Best budget headphones for $25-50 for recording musicians?

[Snail]

I've got a pair of Sony MDR7506 phones for myself, but I need an extra two sets for the other musicians when there are 3 or 4 of us all playing/recording at the same time. I'd like to get them in the $25-$50 price range if possible. Nothing too fancy, just something that works well with good sound isolation for recording purposes. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Dissentor]

AKG-K77

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[MetalDave]

This might sound stupid but... I had a pair of headphones I gought at Radio Shack. they had awesome isolation and pretty good sound (not for mixing by any means) but they worked really well for me for about $21.00 until my sons friends stepped on them and broke them. I liked them for wearing for recording but I don't use them for mixing. Buy Sennheiser RS 110 Wireless Headphones online at Musician's Friend is what I use for mixing and editing. you might want to look into these for you and the rest of the band
Buy AKG Sennheiser/PreSonus Studio Headphone Pack online at Musician's Friend sennheiser makes great cans man!

[Snail]

Thanks for the tips!

Looks like this is only $130, do you think it's okay?
Sennheiser Sennheiser/ART Studio Headphone Pack

Wireless would be great, though... It must be a pain to have headphone cords going across the length of the room when recording a 5-member band? I guess I could get a pack of four like this one, and then just one wireless headphone set for flexibility (probably the drummer).

It's good to know there are relatively inexpensive options out there.

[Dissentor]

I noticed the cables are 10ft on those headphones so you may want to buy a headphone cable extension for them.

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[MetalDave]

I am going to buy that pack soon, only the presonus ones. I don't have a headphone amp as of yet and I was told the presonus has a way better sound. The thing is. For playing the music the headphones don't have to be truely transparent as you aren't trying to get a perfect sound. They do need to sound good and they need to have good isolation. But it isn't like you are trying to eq things and such you just need to hear everything you want to when you are recording.

[Snail]

Originally Posted by MetalDave

I am going to buy that pack soon, only the presonus ones. I don't have a headphone amp as of yet and I was told the presonus has a way better sound. The thing is. For playing the music the headphones don't have to be truely transparent as you aren't trying to get a perfect sound. They do need to sound good and they need to have good isolation. But it isn't like you are trying to eq things and such you just need to hear everything you want to when you are recording.

If you get them in the near future (next few weeks) could you let me know how you like them?

[MetalDave]

I will but it will probably be 5 weeks or so.

[Snail]

Originally Posted by MetalDave

I will but it will probably be 5 weeks or so.

Cool, thanks.

[rockerdude]

I use the Vic Firth isolation headphones for the musicians tracking.They love em! I offerd them sennheisers,nady and sonys and they still pick the Vic Firth.50.00 bucks a pair