loss of the physical experience of listening to low frequencies with an overemphasized amount of the pressure of bass directly on your ears that closed headphones can archieve.
I hope and guess in the future transducers will make up for this in a better way (like TecAmp with their Pleasure Boards).
I own neutral headphones like the AKG K701 and others (and a lot of rather high-end stuff including different pairs of nearfield speakers from Adam and Focal), but when it comes to tracking I prefer the K267, which is a bit of a reaction of AKG to the Beatz-headphones. It allows you to choose between neutral, more bass (club) and even more bass (stage). In AKG's case it is a mechanical solution.
And I have to admit I love the stage-setting and it makes playing more fun for me.
It is a bit lame to just despise those who buy headphones like the Beatz instead of at least suppose that they might have a rational (if the costs for the Beatz are justifiable and if you love this company is anther story...).
Last edited:
Fat Steve
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it.
I've been using the better Skullcandy ear buds for practice, and they sound great.
