Originally posted by SuzianneI also have one of those Kiss PRO4AA and agree its a VERY good earphone, a bit heavy though. The problem with wireless ones, at least the ones I used is they have a fairly high background noise level. They need to solve that problem before I would use them. I would love to have wireless earphones for my home music studio, I have gone mostly wireless on everything else, wireless mouse, keyboard, wireless control surface, etc. Anyone ever hear of a wireless video monitor?
I would add to this with what are the best wireless headphones for home use? I hate being tied down by a cord, no matter how long it is.
Originally posted by richfeetDepends on whether or not you just want phones driven by your receiver, or whether you want phones with an auxiliary amplifier.
My choices would be two-Grado SR-80s and Koss Pro 4 AAA from the 1970s these two are the best phones i ever heard.
The latter are, hands-down, both far better and far more expensive. If you have the money to burn and discerning ears, Stax headphones are amazing.
Originally posted by jimslyp69What are you using it for? Thats the key. There are mikes people strap on harmonica's and the like. Is your mike for vocals?
Could I ask you hi fi experts advice on a good microphone. I want a strap on one like drummers use but without headphones attached. I am after a reasonable quality one but not something that will break the bank. Somewhere around the £20 to £30 mark would be good.
Anyway, one of the Shure's like the SM-57 is a good mike and you can find them used, maybe on Ebay, its a dynamic mike, meaning it does not need a power supply like condenser mikes which usually sound better but costs ten times as much or more. You can pay 5000 bucks US for the higher end condensers. The Shure's you can get at Radio shack I think. They have mikes like it for shure🙂
Originally posted by sonhouseWow! I think 5 bags o sand is a bit much for my budget. Yeah, it's for purely vocals mate. I've tried looking on ebay but I don't know what they are actually called. I've tried looking for 'microphone head sets' but I just keep getting hits of those cheesy VoIP headsets with earmuffs on. I've also tried searching for 'strap on microphone' 😕 and 'drummer microphones'. These searches yield no results.
What are you using it for? Thats the key. There are mikes people strap on harmonica's and the like. Is your mike for vocals?
Anyway, one of the Shure's like the SM-57 is a good mike and you can find them used, maybe on Ebay, its a dynamic mike, meaning it does not need a power supply like condenser mikes which usually sound better but costs ten times as mu ...[text shortened]... ndensers. The Shure's you can get at Radio shack I think. They have mikes like it for shure🙂
I will check out the SM-57 though. Thanks for your advice.
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Originally posted by jimslyp69I just scanned Ebay and found this review. Its about Shure SM57 and SM 58 mike scams. :
Wow! I think 5 bags o sand is a bit much for my budget. Yeah, it's for purely vocals mate. I've tried looking on ebay but I don't know what they are actually called. I've tried looking for 'microphone head sets' but I just keep getting hits of those cheesy VoIP headsets with earmuffs on. I've also tried searching for 'strap on microphone' 😕 and 'drummer m earches yield no results.
I will check out the SM-57 though. Thanks for your advice.
http://reviews.ebay.com/Spotting-Shure-SM57-SM58-Beta-57-Beta-58-Scams_W0QQugidZ10000000000912998?ssPageName=BUYGD:CAT:-1😕EARCH:6
Sorry, haven't got the hang of tiny url yet!
I think what you are talking about is the kind of mike you wear, right?
The SM57-58 variety is the standard mike that needs a mike stand, something you can get pretty cheap at Radio shack, they make some decent ones now, fold up three leg stands, light weight with booms.
But of course the kind that you wear is a lot more portable. My wife likes to use that kind on our gigs because she looks around the audience and with the head mike she does not have to keep her head aimed into a mike all the time because it follows her movements of course.
Originally posted by sonhouseScams eh? I noticed there were one heck of a lot of sm-57's on there. I'll have a read. Thanks again.
I just scanned Ebay and found this review. Its about Shure SM57 and SM 58 mike scams. :
http://reviews.ebay.com/Spotting-Shure-SM57-SM58-Beta-57-Beta-58-Scams_W0QQugidZ10000000000912998?ssPageName=BUYGD:CAT:-1😕EARCH:6
Sorry, haven't got the hang of tiny url yet!
Originally posted by st00p1dfac3Great phones for sure. I see them for 183 to 289 bucks online. They are good for general listening but not for recording because they are open cup phones. For recording you absolutely have to have closed cup phones or earbuds with foam inserts like those little Koss ones you get from the Shack. This is because open cup phones feed back into the mikes and lend to some nice squeel sessions! The better the mike, the better the earphones the worse the feedback! Closed phones isolate the sound from the mike so they don't interfere.
I have an excellent pair of Sennheiser HD 595's.
Originally posted by sonhouseyeah...i only use them for listening though. don't make music anymore, wasn't exactly my forte. try telling me that fifteen years ago... 🙁
Great phones for sure. I see them for 183 to 289 bucks online. They are good for general listening but not for recording because they are open cup phones. For recording you absolutely have to have closed cup phones or earbuds with foam inserts like those little Koss ones you get from the Shack. This is because open cup phones feed back into the mikes and l ...[text shortened]... the worse the feedback! Closed phones isolate the sound from the mike so they don't interfere.