Should I sell my Adam A7s for a pair of sennheiser hd650s?

NewSc2 · Post by **NewSc2** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:24 am

minormal wrote: To be honest this is my main concern with monitors in rented apartments. Although I can mix quietly (some times over the weekend loud), I cant make alterations to the room which would get the most out of my speakers. This combined with the other factors has made me look into headphones for mixing. I think in afew years ill have my own place and will be able to kit a room out but until that time headphones will be the option.

I'd think the benefit of mixing even quietly would trump that of mixing on headphones. Almost every time I produce a song on headphones I have to spend a good amount of time re-tweaking the bass on proper monitors. Just get a set of cheaper headphones (Sennheiser HD580's don't go for that much used, or look at Sony MDR-V7506's).

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:58 pm

Anyway you should NOT get the 650 but 600 for producing. The 650-s are more hi-fi oriented.

I'm leaning towards Beyerdynamic DT-880 for my producing headphones
http://graphs.headphone.com/graphCompar ... phID[]=853 <- freq response graph

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:17 pm

i don't get this mixing quietly thing. how can you mix if you can't hear the music?

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:35 pm

Robot Criminal wrote:Anyway you should NOT get the 650 but 600 for producing. The 650-s are more hi-fi oriented.

there's hardly any difference.

i find when i mix on them i can get the mix 95% there. then when i listen on monitors some sounds need turning up but it's all minor stuff. the bass is always good, i had real problems with my low end but that went away when i got the 650's. don't buy sony headphones, they have no depth in the sound.

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:00 pm

the graph shows over like 10db difference in highs

I read it from slutz that the 650-s are more of a marketing trick from sennheiser geared towards hi-fi heads, not so honest...

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:25 pm

what graph?

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:03 pm

Robot Criminal wrote: http://graphs.headphone.com/graphCompar ... phID[]=853 <- freq response graph

doesn't show?

kristofason · Post by **kristofason** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:21 pm

Someone posted this up before, is it any good??
http://www.112db.com/redline/monitor/