Cheap but good headphones...

[hurlingdervish]

i dunno who has the money to drop a half G on headphones but im looking at a couple of 50 $ ones
Nady QH560

AKG K77



those behringer ones look decent but guitar center doesnt carry them

any experience with either of these?

the nady's are two for one so thats definitely a plus

[ColeRockLee]

I'd avoid the Behringer's. Their gear is usually cheap and crappy. I dunno anything about Nady but their always in the cheapo section too, so you may be getting what you pay for there. AKG has a pretty good track record. Some Sennheiser HD 280 Pros are what you really want.

[hurlingdervish]

ill probably go with the AKG

i dont have the cash to buy the seinheisers. i can really only spend 60 bucks tops right now and it will still be a quantum leap from the shit phones i got now

20 hz to 20khz is a perfect range for me

seinheisers have 8 hz.....wtf do they shake your head or something

[niq names]

[quote="hematurge"]I'd avoid the Behringer's. Their gear is usually cheap and crappy. I dunno anything about Nady but their always in the cheapo section too, so you may be getting what you pay for there. AKG has a pretty good track record. Some Sennheiser HD 280 Pros are what you really want.[/quote


ive got those hd 280s and they are great for tacking and the bass is decent. the only other joints id buy are some ATHM50s but thats more than you want to spend right now.
the hd280's are tight for the price.

[niq names]

ill probably go with the AKG



seinheisers have 8 hz.....wtf do they shake your head or something

lol i wish, the tend to pop like any other spkr when driven to hard.

[cartesia]

Out of all the discussions I've seen online about good headphones for monitoring, AKG have come out on top - usually more expensive models than the ones youve shown there, but AKG would be the brand to go for... Just dont expect amazement from $50 headphones

[fauna]

i use this guide every time i need to figger on some new phones:

http://www.headphone.com/guide/by-budget/

info is solid and you can click around and find lists based on use as well.

from what you've posted above, i'd avoid the behringers, but i like nady's mics (don't know about their phones) and i use AKG's now. they're pretty solid, but they make the bass sound thicker than it is (so i gotta mix on the monitors, which i'd do anyway...but it's worth saying).

[hurlingdervish]

i mean yea i got decent monitors but thats where i mix, i dont care for mixing on headphones, just writing

the thing is i have some fucking sony 10 dollar POS phones that are covered in paint and broken in two places

so anything is an upgrade at this point

[Les Braun]

Anything from Sennheiser is great. I guess AKG's are alright, too.

[cartesia]

^ well.. they make alot of commercial headphones these days as well as the studio ones, alot the commercial ones are just as crappy as commercial sony headphones, etc..

[ellaguru]

I'd avoid the Behringer's. Their gear is usually cheap and crappy. .

ultraquote!!!!!!

[Tator606]

I'll throw another vote for the Sennheiser hd280 pros. They're worth it, I was really against paying 90-100 bucks for headphones but im glad I did.

[olson]

i never tried the hd280s but i can vouch for sennheiser fo sho (got some hd485s, they were like $90 and have been great).

[fauna]

i realize now that i said i have AKGs - wrong info, sorry - I have audio-technicas. i have used AKGs at a buddy's place and they were fine. the info about over-abundant bass ^^ i said above is about the audio-technicas, which, otherwise, i really dig.

sorry for the wrong info.

[mfox]

ultrasone makes a consumer headphone- targeted to the ipod audience that ive heard are actually real nice for mixing. maybe look into that?...