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new headphones

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:45 pm
by Hurb
i broke my decent headphones a wile ago and have been useing some wireless pieces of shite to record with for this compilation and i cant hear shit.. so i spend my last pennys on some new ones.


i bought the behringer hps3000's as thats all i could afford :cry:

they seem ok sound wise and are comfy anuff..only downfall is they dont seem too strong but i will be carefull with them.

so now tell me how i could of better spend my 15 quid lol

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:39 pm
by James
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sennheiser hd201 = ?15

tho to be fair, ive never tried the behringer ones so i cant compare, but i like the sennheiser a lot for the price, im only saying it cos you said to say how you couldve better spent it not cos i think you wasted your cash

tho in geekland, you get more kudos for having sennheiser written on a plastic strip on your head than you do for behringer

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:42 pm
by Hurb
bob wrote:Image

sennheiser hd201 = ?15

tho to be fair, ive never tried the behringer ones so i cant compare, but i like the sennheiser a lot for the price, im only saying it cos you said to say how you couldve better spent it not cos i think you wasted your cash

tho in geekland, you get more kudos for having sennheiser written on a plastic strip on your head than you do for behringer
no your right i should of posted this before i bought them lol but i always end up doing the stupid thing :lol:
when i have money i will be spending some big money on some decent studio headphones.

but these will have to do for now.

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:46 pm
by Hurb
hows the cans on those bob? the behringer ones are pritty good closed ones, and dont a lot of outside noise in.

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:50 pm
by James
those sennheiser arent exactly studio quality or anything, id just guess they were a tiny bit better than the behringher.

though saying that, the higher range sennheiser headphones are well worth the money if you want pro quality. these ones are cool and cost about ?80

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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:52 pm
by Hurb
bob wrote:those sennheiser arent exactly studio quality or anything, id just guess they were a tiny bit better than the behringher.

though saying that, the higher range sennheiser headphones are well worth the money if you want pro quality. these ones are cool and cost about ?80

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i wont be useing these to mix in or anything i just needed summit decent anuff at cutting outside noise when iam recording so i can hear what iam playing to.

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:53 pm
by James
are the behringers closed back?

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:55 pm
by Hurb
bob wrote:are the behringers closed back?
closed back meaning..like surounding you hole ear :? then yes

i suck at knowing stuff :P

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:58 pm
by Hurb

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:58 pm
by James
open back means they have some holes in them, so you can hear a bit of background noise (sometimes a good thing) and you can wear them for longer periods without fatigue.

closed back feel tighter to your head and the foam almost feels like its making a tiny vacuum when you wear them because of thelack of air holes. they block out more background noise, but they bring on fatigue quicker so you cant work for as long periods

sounds like you want closed back, but its usually not so black and white, and open backs still generally block a fair bit of background noise

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:02 pm
by Hurb
bob wrote:open back means they have some holes in them, so you can hear a bit of background noise (sometimes a good thing) and you can wear them for longer periods without fatigue.

closed back feel tighter to your head and the foam almost feels like its making a tiny vacuum when you wear them because of thelack of air holes. they block out more background noise, but they bring on fatigue quicker so you cant work for as long periods

sounds like you want closed back, but its usually not so black and white, and open backs still generally block a fair bit of background noise
i cant see any holes so they may be closed back.

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:12 pm
by James
it was actually quite hard to do a google search and get any more info than "super transparent highs", but judging from the picture id say you were right

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:14 pm
by Hurb
bob wrote:it was actually quite hard to do a google search and get any more info than "super transparent highs", but judging from the picture id say you were right
actually lookin at the next in the line headphones they mention that they are closed back so maybe mine are not i dunno lol

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:19 pm
by James
if you search for "behringer hps3000 open" you get...
The HPS3000 open backed headphones sound great and are an affordable solution.
but a search for "behringer hps3000 closed" gives....
Behringer Headphones HPS5000 - Closed Type High Performance Studio Headphones
im guessing theyre not fully closed, but mostly

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:23 pm
by Hurb
haha possibly. cheers for the help dude

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:30 pm
by James
actually i just thought, by 'closed ear' they just mean they cover your ear rather than anything to do with being closed in the more usual sense. id still say they arent fully open though.

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:19 pm
by Aug
?15 to spend on headphones is crap. You really should concider saving up and getting proper headphones. My AudioTechnicas are amazing...and I gave about ?32 or so...

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:21 pm
by Hurb
Aug wrote:?15 to spend on headphones is crap. You really should concider saving up and getting proper headphones. My AudioTechnicas are amazing...and I gave about ?32 or so...
i needed em quickly, they will certainly do for now. my last headphones i had cost around 100 beans.


for 15 quid there dope tho.

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:25 pm
by Aug
I understand that...start saving now for a proper set, use the cheapos for now, and later, the cheap headphones can be a backup set or something...

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:26 pm
by Hurb
Aug wrote:I understand that...start saving now for a proper set, use the cheapos for now, and later, the cheap headphones can be a backup set or something...
indeed.

you doin a tune for the compilation dude?