New Media Gear 20: Headphone Recommendations
My old — and rather inexpensive — set of headphones are on their last legs, and since I am moving into more on-location video production I decided I needed at least one new pair. I put out the call for headphone recommendations on both the Podcast Community Group on Facebook and the Podcasters list on Yahoo. As usual, I received a host of great recommendations.
For the time begin, I picked up a rather inexpensive pair of headphones at the local Radio Shack store as I had a discount coupon available and they are nearby. These will get me by for a while and I will continue checking out all the further recommendations for a more expensive set for the future.
Radio Shack: AUVIO® Foldable Headphones
Read the main conversation on the Facebook Podcast Community in this thread.
Headphone recommendations:
- Yamaha Headphones
from Shawn Thorpe
- Samson Headphones
- Audio-Technica Headphones
- Skull Candy Headphones
- Sony MDR7506 Professional Large Diaphragm Headphone from Tim Kretschmann
- AKG K142HD Studio High Definition Semi-Open Headphones from Rob Usdin
From this list, I am leaning towards the Sony headphones. I have used them professional environment before and liked both their sounds and their fit. It was great to be reminded of them as a possibility.
Previously on New Media Gear:
- Premium microphone power supply with 9v power
- Canon VIXIA HF R400 HD 53x Image Stabilized Optical Zoom Camcorder and 3.0 Touch LCD
- Blue Microphones Icicle XLR to USB Mic Converter/Mic Preamp
- Peter Lythgoe of Zzipp and Co. Podcast from Weymouth, UK (Part 3 of 3)
- Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone
- Peter Lythgoe of Zzipp and Co. Podcast from Weymouth, UK (Part 2 of 3)
- Charles McFall, Co-host “Success Freaks”
- Peter Lythgoe of Zzipp and Co. Podcast from Weymouth, UK (Part 1 of 3)
- Daniel J. Lewis of The Audacity to Podcast and more
- Brian Herbert of the Indy Autographs Podcast and Hoosier State Sports Show
- Dan Hughes of In The Treasure Corner and others
- Zoom H1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder
- Charley Hays
- Chuck Tomasi of Technorama
- Jack “Boom Goes The Dynamite” Heikle
- Mike Phillips from MikePhillips.me and Computers 2K Now podcast
- Clay Dugger of The Righteous Dude’s Dudecast
- Richard Cleveland of Naked Ape Productions
- Douglas E. Welch – Career Opportunities Podcast
I wish I could give you something more to go on than just “Yamaha headphones” but te set I have now don’t have the model number anywhere on the headphones themselves (and I doubt I still have the original receipt). I’m skeptical about Skull Candy for professional use, as I always understood those headphones to be made more for consumers. I could be wrong about that, tho. Anyway, good luck with your search for some new phones. I hope you find something good!
Every bit of information is appreciated. It helps to point to me in the right direction.