What Headphones Do You Use With Your DAW?

[gentleclockdivider]

Senheisser hd600 + sony mdr 7506.’’is all you need .

[tonedef71]

... sony mdr 7506 is all you need.

The Sony MDR-7506 are straightforward, closed-back, critical listening and recording headphones. They have a well-balanced sound that packs a good amount of bass but also a sharper spike in the treble range that could sound a bit harsh with already bright tracks.

Closed-back... well-represented among the headphone calibration applications... well-stocked/ readily-available... can be had for under $100... I can see why these may be the go-to headphones for many folks.

[joshsolomon_]

Audeze LCD-X.
Really changed my mixing process for the better.
My mixes come out so ridiculously good on other speakers, headphones and monitoring setups.

Do you use them completely default (ie. no eq like sonarworks/peace eq)?

I'm not using anything with mine while I get used to them, but they seem low on bass out of the box, so that could mean that it would be too easy to eq too much bass into mixes?

Yep I use them completely default. I dont even know what that other software is lol.
I got them back in 2015 which was I think the first release of the LCD-X and Im still loving them.
I know what you mean with that low bass thing but to be honest, in my opinion, your just viewing this wrong (no offense intended).
Yes the Audeze might seem like the bass is less prominent in comparison to another pair of headphones. I check my mixes in another pair of cheap apple headphones and they even seem more bass heavy then the LCD-X's upon switching.
The thing is you have to use other songs as reference mixes in the Audeze LCD-X headphones (or every pair of headphones really) to get an accurate perspective of what is the appropiate amount of bass for those headphones. Once you listen to a bass heavy song and a less bass heavy song in the headphones you will have the appropriate range of where to mix your bass to and then you wont say come straight from a cheaper pair of bass heavy Audio Technica MTX50s and be like "oh why doesnt my song sound like that in my Audeze LCD-Xs", its not meant to.
So when you use other soungs as reference mixes to get use to where everything sits in the frequency spectrum, then no you dont mix in too much bass.
Peace man

[eLawnMust]

Best thing to use is the average 'John Q. Pubic' headphones everyone is going to be listening to you stuff in, that way you can compensate for lack of range & dynamics in krappy headphones that YOU don't use....

[DaniZzz79]

I used to use beyerdynamic 770 DT pro. They are of course very nice but I suffered from tiredness after a few hours of playing.
Then I heard good things about Steven Slate VSX and I bought them with the essential bundle. From that moment my life has changed. They are the most amazing thing I've ever tried, and they don't make my ears tired.
I still use the beyerdynamic as reference, but when I turn the keyboards and ableton on, VSX environment is my new world.

[legendCNCD]

So Sony XM3-XM5 and apple wireless earpods?

[thecontrolcentre]

I use ATH-M50x and AKG-K275 ...

[kenny saunders]

Audeze LCD-X.
Really changed my mixing process for the better.
My mixes come out so ridiculously good on other speakers, headphones and monitoring setups.

Do you use them completely default (ie. no eq like sonarworks/peace eq)?

I'm not using anything with mine while I get used to them, but they seem low on bass out of the box, so that could mean that it would be too easy to eq too much bass into mixes?

Yep I use them completely default. I dont even know what that other software is lol.
I got them back in 2015 which was I think the first release of the LCD-X and Im still loving them.
I know what you mean with that low bass thing but to be honest, in my opinion, your just viewing this wrong (no offense intended).
Yes the Audeze might seem like the bass is less prominent in comparison to another pair of headphones. I check my mixes in another pair of cheap apple headphones and they even seem more bass heavy then the LCD-X's upon switching.
The thing is you have to use other songs as reference mixes in the Audeze LCD-X headphones (or every pair of headphones really) to get an accurate perspective of what is the appropiate amount of bass for those headphones. Once you listen to a bass heavy song and a less bass heavy song in the headphones you will have the appropriate range of where to mix your bass to and then you wont say come straight from a cheaper pair of bass heavy Audio Technica MTX50s and be like "oh why doesnt my song sound like that in my Audeze LCD-Xs", its not meant to.
So when you use other soungs as reference mixes to get use to where everything sits in the frequency spectrum, then no you dont mix in too much bass.
Peace man

Yeah, thats fair. as long as you know your phones you can make relative judgements about anything you hear through them.

[THE INTRANCER]

These look pretty cool and are robust with metal hinges and bow. Reviews for them are pretty good and can be had for under £100. Bluetooth versions are available also, although personally, I've never used Bluetooth headphones. I bought some infrared headphones back in the 1990s but god knows where they are now, in the loft somewhere probably.

Love the metallic red.
https://austrian.audio/hi-x15/





Today someone posted a review video that provides an overview of a range of headphones low price to high price. In addition to that, he also highlights some software that looks interesting for flattening the EQ of headphones.

[bardaxx]

Ollo S4X

[jakeron0007]

Mine's pretty basic, Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO, sometimes with headphone correction eq and DearVR Monitor if I need accuracy

[kritikon]

What headphone Eq correction do you use? I have DT990pro - extremely comfortable and I like the sound but obviously bass-heavy for any kind of mixing. I've been increasingly thinking of getting some sw to make them mixable...

[burkek]

Beyerdynamic 990 DT Pro. I only use it for mixing/mastering and checking mixes because they are open-back.

[_leras]

Best thing to use is the average 'John Q. Pubic' headphones everyone is going to be listening to you stuff in, that way you can compensate for lack of range & dynamics in krappy headphones that YOU don't use....

Get back to us when you know what that set of headphones is...

More seriously you really want headphones that give you a more accurate representation, and especially have a good transient response.

One of the most overlooked things you get from higher end speakers is that they can move both quickly and accurately and faithfully recreate the transient dynamics.

[_leras]

I have a pair of hd-25 that I do lot of on the go listening to. These are my main mix checking headphones away from the studio.

When mixing or mastering if I can't use my speakers I use a pair of beyerdynamic dt1990 which are really great headphones. I do use an EQ correction curve, as these have a sparkly bump around 8k. Excellent headphones, present transients very well, very comfortable and built really robustly with a metal housing.

If just writing I'll switch between both pairs depending how I'm feeling. Using two pairs, for me, just helps get two slightly different perspectives. The hd-25 present closer to a clubby sound, the dt1990 have the full range clarity and accuracy.