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I've always loved my old 1985 Beyerdynamic 990 studio. Incredible sound and i could wear them for hours without feeling them at all. I recently bought another one that seems a little more pressing to the ears as i remember from my previous one that died over 10 years ago. At precent day there are various types of the Beyerdynamic 990 pro. I prefer the open system but i'm not sure what specific type to advice. But the 990 pro series definitely offers the best value for that amount of money.
The main complain i heard over the years is that they reveal the lack of quality of lesser recordings/equipment. For that reason they are known to be be used as a reference headphone in sound studios. Fortunately i had a matching set of top end hifi components to go with it but i also enjoyed it when ear playing music with an old tape recorder since you simply did not feel it, not even after 8 hours of listening. Don't think the present version is that ear/head friendly as my 1985 model but still it beats all others i tried.
Thanks for the advice, read the reviews on the Beyerdynamic 900 and am going to try and find some to try as they look very good.
Not sure if you mean the 990 i mentioned or the dtx 900 which seems to exist as well (probably an old model since Beyerdynamic itself only mention the dtx 910).
Don't know that model, it's half the price of the one i mentioned/have (the 990 pro). Beyerdynamic has a whole range of headphones among which closed ones (770), semi open ones (880) and open ones (990). They differ in isolation, in other words the way they are audible to others (leaking sound) and others are audible to you. I believe the more open they are the more open and 3D they sound and the more head/ear friendly they are from the wearing point of view.
Actually when i was selecting myself a headphone in 1985 i did consider the Jacklin fload but it was a bit out of my reach so i bought the second best i knew in stead (the beyerdynamic 990 studio). At the time (no internet yet) both were pretty hard to get.
If you make a recording in the middle of the stage (using an artificial head with to mic's replacing the ears) this headphone can play it back with the original 3D perspective, so a flamenco dancer running up and down the stage could be pinpoint to the very spot he was at any given moment and so would every sound made by others.
Jacklin also was the one who had the brilliant idea to make stereo recordings using 2 omni directional mic's separated by a disc. It soon became extremely popular.
Don´t know about other models, but my MDR-7506 though pretty good for fetching details on mixes is not too comfortable over hours. ( And the padding falls apart after years, while replacement seems hard to find.) It also is not exactly flat but boosted in HF.
BD as suggested above are well reputated among audio folks, as seem Sennheiser among Hi-fi connoisseurs.
Another brand worth checking is Audio Technica. They are often among the first with bang for the buck production. And sometimes they provide real gems for little cash.
It was more for monitoring than for pleasure. I still use them for listening because they have excellent isolation. It helps to hear the details when the AC or traffic noises or children are significantly muted. You will need to use Rockbox or something to up the bass a little bit, though.
Thanks for all your advice. I tried to find a stockist (reasonable distance) where I could try the Beyer dynamcs but no luck, only available on by post and I really wanted to try them first. In one stockist I was recommended to try Audio-Technica ATH-M50 Studio Monitor headphones. The sound (to me) was fantastic and I bought a set. At home they have only got better, so much range and I can hear things in recordings I didn't know were there!
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