What are professional recording monitoring headphones? What are the differences between professional monitoring headphones and consumer-grade headphones? Basically, professional monitoring headphones are tools, while consumer-grade headphones are more like toys, so consumer-grade headphones need to satisfy consumers’ entertainment needs, with better appearance, more variety, and all sizes available. Some are even tuned for specific music genres, which are not what recording engineers want. Professional recording engineers need “accurate” monitoring headphones, which can accurately reflect the strengths and weaknesses of an audio signal, thus judging the quality of the recording.
But what kind of sound is considered “accurate”? To be honest, there is no standard answer. Different recording engineers or broadcast musicians have different preferred brands of monitoring headphones. So which brand of monitoring headphones is “accurate”? Well-known brand monitoring headphones all have accurate sound. The real difference lies in whether the recording engineer understands the strengths and weaknesses of their own tools and headphones. Only by being familiar with their tools can they accurately judge the quality of the recording and make professional judgments based on experience.
Most professional recording monitoring headphones use closed-back design, mainly to meet the needs of various on-site recordings. Closed-back headphones can reduce external noise interference, allowing recording engineers to focus more on monitoring work and identifying the quality of the recording. On the other hand, open-back headphones are easily affected by external noise and are relatively less suitable for on-site recording work. Taking Sennheiser as an example, out of their nine active studio monitoring headphones, only the HD 400 Pro is designed with an open-back, while the other 8 models are all closed-back, showing that closed-back headphones are the main choice for professional use. The renowned brand Neumann’s headphone product line is relatively simple, with only three models in total, among which NDH 20 and NDH 20 Black Editio are closed-back headphones, while the later released NDH 30 is an open-back design.
As a professional headphone manufacturer, we have always been committed to making accurate monitoring headphones. And as our flagship monitoring headphones, MR830 performs even better in terms of sound. MR830 is a closed monitoring headphone with excellent sound insulation and performance, making it suitable for most occasions. MR830 uses a 45mm large-diameter dynamic headphone driver, and the internal magnetic engine is a powerful neodymium magnet, with high efficiency and low distortion performance, 99dB sensitivity, it can be directly connected to the headphone output of a computer or mobile phone, and the effect is also good. It can accurately feedback the sound differences in different frequency bands, without becoming muddled or unclear. The sound of MR830 is clear and bright, and the mid-to-high frequency range is slightly thick. If you listen for a long time, it is relatively resistant to listening. The ear pads and headbands of MR830 are thicker and softer in texture, with a moderate overall weight. It is comfortable to wear and very comfortable for long-term work. Although MR830 is a professional monitoring headphone, it is also suitable for personal use. Using studio-level monitoring headphones to listen to music, it brings you closer to professional recording engineers. In terms of tone performance, MR830 is full, accurate, and direct. If you are tired of consumer-grade headphones and do not want fancy designs, but want solid acoustic design, MR830 is a good choice.
Post time: Dec-27-2023