Good Studio Headphones & DACs, which should I buy?
Good Studio Headphones & DACs, which should I buy? Posted on: 05.06.2013 by Vikki Falkenrath I'm having thouble to listen to music with my notebook's speakers, and buying some external speakers would bother my family too much haha. So I decided to buy just a DAC and a good studio headphone.Now, what are the best ones? Doing some research I found that Audio-Technica ATH-M50 is a good choice.... is it? What about DACs, is there any difference at all between them? Thanks | |
Vikki Falkenrath 08.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Polygon
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
As a can it's praised for its macro-detail resolving abilities, can really translate well across different nuances. I wouldn't consider it a reference monitor can tho, because it's pretty colored as a headphone. Most would describe it as "bassy and smooth", not exactly what i would look for in a reference can. Beyerdynamic makes some very good cans, but i don't really like their dt series, mostly because of their heaviness on the head. They are extremely uncolored tho, especially the 990, and they come in different impedence versions , which will be good if you won't be using them with no external sound card (32ohm version) The T series is phenomenal tho. As i said something like 300 times on this community already i LOVE the akg k701 for their resolving abilities, and they are also very very comfy, and darn cheap for what they offer. |
Trey Brune 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
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Vikki Falkenrath 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Polygon
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
Guitarcentre. Those guys have a load more stuff than any bestbuy. |
Edwardo Rothenberger 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
I believe many of us appreciate many don't notice any difference, but stop trying to ram your view down others throats with your ABX, double blind tests. Just allow others to have their opinion. |
Trey Brune 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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Edwardo Rothenberger 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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Mimi Mahaffee 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
it's not a small difference, it's quite substantional. However I'm happy with CD quality files of 16 bit, but if i had the oppurtunity to easy acess and store all my music files at 192/24 I would have them like that for sure. |
Anibal Hoormann 07.06.2013 | Guys, I am starting dj-ing but I already use quite a lot Ableton, and I would like to know if for 100 |
Vikki Falkenrath 08.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Polygon
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
As a can it's praised for its macro-detail resolving abilities, can really translate well across different nuances. I wouldn't consider it a reference monitor can tho, because it's pretty colored as a headphone. Most would describe it as "bassy and smooth", not exactly what i would look for in a reference can. Beyerdynamic makes some very good cans, but i don't really like their dt series, mostly because of their heaviness on the head. They are extremely uncolored tho, especially the 990, and they come in different impedence versions , which will be good if you won't be using them with no external sound card (32ohm version) The T series is phenomenal tho. As i said something like 300 times on this community already i LOVE the akg k701 for their resolving abilities, and they are also very very comfy, and darn cheap for what they offer. |
Trey Brune 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
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Vikki Falkenrath 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Polygon
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
Guitarcentre. Those guys have a load more stuff than any bestbuy. |
Edwardo Rothenberger 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
I believe many of us appreciate many don't notice any difference, but stop trying to ram your view down others throats with your ABX, double blind tests. Just allow others to have their opinion. |
Trey Brune 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
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Vikki Falkenrath 07.06.2013 | Sorry for interupting this complex conversation, but let me ask something.... how easy it is to use/install these Audio Interfaces? and how easy it is to find them on shops? I'm not from USA, I'm from Brazil, but I'm going to Chicago and Vegas this month and I planning to go to Best Buy or something.. will I find this type of stuff there? |
Alphonso Deitchman 07.06.2013 | There have been many studies on this exact comparison which have been properly conducted (ABX testing). I have yet to come across any that conclude anything other than that there is no audible difference between CD audio and above. http://www.thatcorp.com/datashts/Gal...007_Report.pdf http://www.itwriting.com/blog/articl...r-than-than-cd |
Mimi Mahaffee 07.06.2013 | No offense but have you even tested it yourself? true 192/24 material vs regular CD? Because there sadly is material out there which is not properly mastered, just a regular 44.1/16 converted to 192/24 and ofcourse they will sound the same then. Both you and I know that there will not be any scienceproject to determine whether there is an audible difference or not because you wont earn any money on that. I can speak for myself and 100% of the people I made a demo for so far. |
Alphonso Deitchman 07.06.2013 | If there are no studies or evidence backing up the claim that SACD sounds any better, it does stand to reason that "everybody else can't". |
Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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Edwardo Rothenberger 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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Alphonso Deitchman 07.06.2013 | Care to link a study or any evidence at all that shows that "most people are able to tell the difference between 16 bit and 24 bit material"? |
Mimi Mahaffee 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
it's not a small difference, it's quite substantional. However I'm happy with CD quality files of 16 bit, but if i had the oppurtunity to easy acess and store all my music files at 192/24 I would have them like that for sure. |
Anibal Hoormann 07.06.2013 | Guys, I am starting dj-ing but I already use quite a lot Ableton, and I would like to know if for 100 |
Alphonso Deitchman 07.06.2013 | 16bit gives you up to 120dB of dynamic range, which is far more than enough to cover the hearing range. |
Mimi Mahaffee 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
Actually there is a audible difference between a GOOD produced 192/24 and a 44.1/16. It's not just about the numbers and what your ear can hear, it's about the dynamics. Ofcourse you need proper gear to hear this and the better gear the better good quality source will sound. Then it's just up to ourselves what money we can justify for our "hobby". /audio enthusiast |
Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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Dannie Dimora 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by R01
Also, i explained AA artifacts in one of my previous posts, and how cds, while technically able to reproduce up to 22khz, have a practical, artifact-less limit that is much lower than that. |
Rochel Gleese 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
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Rochel Gleese 07.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
For quote above |
Rochel Gleese 07.06.2013 | Every friggin thread I read on this community
starts bagging people out for wanting to have higher quality gear. He said he wanted to do some production on Ableton not just listen to podcasts. $1000 is fuck all once you start getting into producing. Some up of threads on DjTechtools. Everyone should buy KRK monitors, buy cheap RCAs, HD25s and MP3s cause nobody can tell the difference anyway. |
Norman Haraldsen 06.06.2013 | Get a Schiit M&M stack and a pair of he400s and you'll be set. |
Alphonso Deitchman 06.06.2013 | There are a few good deals on decent headphones over in the Buy and Sell community at the moment. The pure sound quality you get from headphones isn't all that subjective, but you may need to try them yourself for comfort/ergonomics. |
Vikki Falkenrath 06.06.2013 | Djing is a hobby for me, and from time to time I make these plans in my head, and keep believeing about them, searching on google and asking on community
s till I realise it is the right or wrong thing to do. My next step is boosting my capacity of understanding the tracks, and stop using my car's speakers to be the final verdict... Actually $1000 is the maximum I will pay for the headphones and the soundcard, but with all the info in this thread I believe I can archieve what I want spending half of that. I already own a $150 HDJ-1000, but is impossible to spend hours listening to music with it, its just unconfortable. I'm trying to find one that is extremely confortable and has an awsome sound quality. |
Doreen Schurle 06.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Daniboy
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