Headphones for practicing Bass?

Headphones for practicing Bass?

Hi guys,

I've thought about buying some headphones to use with my Amp so I can
practice late at night.

Anybody recommend any good ones for Bass..... all I can find are general
Hi-Fi ones or will those do?

Regards,
Mike

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?


"Curly"
>>general Hi-Fi ones?

Koss PortaPro

Per

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

Cheers >PH<

I've never heard of them before but I've done a quick search on Google and
I've come up with these in the UK:

* w w w .iheadphones.co.uk/headphones/22250/Koss+Porta+Pro.htm

They look really good!

Cheers!
Mike




">PH<" <nospam@nospam.dk> wrote in message
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>
> "Curly"
>>>general Hi-Fi ones?
>
> Koss PortaPro
>
> Per
>

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

Also, a full range here.... so much choice!!!


"Curly" <Mike@home-alone.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4qidnVh95dMldbzVRVnyjAA@pipex . net ...
> Cheers >PH<
>
> I've never heard of them before but I've done a quick search on Google and
> I've come up with these in the UK:
>
> * w w w .iheadphones.co.uk/headphones/22250/Koss+Porta+Pro.htm
>
> They look really good!
>
> Cheers!
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> ">PH<" <nospam@nospam.dk> wrote in message
> news:5d940$4821e7bc$55daca9b$25199@news.galnet.dk...
>>
>> "Curly"
>>>>general Hi-Fi ones?
>>
>> Koss PortaPro
>>
>> Per
>>
>

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?


Also, a full range here.... so much choice!!!

* w w w .iheadphones.co.uk/sennheiser/88/Koss+Headphones.htm



> "Curly" <Mike@home-alone.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4qidnVh95dMldbzVRVnyjAA@pipex . net ...
>> Cheers >PH<
>>
>> I've never heard of them before but I've done a quick search on Google
>> and I've come up with these in the UK:
>>
>> * w w w .iheadphones.co.uk/headphones/22250/Koss+Porta+Pro.htm
>>
>> They look really good!
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ">PH<" <nospam@nospam.dk> wrote in message
>> news:5d940$4821e7bc$55daca9b$25199@news.galnet.dk...
>>>
>>> "Curly"
>>>>>general Hi-Fi ones?
>>>
>>> Koss PortaPro
>>>
>>> Per
>>>
>>
>

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

Curly wrote:
> Cheers >PH<
>
> I've never heard of them before but I've done a quick search on Google
> and I've come up with these in the UK:
>
> * w w w .iheadphones.co.uk/headphones/22250/Koss+Porta+Pro.htm
>
> They look really good!
>
> Cheers!
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> ">PH<" <nospam@nospam.dk> wrote in message
> news:5d940$4821e7bc$55daca9b$25199@news.galnet.dk...
>>
>> "Curly"
>>>> general Hi-Fi ones?
>>
>> Koss PortaPro
>>
>> Per
>>
>


Bump +1.

--
Les Cargill

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?


">PH<" <nospam@nospam.dk> wrote in message
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>
> "Curly"
>>>general Hi-Fi ones?
>
> Koss PortaPro
>

Seconded! I've been using those since 1985...I'm on my second pair, blew up
the first ones doing a PFL on a kick channel....ouch! They have *excellent*
bass response for an open design. Not just enhanced boom, clear and tight
bass that goes pretty low. But they look straight out of 1982. The Koss
SportaPro is the same drivers in a black package, and at $20 you can't go
wrong. Outstanding value.

-John O

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

"Curly" <Mike@home-alone.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5NudnV5u57OFerzVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@pipex . net ...
> Hi guys,
>
> I've thought about buying some headphones to use with my Amp so I can
> practice late at night.
>
> Anybody recommend any good ones for Bass..... all I can find are general
> Hi-Fi ones or will those do?
>
> Regards,
> Mike

Those will work fine, but get the type that totally cover your ears. Not ear
buds, and not the type whose sponge thing is just the size of an oreo
cookie.

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

Hi Mike,

These are the headphones we use when we are in the studio, they "seem" to
give an honest representation of what is being recorded (tone-wise) and they
can handle an open B on a 5-string without farting out .

* w w w .audio-technica . com /cms/headphones/7041339ec2fdcc12/index.html



"Curly" <Mike@home-alone.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5NudnV5u57OFerzVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@pipex . net ...
> Hi guys,
>
> I've thought about buying some headphones to use with my Amp so I can
> practice late at night.
>
> Anybody recommend any good ones for Bass..... all I can find are general
> Hi-Fi ones or will those do?
>
> Regards,
> Mike

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

Curly wrote:

> Anybody recommend any good ones for Bass..... all I can find are
> general Hi-Fi ones or will those do?

Yes. Read the reviews at Headphones . com I play everything through my
Sennheiser HD 280 pro. I really like them for bass.


--
Frederic Gelinas

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

Frederic Gelinas wrote:
> Curly wrote:
>
>> Anybody recommend any good ones for Bass..... all I can find are
>> general Hi-Fi ones or will those do?
>
> Yes. Read the reviews at Headphones . com I play everything through my
> Sennheiser HD 280 pro. I really like them for bass.
>
>

2nded
Double 2nded if you want to use the same phones to get good bass
response from an iPod or other jukebox

Monkey Pi
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Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

On 7 May, 12:10, "Frederic Gelinas" <frederic geli...@hotmail . com >
wrote:
> Curly wrote:
> > Anybody recommend any good ones for Bass..... all I can find are
> > general Hi-Fi ones or will those do?
>
> Yes. Read the reviews at Headphones . com I play everything through my
> Sennheiser HD 280 pro. I really like them for bass.

Not a recommendation, but a note: I have a pair of Sennheiser HD-555s
which are excellent all-around headphones at a reasonable price, but I
*don't* recommend them for bass practice. They don't fart out, but
they also don't do a good job reproducing the low frequencies. I think
I'd attribute that to the open design.

Prior to those I had a pair of Sony Digital Reference 'phones that
were amazing (the plastic-bodied version of their audiophile wooden
'phones). They were about $400 in Tokyo 15 years ago, closed,
circumaural, lightweight, and sounded just phenomenal. But they
eventually disintegrated, first the surrounds and then the drivers.
Too bad... I doubt I'll ever be able to justify a pair that sounds
that good again.

-jb

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

Curly wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I've thought about buying some headphones to use with my Amp so I can
> practice late at night.
>
>

A pair of AKG K 240's is easily the most bang for the buck in a set of
high quality semi-open studio cans. Nobody ever regretted spending the
$200 a pair of these. You'll get years of use out them.
* w w w .akg . com /site/products/powerslave,id,1063,pid,1063,nodeid,2, language,EN.html

Re: Headphones for practicing Bass?

On May 8, 12:39 am, jeffb wrote:

> A pair of AKG K 240's is easily the most bang for the buck in a set of
> high quality semi-open studio cans. Nobody ever regretted spending the
> $200 a pair of these. You'll get years of use out them. * w w w .akg . com /=
site/products/powerslave,id,1063,pid,1063,nodeid,2..

Some 240's are offered used on ebay, but also, some advt. as new, for
about half of that $200.

Thanks!

OK, standard warning warning warning:

Headphones are dangerous for your hearing.

I'm 59 yrs. old, have worked in welding booths, metal fab shops (power
hammer), new work construction, in addition to playing pretty loud
back in the day (including practicing at gig volume in hard-walled,
small rooms), and, in more recent times, too much listening at high
volumes with earphones (signed confession <g>, see below).

My hearing pretty much signs off at 13,000hz. When younger, I still
had 18,000 no problem.

The dips and notches, I don't even wanna know.

Let's put it this way: the wind in the tree leaves is pretty silent to
yrs. trly., and speech intelligibility is not nearly what it once was.
I have moderate tinnitus, too.

(For the OP): In short, let the fools damage their ears if that's what
they're determined to do; no excuses in modern times when protection
is much less obvious than the old fill-the-outer-ear "plugs" with the
Frankenstein-looking handles on them.

I wear ear protector cups when I mow the lawn, etc. etc., as my audio
doc warned me that once it starts going, it goes.

WTF, it's been a good life so far <g> but with modern earplugs, it
could be even better.

Your choice, and I'll quit. --D-y