I wanna buy a low budget for mixing at home.
If you have some suggestions please tell me.
All I need is clear, accuracy, and flat. All other specs don't matter to me.
A new one or a used high-price headphone is affordable to me

 

Samson SR850 is getting a lot of praise. And I'm currently have two pairs of them. They are open back. Really great fidelity and sound-stage for the price (49.99 USD).

 

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Get the Philips SHP9500. They are by far the best you can get on a budget. They're a bargain when not on sale ($79.99 USD), but Amazon has them today for $59.99!!! I've had a pair for a year and they are incredible. They're open back so they leak sound a bit if you play loud, and could use slightly more bass (a little EQ can help that). But they are so clear and precise, and pleasure to listen to. And incredibly comfortable. Check out the reviews on RTINGS and Z-Reviews, and others. And notice the headphones they compare them to are much more money. You can't go wrong with these, even as a second or third pair for additional reference phones.

RTINGS Review
https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/philips/shp9500

Zeos rambles as usual, but he loves these.
Z Reviews - Philips SHP9500 (AKA F'n Amazeballs)

Amazon for $59.99 on 3/23/22
https://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP9500S-Precision-Over-ear-Headphones/dp/B00ENMK1DW

 

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Sound great, I may go for it.
Another question is does the open headphone leak sound to be capture while recoring vocal. Does it make your records bad?

 

I have several headphones for mixing (AKG, Sennheiser HD25II, Momentum and Beyerdynamic DT770). But for a flat headphones I recommend AKG 240 Studio for 49,99€. Absolutely great for mixing.

 

Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 80 OHM is great too. and neutral.

 

I had one of this back then. Yeah it was slightly bass light but comfortable to wear for hours. I wish I still have this but it was broken (suddenly have no sound).

 

Superlux HD-681 - 25 €
www.thomann.de/de/superlux_hd681.htm

The Best Headphones Under $50: Superlux 681 & Superlux 668B

Test
https://www-chinahandys-net.transla...l=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
SOurce/German: https://www.chinahandys.net/superlux-hd681/

 

I got the SR950 too (closed) but I must say that SR850 sounds better (to my ear) plus are more comfortable (SR950 are a bit too tight).
Frequency response, though, as far I can discern from the last graph, seems to be flatter for SR950, so maybe it would be more suitable for mixing.

SR850:


SR950:

 

Having tried one of my friend's ATH-M30x and my own Behringer HPS3000 (still use it for tracking), I just don't like the sound-stage of closed-back headphones. But maybe the SR950 is better.

 

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Clear, accuracy, and flat costs money

 

https://austrian.audio/hi-x15/

€99,-

Read the outstanding reviews about!

 

Austrian Audio is a good brand, and it's worth checking out all of their headphones.

 

Absolute! I know them all and have the hi-x65. The best one i ever had!

 

Yeah, I looked at them

I bought some used Sennheiser HD-600 for €80 and I gave them a good clean, and I replaced the ear pads, headband & cable. They now sound fantastic with a little frequency correction, so something like that is also an option.

 

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Sony mdr7506. And then make them your bitch. reference reference reference reference.

and if you're going to try and mix on cans, sonarworks soundId

 

mixing without tracking ?
Open design so

BUT if you want to record/track, closed design is mandatory.
And closed ones are always worst than their open equivalent.

So the FIRST question is :
Closed/Tracking OR Open/Mixing only

You can still use cheap in-ear for tracking only, and buy open for mixing (in a silent room)

Classic semi open design (and sturdy) : AKG K-240

 

⁣ESI eXtra 10 – Musikhaus Thomann

 

I love my mackie headphones. I have the 250 which are around 100. But I believe the cheaper 150 are also good. I also have AKG studio phones, grado's and Senheiser HD600, but I prefer the mackies for mixing and mastering. Both solid and detailed.
The grado's and Senheiser are airy and open and the AKG super dry (but nice for recording vocals).

 

Yes! For tracking vocals you need closed-back headphones.

I would say: go for the open-back headphones for mixing and use a pair of cheap in-ears (or whatever) when tracking. You could also buy a pair of super cheap closed-back headphones together with the better open-backs. Something like these https://www.thomann.de/intl/the_t.bone_hd_1000.htm#bewertung