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takato14

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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2015, 05:11:15 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on August 21, 2015, 04:46:13 AM
Are you serious?
*anything made (released) by sony in the last 20 years
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2015, 05:27:43 AM »
Apple EarPods. These are probably the most mid centric transducer ever. You don't get harsh treble from bad source nor any kind of overpowered bass from bad mixes. The most forgiving device in the world.
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2015, 03:05:58 PM »
Whatever mid-fi headphone I have on hand: Beyer DT-250 (office), Beyer DT880 (home).  Why make compression and other poor mastering choices even more evident?

PS. Just listen to better recordings  :)p8
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #23 on: August 25, 2015, 01:47:44 AM »
ATH-A900X. I don't get why these aren't mentioned more often.
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2015, 03:15:49 AM »
HD650; smooth it all out.
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2015, 06:06:30 PM »
Quote from: Cryptowolf on August 22, 2015, 03:05:58 PM
Whatever mid-fi headphone I have on hand: Beyer DT-250 (office), Beyer DT880 (home).  Why make compression and other poor mastering choices even more evident?

PS. Just listen to better recordings  :)p8
But metal is supposed to sound like shit! You have to tune guitars after you buy them? Sepultura! Setting limiters on your already hole in the ground drum micing? Demilich! Plug in a buzzsaw HM-2 pedal to your ridiculous beeswarm JCM 900 head with every knob on 11? Dismember! Make your crappy solo twice as loud as everything else on the album? Carcass! Metal is Spinal Tap and we're not even getting into the horrible brickwalling, sample replaced drums, and digital reamping of modern crap. Metallica having Death Magnetic "remixed" (clipped to hell to dirty up the sterile rhythm guitar tone) so it would sound "smokin'" in Lars "I have very severe hearing damage." Urlich's car might be the best of that.
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #26 on: August 28, 2015, 07:44:09 PM »
Quote from: metal571 on August 25, 2015, 01:47:44 AM
ATH-A900X. I don't get why these aren't mentioned more often.
I don't think many people here have even tried Audio-Technica's new offerings due to their reputation.
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #27 on: August 28, 2015, 07:50:04 PM »
Quote from: metal571 on August 25, 2015, 01:47:44 AM
ATH-A900X. I don't get why these aren't mentioned more often.

I've owned the AD900, A900x, and AD2000.

I'll say that I didn't care for any of them except for the AD2000 which I still have.
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #28 on: August 28, 2015, 08:36:17 PM »
If it's really shit but i have to hear it i'll use speakers. No way those ribbon tweeters are gonna decapitate me.
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Re: your most preferred headphones for crappie recorded/mastered music
« Reply #29 on: August 29, 2015, 07:50:19 AM »
Quote from: zerodeefex on August 28, 2015, 07:50:04 PM
I've owned the AD900, A900x, and AD2000.

I'll say that I didn't care for any of them except for the AD2000 which I still have.

The ADH900 got me into headphone listening and I enjoyed it very much --- but then I got HD600 and rediscovered bass.
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