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Re: Headphones

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:24 am
by Juno
cpl_crud wrote:Actually I'm a bad example. I'm not sure what "normal" people do when it comes to listening to things.
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I have these cheap 15€ no-brand headphones on all the time when using my laptop. Partly because laptop speakers suck, partly because I don't live alone so I don't need to bother my people with whatever, partly because it helps not hearing other people's shit as well.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:05 pm
by Bara
cpl_crud wrote:Actually I'm a bad example. I'm not sure what "normal" people do when it comes to listening to things.
I just use a $40.00 pair of Koss SB-40; primarily for the mic in gaming; but also for the comfort of wearing them. I wear glasses and untill I got these I never found a pair of headphones I could wear for more than an hour untill I came across these. If you want to look at these clunkers the Koss webpage is below because I'm too lazy to link it propperly. :wink:

http://www.koss.com/koss/kossweb.nsf/p? ... Emm%5ESB40

Re: Headphones

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:00 pm
by XtC
Well i actually don't consider the afore mentioned sets as 'abnormal' per se since i've seen people who modify their own headsets. I myself just use some(which are better than all those on the list, no offense crud :) ) Denon HP700's with slightly modified drivers for my music, games, and DJ practice.:
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and yeah i know my camera sucks :(

Re: Headphones

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:54 am
by cpl_crud
How can any of you live with yourself?

Re: Headphones

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:11 am
by Juno
cpl_crud wrote:How can any of you live with yourself?
Well, I got decades of practice behind me.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:25 am
by ccdr
These things

250$ USD

I also had a 600 dollar pair whose name and brand escapes me at the minute but they were stolen from me recently.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:19 pm
by ZystraL
cpl_crud wrote:How can any of you live with yourself?
Simple. I turn up the distortion on my guitar amp.

But in all honesty, yes I spend more on headphones per year than the average man does on utility bills. I just break them all the time.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:21 pm
by flurk
ZystraL wrote:
cpl_crud wrote:How can any of you live with yourself?
I turn up the distortion on my guitar amp.
seriously, how can you live with yourself? get a ******* pedal!

Re: Headphones

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:49 pm
by The Chemist
cpl_crud wrote:I use Cubase 4 but I haevn't bothered to upgrade to 5 as I haven't done anything serious in.... well, less than a decade but greater than a year.

I used to have a lot more stuff but when I realised it was doing nothing but gathering dust and losing values I flogged most of it last year.


Also a little more news now that I've had the Edition 8's on for a bit.

For a closed-back headphone tehy hold their own against the Grados. I am more familiar with the Grados, and the extra ventilation feels a little nicer. They are also a little lighter.

At the workshop I thought that the Edition8's bass was better than the GS1000, which it is, but I don't think it's by much.

I honestly think anyone would be happy with either.
Are you looking for a 48-channel, 16-buss digital console by any chance? I'm trying to get rid of mine to finish paying my PTHD system off.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:02 am
by cpl_crud
....

No.

If I ever wanted to mix something serious, I'd do it at work.

Then again no harm in asking....

Re: Headphones

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:54 pm
by The Chemist
Do you work at a studio?

Cause word up for working in a studio.

Or, slaving in a mix room, in my case.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:21 am
by cpl_crud
Not as such.

Before you all came along I would have mentioned it but now that people are actually looking at these forums I no longer find it appropriate to mention my workplace.

That being said I am a technical advisor on sound gear.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:12 pm
by DuaneMoody
These are what my employers gave me to wear at work and I've been wearing since forever. Having a hearing deficiency (cookie bite), I would have stayed the hell out of this thread...but my hearing aids got fitted this morning and I wanted to try out the 'music' setting on them.

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Sennheiser HD 400, long since discontinued.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:57 pm
by ZystraL
flurk wrote:
ZystraL wrote:
cpl_crud wrote:How can any of you live with yourself?
I turn up the distortion on my guitar amp.
seriously, how can you live with yourself? get a ******* pedal!
MXR Distortion+ / Ibanez DS-& / Peavey Vypyr / Behringer ultra Flanger 200 / Ibanez Wailing Demon / Boss TURBO Distortion DS-2 is my main gigging rig.

also, my overheads are HD201 Game's, which I often plug right into my guitar. Much fun.

Re: Headphones

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:46 pm
by The Chemist
ZystraL wrote: MXR Distortion+ / Ibanez DS-& / Peavey Vypyr / Behringer ultra Flanger 200 / Ibanez Wailing Demon / Boss TURBO Distortion DS-2 is my main gigging rig.

also, my overheads are HD201 Game's, which I often plug right into my guitar. Much fun.
Epic.

This is the rig I used to use for a few months:

Boss BluesDriver2 --> MXR Carbon Copy (Side-Chained)--> Yamaha ComPRESSor --> Ibanez Wailing Demon (Side-Chained) --> VL GCX --> 1:Bogen MXA-30 2: Roland JC-120 3: Ampeg SVT-3 --> DIY 4x12 Cab, Stereo