Best Headphones for Practise?

[thebrig]

Can anyone recommend a decent pair headphones for practise at home?

I'm looking for something that can handle the bass well, but also be detailed enough to make the backing tracks I play along with sound half decent as well.

I would prefer the cable to be detachable, but its not necessarily a deal breaker.

Up to £150 is my budget.

Edited October 19, 2021 by thebrig

[casapete]

I’ll kick it off with a budget option - Sennheiser HD201’s. Around £30 and a lot better than they should be. I hate headphones generally, but have found these pretty good for using at home with a small Allen & Heath mixer. Comfy to wear and sound fine.

Anyway, am sure there’ll soon be more exotic suggestions below. Cheers.

[thebrig]

2 minutes ago, casapete said:

I’ll kick it off with a budget option - Sennheiser HD201’s. Around £30 and a lot better than they should be. I hate headphones generally, but have found these pretty good for using at home with a small Allen & Heath mixer. Comfy to wear and sound fine.

Anyway, am sure there’ll soon be more exotic suggestions below. Cheers.

Thanks for the suggestion, I will check them out, especially at around £30 🙂

[Ed_S]

Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro are my personal favourites for bass practice and tracking. I also use AKG K702 for mastering and they’re not quite as good for bass, though very light and comfy.

[GaryTheBassMan]

I mainly use my Beyer DT550 which can be picked up in that budget! Great sounding headphones and super comfortable! (Even for my giant ears)

[thebigyin]

Been on a low wage anything around the £30 to £50 range does me, i practice with headphones all the time these days.

[gt4ever]

I use my old set of senheiser hd25’s that I’ve had for close to 20 years and still going strong.

 

 

[Marvin]

I've got some AKG K72 headphones. About £35. Decent sound and quite robust. Others I've bought, the bass just crucifies them.

[Boodang]

I've been using the Samson SR850. Not that expensive and very good. Use for bass and electronic drum practice. 

[SumOne]

The ones I use depend on how much extenal noise there is as I like to avoid having to turn up loud to properly hear it:

• Sennheiser HD-25. Great at blocking out external noise but are quite uncomfortable for long sessions, quite a bass heavy sound.
• Audio Technica ATH-M50X. Block out some external noise and are in-between in terms of comfort, clearer sounding than the HD-25 but still quite heavy on the bass.
• Sennheiser HD 598SR. Open back and let in almost all external noise so only really work if you're playing in a quiet room but are comfortable for long sessions and have an 'open' sound rather than feeling you have speakers clamped to your ears, less bass heavy than the other two.

 

 

[PaulThePlug]

Fair amount of love for the Sennheiser HD206 on here (Poss a replacement for the 201) Use mine with my Zoom B1on and also my MP3 player... 3m lead lots of room, can work from the floor when standing.

Thread a few months back...

 

Edited October 20, 2021 by PaulThePlug

[thebrig]

Thanks for all the recommendations and advice folks, I will research them all

[ped]

Beyer DT770pro. Perfect 👍🏼 

[benh]

Superlux HD-681 is what I use - cheap as chips and never let me down. Use them all the time with Zoom B1 Four pedal, as well as general music - great for both.

[Guest]

Audio Technica MTH-M50X. One of the best all round headphones at any price for music practice and productuon, and well in budget at about £120.

 

However, something the Sennheiser HD206 is 90% as good for 35% of the price, so there's a lot of scope for something very decent for less cash.

[Mickyk]

If you're on a budget, these are spot on for the price cant go wrong.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07MQSFW9R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

[StickyDBRmf]

Best bet is record your bass on something, go to a shop where you can "A,B,C,D'em" and make your choice. I wound up w/ Sony MDR 7506's ($99US). 

[Elfrasho]

On 19/10/2021 at 15:59, casapete said:

I’ll kick it off with a budget option - Sennheiser HD201’s. Around £30 and a lot better than they should be. I hate headphones generally, but have found these pretty good for using at home with a small Allen & Heath mixer. Comfy to wear and sound fine.

Anyway, am sure there’ll soon be more exotic suggestions below. Cheers.

Another vote for these!

 

When mines break. I'll be getting another set

 

 

Edit: sorry mine are the ,206s, but seem almost the same

 

Edited October 21, 2021 by Elfrasho

[casapete]

16 hours ago, Elfrasho said:

Another vote for these!

 

When mines break. I'll be getting another set

 

 

Edit: sorry mine are the ,206s, but seem almost the same

 

Yes, the 206's appear to have replaced the 201's and are regarded as the best in their price bracket.

 

Just received this too which may be of interest to the OP.

 

https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-best-studio-headphones-top-headphones-for-music-production?utm_source=SmartBrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=0205D92E-E67C-43E4-B0CF-F6FEA0D1AF4F&utm_content=F3C73264-40D7-4C2A-A008-B454D86A5023&utm_term=9116cb7c-8b54-4dcc-9c6a-b6120f003be7

[funkgod]

On 20/10/2021 at 14:26, benh said:

Superlux HD-681 is what I use - cheap as chips and never let me down. Use them all the time with Zoom B1 Four pedal, as well as general music - great for both.

yep these are pritty hard to beat for over 3 times the price, i have been using them for years in the studio have about 4 pairs 681 sound great if you want extended bass and a bit sweeter sounding get the 681B ( silver pair) but dont mix your songs with the 681B or your mix will sound bass light compared with what your hearing in the cans,,, and i have noticed AKG have now a budget range that look just the same ,, but with an akg babge,,, you can see thay are made in the same place !

so at £20.. these are killer

https://www.thomann.de/gb/superlux_hd681.htm

[i.clarke]

Everyone’s ears/setup are different but for me it sennheiser HD280 pro’s every time ... great for recording with too. 

[CookPassBabtridge]

Having had a quick scan i'm surprised no-one has mentioned Phil Jones Bass H-850s. Designed specifically for bassists. The one critique I'd have is that they do feel ever so slightly flimsy, but they're a snip at Bass Direct for £69.

[Andermtc]

Another option at the lower cost are the new ones from Meters/Ashdown.

I haven’t tried these, but do have a pair of their OV-1s and the Level-Up! gaming ones for work meetings.

Sound is great on both.

 

https://www.metersmusic.com/novu-1

[Muzz]

+1 for the Beyer DT770Pros...with the addition of the velour earpiece covers, natch... 🙂

[JPJ]

Another vote for the Beyer DT770’s here. A big plus with the Beyer’s is the availability of spares. I’ve just changed the ear cushions on mine, with most other brands I’d have been shopping for a new headphones.

Edited October 28, 2021 by JPJ