Headphone reccomendations

[lbpesq]

Key West.  Annual NORML Legal Seminar.  Life's rough.
 
Bill, tgo

[hankster]

I love the sound of the Bose (not the noise reducing ones, but the non-noise-reducing on the ear ones).  But they are totally inaccurate and make your bass sound a whole lot bigger and deeper than it really is.  So for practicing they are great, but for accurately gauging the sound you are getting, they are deceitful.
 
Bill, we are all hurting for you.
 
rick

[wideload]

Bill;
Taking a plane, or is the organization providing transportation? Sorry, I should have resisted the urge...

[lbpesq]

Beam me up, Scotty!  lol
 
Bill, tgo

[262632]

My $.02? The Bose noise canceling is great for the plane but not for a bass.  I use the Sennheiser 280 Pro cans for my basses.  I like the sound and the comfort of their full wrap pads plus you can get replacement ear pads. [Don't use any pad that's cracked you can actually get the flakes offs way in your ear canal - not fun and you can't remove them yourself.  My Doc really chewed me up!]
 
As far as hearing loss, use common sense on the volume and you should be okay. I've used them for years.  I do have have moderate mid to high freq hearing loss. But that runs in every male in my family.  Although, the wifes calm selective deafness in many cases

[edwin]

I have used many headphones in my life as a recording engineer and the best deal out there right now IMHO is the Audio Technica ATH-M50. Nice sounding, good isolation and nice bass. The Beyer Dynamic DT770s are also good, but much pricier. The Ultrasone 750 Pros are also very nice.
 
I use IEMs a lot these days and Future Sonic Atrios are nice sounding, they have a single driver but aren't a hearing aid armature type. That said, I usually use Westone UM2s. Both are excellent when it comes to low end response.
 
Everyone hears these things differently because of different ear construction, though, so YMMV considerably.
 
Edwin