I do a lot of Court transcription & need headphones to enhance / clarify vocals & plug into laptop / PC. Recommendations?
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Seems a little overkill to me, but these will definitely work for that. On the plus they are very comfortable for long listening periods (3 hour +) so there is that benefit as well.
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Beyerdynamic headphones are great I upgrade from the DT880 that have been useful. The open versions enhance the high end of the mix giving a nice contrast on the percussion or bass.
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Hello. Yes, I believe these headphones should help in delivering clear vocals. They will plug into your laptop and provide the clarity you are looking for. You might need to turn the volume on your laptop all the way up to hear better. The beyer 990's are built to sound their best with powerful amplifiers but can also be used on portable devices such as iPods, tablets, and labtops. Hope this helps.
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I'd agree that they are overkill.. You should also take into consideration that the high uhms value of the drivers will make it so that you have to crank the volume up if you're listening on a laptop. But yes, these would do fine for the task you are doing, but could be a case of using a backhoe to do the work of a shovel.
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Microphone quality is excellent. There are serious audiophile headphones, albeit at a serious price!
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I suggest going to "The Sound Professionals" website. I bought a set of their tiny SP-CMC-8 mics there and could not be more pleased with the sound. These were somewhat pricey, but they have MANY options. Good luck!
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I would suggest an audio interface. Presonus, Apogee, Focusrite, and others make great interfaces that will allow you to hook up the mic to the computer. I would suggest a pop filter with the mic and using phantom power for a condenser mic. Depending on what you want to do, having DAW software will take you one step further.
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Thanks for the reply! I will definately start downloading music at a higher format. As for my office, know my co-workers are in the office because I can hear their keyboard clicking as they type, up to 3 cubes away. I really like these headphones, but have decided to play it safe and go with the AudioTechnica M50 instead. Maybe next purchase I'll get the HD555 sens for home or something.
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I would go with audio technica ath m50s. I had these AKGs and they were great but pricy for the quality- and if you're looking for bass these have flat response(you would need a headphone amp with eq settings to up the bass)
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Simply put, your ears can't hear as well as the microphone records. The headphones enable you to isolate exactly what the mic is recording and enables you to be "closer" to the sound. And during playback, headphones are better than the speakers on the computer you're using. For a home studio, it's important to have good headphones, with this combo you get them.
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Yes. Beats, Bose, etc are all overpriced consumer grade. If you want high quality get something pro audio techs use like Sennheiser, AKG, Audio-Technica, etc.
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If you're mic is using an unbalanced 1/4" cable. However most are XLR. I would suggest something from TC Helicon for vocals.
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The best audio quality would be with a separate headphone amp. I assume this is what you are after if you have the MF DAC
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btw after writing my last comment i went to www.macspeech.com and checked out their headsets and some of them look really good. pricey though i'd stick with the usb microphones and pic one from their page and go for it
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Sure,if your PC is equipped with blue tooth (like i-mac). Or you can use the connecting wire go with the headphone.
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Really depends on the sound device your computer has and what you hope to get out of an attached device. A decent sound card will give you as a good a DAC as the one in this device, so you could most likely "get away with" a less expensive headphone-amplifier only - there's really no reason to pay for the DAC component if you don't need it.
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Almost any pair of headphones will benefit from a higher quality DAC and/or amplifier. These sound quite solid even driven by more common sources such as a laptop headphone port. Because of this I find the difference between 'normal' sources and a nicer setup to be a little less pronounced but still appreciable, though your milage may vary.
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I use them to monitor a music workstation. They are fine for my purposes. I have not used them for voice recording. The better your ear the better the headphones you need.
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you'll want an amplifier. A DAC is nice, but not strictly speaking necessarily
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Your laptop and iPhone have their own internal DAC. They convert to analog before outputting through the headphone output.A standalone DAC will probably sound better than those but is not necessary.