Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Heady Choice For My Tunes

By Layla Garcia


I would say these are good entry-level monitoring headphones (for audio engineers, DJs, etc). I'll stop being a salesman for Sony. I had these hooked up to a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Card (a midrange sound card) and there was a huge difference from on board computer audio (heck my headphones where noticeably shaking). If you need a pair of headphones for any professional application this is clearly the best choice. I loaned mine to a nephew and never got them back (never again Nick) so I recently bought a new pair here on Amazon. What makes these the best? Before buying these, I had never heard the "digital" reproduction of the vibration of the piano strings when the keys are played hard. I had the lower model MDR-150 and they were ok. I have taken them on a few trips (DC to Salt Lake City and to Greece) where they have had to endure air travel in a laptop bag and a few trips through security. The coiled cable would serve aircraft use well. I haven't been disappointed. He wont use any other brand or model.

Look I'm no audiophile, but man can these pump! The sound quality is perfect, and it isn't overpowering. The quality of sound and comfort is the best that I have experienced so far. If you want bullet proof, accurate, comfortable and best bang for the buck over the ear headphones, go with these. The 7506's internal wiring is a bit different, using a separate ground for the left and right channels, rather than the single ground for both channels used in the V6.

First is that they are more comfortable.

The first thing I did when I took them out of the box was plug them into my computer, throw on some music with a strong section of trumpets (the instrument I play and a sore spot that can't be properly played on any of my other headphones), and cross my fingers. The SONY 7506 achieves very serious sound isolation - it cuts ambient noise of high orders of magnitude quite effectively (like inside a small aircraft), and doesn't transmit any sound to the outside. I am occasionally bothered by the band pressing on my head, but that is after many hours of listening. The second area is ruggedness. For mocking up tracks and for getting a good overview of how the song sounds, they function very well. A scare when they are folded like the ear piece got bent up, but they weren't!

I have used these phones for more than 10 years for professional field video production. They are loud and full. I feel like the sound is perfect, an even, level balance, even after several years of heavy use.




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