Open Air Headphones, GREAT but BEWARE
Have any of you guys recorded in the studio with open air headphones? They're headphones with holes in them. So you can hear sound on the outside as if you didn't have phones on. Get it? Now you can hear your accoustic vibes accoustically and hear the band in the phones. They're totally great, however there are 2 problems.
Since the phones are open, they leak. Vibe players are a little further away from their instruments then others so we're pretty much ok. If a bass player uses them sometimes the sound can get onto the recording from his phones. In otherwords the headphones mix is on the bass track. It's pretty quiet and usually doesn't matter. HOWEVER, then you go to punch in a vibe mistake, faintly you hear the old part through the bass mics! Not COOL. So be careful.
Since the phones are open, they leak. Vibe players are a little further away from their instruments then others so we're pretty much ok. If a bass player uses them sometimes the sound can get onto the recording from his phones. In otherwords the headphones mix is on the bass track. It's pretty quiet and usually doesn't matter. HOWEVER, then you go to punch in a vibe mistake, faintly you hear the old part through the bass mics! Not COOL. So be careful.
posted by Tony at
7:28 PM
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The absolute best "open" earphones are made by STAX. These are electrostatic earphones (STAX calls them "ear speakers") which basically means that they don't have a cone like a regular speaker, but rather a mylar membrane that is polarized by a high voltage (don't worry, low current so no chance of getting zapped)and the entire membrane (approx 2x4") vibrates.
The result of this is the most fantastic sound you have heard yet!
These phones are expensive. They go for between $500 and $4,000 USD and require a specific STAX adapter/amplifier to connect to your stereo/source. BUT they don't sound like anything you have ever heard before, at any price.
If you love to really LISTEN rather than HEAR the music, these are well worth the cost.
You can occasionally find thse on eBay - but remember you need the earspeakers AND the adapters (required to provide the 600volts).
These are professional recording engineer quality, and you will find them in many studios.
Find a dealer and go try these things on. You'll be hooked!
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Anonymous, at 3:33 AM
Wow!!! they sound amazing. i'd love to hear them and i'd love to have the money to buy them.
mine just cost about 130 or 150, i forget. but i love the sound and i love listening like that. guess you do also? do they make those phones closed as well??
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Tony, at 7:19 PM
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