I hear good good things about the ATH M50's but I also was looking at beats pro.. Which one should I get? I listen to a lot of music and do editing alot for long periods of time. I may also wear these in public!
beats is junk.
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I have the Dre Beats Pro and yeah they are pretty good but they were VERY expensive. I don't think they are worth that kind of money though. I have experienced cheaper less known brands and they are pretty much on par with Beats Pro and other well known brands (Reloop, Marshmellow, Vestax etc) I advise you do some tests and try and find somewhere that have them on display so you can go try them out for yourself.
The simple answer is that there is no simple answer, not really. I have and highly recommend the Soundmagic HP100 as they do everything well, and get everything right imo. If you want to know some of the basics of audiophilia, check out the link below, but that stuff might be beyond what you care to know. There are many headphones around the price of the M50 and Beats that will probably be better options. Give a budget, what you listen to, what you will be listening from (any amp, or straight from a laptop or ipod?), and what you are wanting (a lot of detail retrieval, massive bass, accurate sound, large soundstage, etc).
https://teksyndicate.com/forum/other-hardware/upgrading-my-audio-need-help-headphones-gaming-and-metal/148150
I recommend the Audio-Technia ATH-M50 or the Sennheiser HD 558, either one sounds amazing and destroys any Beats/Monster product.
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But, in case you aren't trolling:
If you're getting headphones as a fashion accessory/status symbol, and listen to nothing but exceptionally bass heavy music (at the expense of sound quality in every other application, including editing), then the Beats may be for you. If you listen to actual music (you know, with physical instruments) and care about the audio quality of your editing, then the ATH-M50's will make the Beats seem like generic $5 earbuds in terms of sound quality.
Thanks everyone
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Audio-Technica and Sennheiser make superb sets and yes beats are nothing but a fashion statement they are not of quality at all really.
Good Taste :-)
For well over a year I've been using the Fischer Audio FA003 cans. I do a lot of audio work, and have used these for applications from boom duty and various location monitoring jobs, to mixing, to Foley, to gaming and music. Swear by them. They're made to compete with the Senn HD600. The reason I recommend them is because they're the most neutral set of closed cans I've come across, and paradoxically, they sound very open (to my ears). Check 'em out on Head-Fi (the thread is 190 pages). the Ti model is also good I hear, though I haven't tested it yet; it's cheaper too. Other than that, we'd need a budget, though assuming your budget is beats pro, FA003 should fit in it.
The HD558s are probably a good choice for the $150 range. Sennheiser's headphones are known for their unique sound (more of a "flat spectrum of sound," if you will), so it might not be for you. But if you're worried about looks and have a little more money to spend, the HD598s might interest you.
http://en-us.sennheiser.com/high-end-headphones-audio-stereo-hifi-hd-598
They're priced around $250 and look pretty sexy, and are better than the 558s in general. I'm actually thinking about purchasing them myself. The ONE downside to them that I see is that they use a 6.3mm aux cable, rather than the more standard 3.5mm size. The cable plugs in to the headset itself, but I think it uses a proprietary plug (big surprise) and Sennheiser only makes 6.3mm cables for the thing. So in order words, you'll have to use the 6.3mm to 3.5mm adapter it comes with if you want to use it in most scenarios.
But like everyone else has said...don't buy Beats. They're totally overpriced junk. Also, if you end up buying some high impedance headphones, make sure you buy a portable headphone amp for your phone/portable music device so you can provide the headphones with enough power to actually work at their full potential.
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I'll have to look in to those FA-003's now. Thanks for mentioning them.
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