Sennheiser 650 Great sounding but not accurate

[HIGHENDONLY]

One my buddies let me use his sen 650's today. First time i ever used them. Is it me or do these sound waaaay to good to mix with? I mean the headphone's sound very very good. Like if you want to listen to music for pleasure these take the cake. For mixing they just seem waay to colored. Is it just me?

[mosrite]

One my buddies let me use his sen 650's today. First time i ever used them. Is it me or do these sound waaaay to good to mix with? I mean the headphone's sound very very good. Like if you want to listen to music for pleasure these take the cake. For mixing they just seem waay to colored. Is it just me?

I don't think this is the cans. I think that, at least to some extent, everything has the potential to sound more impressive on headphones.

[nandoanalog]

The sen 650 sound "waaay" to coloured next to what?.. What`s your reference?

Plus... Headphones are not meant for mixing.

[HIGHENDONLY]

I don't mix on headphones, i'm not that good. BUT if your that good you can. Well i'm just saying they sound very hifi. They seem to make everything pretty. Like good makeup on a woman. It's not natural, but still look's very good.

[Sirocco]

Originally Posted by HIGHENDONLY

I don't mix on headphones, i'm not that good. BUT if your that good you can. Well i'm just saying they sound very hifi. They seem to make everything pretty. Like good makeup on a woman. It's not natural, but still look's very good.

this is why i prefer my HD280 Pros over the more expensive models.

[nandoanalog]

Headphones have more detail than any speaker in the world. Plus, they are right over your hears. Wich means that lousy acoustics won`t interfere with what you`re listening to.

More detail and less acoustic interference = "better" sounding tracks.

Headphones are not meant to mix. Even if you are a "top of the line" mixer, you still need speakers. You need some bleed from the right speaker to your left ear and vice versa.

Headphones are the best tool available when it comes to listening to small details (crackles, distortions etc). But if you want to eq, comp etc, you need speaker bleeding.

And when it comes to do their job, sen 650 and many others do it just fine.

As someone told me before... You can`t make a racing horse out of a mule.

[HIGHENDONLY]

Originally Posted by nandoanalog

Headphones have more detail than any speaker in the world. Plus, they are right over your hears. Wich means that lousy acoustics won`t interfere with what you`re listening to.

More detail and less acoustic interference = "better" sounding tracks.

Headphones are not meant to mix. Even if you are a "top of the line" mixer, you still need speakers. You need some bleed from the right speaker to your left ear and vice versa.

Headphones are the best tool available when it comes to listening to small details (crackles, distortions etc). But if you want to eq, comp etc, you need speaker bleeding.

And when it comes to do their job, sen 650 and many others do it just fine.

As someone told me before... You can`t make a racing horse out of a mule.

Good post..thanks

[Krank]

I have these as well, and I'm wondering the same - not in comparison to monitors and regular speakers; I know the there are the differences described here - but other headphones. I remember reading up on a forum for headphone enthusiasts (think it's called head-fi.org) and got the impression that some people thought they indeed sounded too 'good', as opposed to 'true', compared to other models. My only other pair of cans are Allesandro-1s, which is really not comparable at all; the Sennheisers are much, much better and less fatiguing.