d-basser Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Having received a lovely tascam bass trainer for my christmas i need a better set of headphones. my sennheiser HD202s cant handle the bass, they fart at an usable volume. recommendations? i dont want to spend a fortune so cheaper the better if they will work well. should i get a set of the cheaper sennheiser closed headphones? are shure e2s gonna be any good? advice appreciated Dan Quote
The Burpster Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Shure E2cs are pretty good but they are not a patch on Bose IE tri ports..... Quote
d-basser Posted January 11, 2008 Author Posted January 11, 2008 no one else, come on I know alot of you use these or similar Quote
Stewart Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 I use Beyer DT250s and 150s - both work well. 250s are more comfy - a little more 'hi-fi' - 150s isolation is better - very analytical. DT231s are surprisingly good too , very light - work well for general listening, but very poor isolation, and they'll fly off your head at any excuse (fortunately they bounce very well). Quote
peted Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 I bought a pair of Sennheiser eH350s from Sound Control. I went to the shop with in mind to spend about £40 for some closed headphones, but 'vented' so I can wear them for long practice sessions without feeling uncomfortable. I now find it far easier to hear what's going on when trying to work out basslines. Great investment. [url="http://www.soundcontrol.co.uk/mod_1/pages/mod_1.12/pages/mod_1.12.1/pages/mod_1.12.1.1/pages/index.php?sku=1.1.5.8.3-44-31"]http://www.soundcontrol.co.uk/mod_1/pages/...1.1.5.8.3-44-31[/url] Quote
d-basser Posted January 16, 2008 Author Posted January 16, 2008 Those Sennheisers look good for the money, Beyers seem nice but they are pushing my price range (though I did see DT250s for £69) Do the eH350 really handle bass well, I dont want to waste 40quid, have you ever found them lacking or farting out on you? Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 I use Shure E2s with my Tascam and also for live monitoring. They handle my Low B no problem, with no farting and are brilliant. I'd like to hear the Bose ones mentioned above just as a comparison. Quote
d-basser Posted January 18, 2008 Author Posted January 18, 2008 Panic is over for the mo, fiddling with it yesterday I can make it work fine with my HD202s by cutting the input pretty low (for some unknown reason i hadnt tried this...doh) The sound aint great but is good so will do me till i can save up get some nice new ones. I may look at the shure or bose ones but my tragus piercing has to heal first as i cant wear in ear phones at the mo Quote
The Burpster Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 Wait and save your dosh..... Try the Bose and if you dont like 'em you can send 'em back for a full refund...... I wanted to hate mine and send them back..... I genuinely did, as I wasnt prepared to believe the hype.... T[u]ell you what they blew me out the water, unfortunately they ARE that good. [/u] Now if they could get a decent bass repsonse with the L1 without having to use 2 bass units I'd consider one of them just for the space saving, however at the mo my Mesa is LOADS smaller, with better tone and more power so..... Sorry Bose not quite there yet.... Quote
d-basser Posted January 19, 2008 Author Posted January 19, 2008 i may try the bose at some point but as i sy i cant wear in ear phones cause i got my tragus pierced Quote
The Burpster Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 I undertsand, and hence the 1st word of my post was WAIT. Quote
Muppet Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 I have Sennheiser HD205s and have no problem with the bass. I'm wondering if it is the setup that you have on your Tascam. You can change the 'mix' level between the original source and your bass sound in the menus without having to resort to increasing or decreasing the input or output levels. I'd be surprised if any standard set of headphones couldn't handle the output from a Tascam. Quote
d-basser Posted January 21, 2008 Author Posted January 21, 2008 [quote name='Muppet' post='123701' date='Jan 20 2008, 10:54 AM']I have Sennheiser HD205s and have no problem with the bass. I'm wondering if it is the setup that you have on your Tascam. You can change the 'mix' level between the original source and your bass sound in the menus without having to resort to increasing or decreasing the input or output levels. I'd be surprised if any standard set of headphones couldn't handle the output from a Tascam.[/quote] As i say i fixed it and they cope fine, fiddling with levels and all is well. so i will wait to upgrade, there's no longer rush Quote
WalMan Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Another for E2's. I use them for my IEM. Unfortunately thy have gone back up to £45 on Play.com now though they seem to have been replaced by the SE series now? Also Westone UM1's which are similar - though I have to say I found some problems using those that I put down to the jack Quote
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