On 17 December 2014 at 1:05, Brent Busby <brent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > I wonder what headphone has a better sound quality than the AKG K 240 > > DF and at the same time is that robust as this headphone. > > I use Audio-Technica ATH-M50's. They're not perfect, but I've found > nothing better. > > The downside is that treble around 2-5kHz is noticeably boosted...not > enough to sound unnatural, but enough that you can't mix with them > without keeping that in mind. (Then again, you're not supposed to mix > on headphones anyway.) The slight boost does bring out detail though. > [snip] > > I have AKG-K240's too. They're more comfortable to wear than the > Audio-Technicas, but I agree that newer headphones beat them on just > about everything. I use AKG K240s to check on a mix as they sound as identical as I can tell to my Altec Lansing studio monitors. I also own ATH-M50s, and agree with the mid-band boost observation. But, that's mild compared to the low end boost. But, the boost can come in handy when tracking a bass or drums. I enjoy the M50s. But, I don't trust them as a reference. I do see a lot of live sound engineers using them. Cheerio... -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
