Audiophile Skeptics try Audiophile Headphones

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In this week’s video, Emma and I discuss our thoughts and findings on several different types of headphones. We briefly cover the basics of different driver types and technologies before delving into how each pair sounds and how their unique characteristics affect our preferences when it comes to mixing dialogue, listening to music, and more.

Article on the three most common types of headphone driver technologies.

Our review of the Adam H200 headphones:    • Our Thoughts on the Adam Audio H200 Headph...  

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Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):

Verum 2 Planar Magnetic Open-Back Headphones — https://www.verum-audio.com/shop
Beyerdynamic DT700 Pro X Closed-Back Headphones — https://geni.us/6ovw7bh
Adam Audio H200 Closed-Back Headphones — https://geni.us/sWaFP6
Beyerdynamic DT900 Pro X Open-Back Headphones — https://geni.us/Fic6
Sound Devices MixPre-3 II 32-bit float audio recorder — https://geni.us/O8e0
Sennheiser MKH50 microphone — https://geni.us/iYb065
Impact Turtle-Base C-Stands — https://geni.us/8a8tt
Aputure Light Dome III Softbox — https://geni.us/AVHU1p
Rosco Prismatic Glass Gobo in Cool Lavender — https://geni.us/GWKt
Canon C70 Cinema Camera — https://geni.us/ABYB
Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8 lens — https://geni.us/qwsEs
Panasonic GH5 camera — https://geni.us/InspOl
Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 II lens — https://geni.us/gr47

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Index
00:00 We are audiophile skeptics!
00:30 Buy Learn Light & Sound courses
00:37 Full disclosure
00:49 The main 3 headphone driver technologies
01:08 Dynamic drivers
01:49 Planar magnetic drivers
04:05 Electrostatic drivers
04:59 Beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X
07:20 Adam Audio H200
10:10 Beyerdynamic DT 900 PRO X
13:41 Sennheiser HD 800 S
16:31 Verum 2
24:04 Please buy my courses on lighting and sound