HD 280 Pro

Professional classical recoding engineer here: space is your friend when it comes to the tuba. Do NOT aim a mic streight down the bell unless your going for a banda/2nd line/HBCU marching band sound. For a round classical sound place the mic a atleast 2 ft from the bell, at roughly head height of th

Personally, I still use the Sennheiser HD 410's I bought in 1983. However, my 410's use foam ear pads, so there can be some bleed over when using them in the studio. Given that, if I were to recommend a set of headphones for recording and general playing, it would be the Sennheiser 280. Decent price

Sennheiser HD 280 Pro is basically the only thing I've ever liked. I had the vic firth ones, but they just don't sound high quality. For buds, I use Etymotic ER3SE. Both have a lot of attenuation. Both are transparent enough that I can set up mics while playing and have a decent idea of what I'm acc

Recording/tracking is normally done with headphones, not speaker monitors. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HD280Pro--sennheiser-hd-280-pro-closed-back-studio-and-live-monitoring-headphones I think these are the ones that were previously labeled as the HD-99's. Closed back, so good bass respo

Sennheiser HD 280 Pro. Perfect. Also blocks out wife and kids. No mic though.

I suggest never use sound canceling headphones when recording or editing audio. Get yourself some good old fashioned non-sound canceling cans and use your ears to your advantage. My current favorites are Sennheiser HD 280 Pro. I also never use blue tooth headphones for recording/edit.

I'm a big fan of Sennheiser headphones. When it comes to isolation, it doesn't get pickier than in a recording studio. Those mikes can be pretty sensitive and any leakage is going to come back to the engineer. That's why they ALWAYS use over-ear headphones. While the website recommends HD 490 Pro's,