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Re: Headphones

Subject: Re: Headphones
From: "Ray Mansell" BCTess
Date: Wed May 9, 2012 4:40 pm ((PDT))
The one thing that irritates me with the HD280 is that the cable is coiled
- I much prefer straight cables. Apart from that, they're very good - at
least for my aging ears!

Ray

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Peter Shute <> wrote:

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> I need some headphones with better isolation than my open back Sennheiser
> HD435s. I'm finding I'm putting off mixing because mostly when I get a
> chance to do it, the house is too noisy. Hopefully some closed headphones
> will improve the situation.
>
> There have been many threads about headphones here over the years, and
> searching through these tells me that Sony MDR7506s and Sennheiser HD280s
> seem very popular, almost a standard. Can anyone advise which of these will
> block out the noise best? Any other comments about either?
>
> And can anyone recommend anywhere to get either for a reasonable price in
> Australia? Most places seem to charge about double the US prices.
>
> Peter Shute
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