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alejandro
Total Posts: 162
Joined 09-26-2006 status: Pro |
Hi! I’ve been thinking about a good pair of earbuds to monitor my compositions. Is this possible with in-ear phones? Looking around on the Internet I found the Westone 3 and Shure SE530, which seem to be excellent for listening to music, radio, ipods, and so on,… but I don’t really know if they are good enough for getting a flat response. Am I wrong? http://www.earphonesolutions.com/shseeasasshe.html http://www.earphonesolutions.com/we3newtrdrea.html Do you recommend any special ear buds for monitoring?
Thanks a lot,
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Dreamflight
Total Posts: 2688
Joined 03-07-2008 status: Guru |
I have a pair of titanium earbuds I bought in for a large chunk of money a while back. Fantastic for listening to the iPod on - really good, I’d be lost without them on long haul flights, but absolutely no comparison with a quality pair of conventional headphones when using the synth. My personal experience is that earbuds are never good enough for studio work. Df. |
alejandro
Total Posts: 162
Joined 09-26-2006 status: Pro |
Thanks! |
Kingfrog
Total Posts: 123
Joined 02-15-2009 status: Pro |
I have used them both...Kept the Westones...Sold the Shures. The Westones are my go to ear buds for the Ipod touch and my Nokia, I like how they translate the Bass The shures are probably more accurate but for tracking I like the Westones. For Vocal tracking I use the Sony MDR7506. |
meatballfulton
Total Posts: 3022
Joined 01-25-2005 status: Guru |
All depends on how picky you are about the best sound. I use a real cheap set of Koss in ears that sound OK, not special. I’m leary of paying $$$$ on buds for better sound as they are much more fragile than traditional phones, and I’ve trashed plenty of the latter over the years. It’s called the PLUG and MSRP is $20. |
49erkid
Total Posts: 21
Joined 03-28-2011 status: Regular |
I have a the Bose in-ear headphones, I use them all the time with my Zune (lol) and I also connect them to my cell phone, they have an in-line mic, the bass response is very good, I have used them with my Motif 6 and the sound is acceptable. Mostly though I use a pair of inexpensive Sony headphones, can’r recall the model right now, I bought them at a store called Wall-Mart, they get the job done for my needs. 49erkid |