New Zealand Heavy Metal Forum & Discussion

[Obzen]

I usually play along to music on my practice pad set so I dont need to worry about my playing drowning out what I'm trying to play to, but I want to play along on my acoustic kit this time.

The headphones I have dont go loud enough and dont block out enough outside noise, cant hear shit and its damn annoying.

Can anyone reccomend really good noise blocking headphones that also go up to a decent volume?

[Doomatron]

I usually have my kicks coming through some shitty in ear headphones then music or click through a pair of AKG K-55,can hear everything clear as.(kick triggerd but not too loud)

[Obzen]

Oh yep, I used to have a pair of those.
Not looking to spend much more than $100

The dude at the rockshop recommended (for my budget) AKG K77, I guess they wouldnt be much different, just later model.
For more than I'm willing to spend ($219) he reccomended Shure SR440.
I'm not trying to get real high quality, it just needs to be LOUD and do a decent job of blocking out the drum noise enough to comfortably hear the music
I wonder if its worth spending a bit extra to get what I want, or if any closed-back model will do the job just as good.

[Death]

ear muffs over top of in-ear headphones? lol

[Obzen]

Yeah, thats the other thing rockshop suggested (of course they recommended their special music earmuffs), I've kinda tried that and given up after the in-ear headphones fell out a couple of times.

[Mince]

Are u in a band?
edit: have u eva played in a band?

[Obzen]

yep, for about 7 years.

[Mince]

Hook us up a link Obzen.... again if i missed it \m/. Chur

[Obzen]

http://www.myspace.com/belligerance
Not a hell of a lot on there due to really slack band members (other than me and the new singer). all my attempts at motivating the guitarists to push it forward appear to be failing. so not a lot of hope on the horizon for this one im afraid.

[Mince]

can u make that into something more simple please like youtube. chur Mp3

[Obzen]

hows this? http://www.mediafire.com/?wr3katjf9hndm78

[Rob]

im using triggered kick/snare/toms atm. real cymbals.

sounds awesome to have such a consitent sound but yet im going to start rehearsing live acoustic kit again soon. i miss it so much spent a few months on this electric system atm. having sick samples helps. something like "drumkit from hell / superior drummer 2/ big fuckin drums / metal foundry.

getting some flat out blast rythyms crankin. shake the house..like a machine gun.

yeah if i use headphones to hear the "snare/toms/kick" its got to be pretty loud to match the real cymbal sound. so i just use a 300w amp + wedge. thumps out nicely. and the headphones i still wear them if im going to put a click or just to cut some of the room acoustic high noise on cymbals. works a treat.

[Obzen]

ear muffs over top of in-ear headphones? lol

That actually worked awesome, just with big headphones (not even closed-back) over earbuds playing the music. just saved me about $100.


Didnt even fall out au!

[Rob]

yeah. that works wickedly. and i love the actually space u still perceive inside the earmuffs. so it still doesn't sound muted more "close off"

[bazza]

i got some technics DJ headphones a while ago, were quite expensive (about 3 hundy) but they block out so much outside noise its not funny. can easily play along to mp3 player with volume just above halfway

[soundstorm]

If you go to bunnings or somewhere and grab yourself a pair of high NRR earmuffs. Theyre cheap as chips and do the job perfectly. Don't let someone from the Rockshop or somewhere try and sell you on 'musicians' earmuffs - bullshit. The idea of high NRR earmuffs is to reduce as much noise as possible, and in your situation, a good pair would work perfectly. Check these out - http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PELTOR-ULTIMATE ... 35acc3945a - NRR of 30dB and cheap.

Alternatively, you can get headphones built in, I have a pair of DirectSound EX-29s (average 29dB NRR), sound pretty decent. I originally picked them up for doing live stuff - they work wonders when doing monitors or if its really loud out front and you want to solo something. Use them in the studio too and they are perfect for that situation. Saves hearing and saves people blowing up my other headphones to try get to an audible volume.