What are the best studio headphones?

[Spinscratch]

I'm about to get some studio headphones but I get people telling me all kinds of things. The name that comes up the most is Grado and to stay away from Beats by Dre.

[kidvibes]

At this moment, the best studio headphones are Beats By Dr.Dre STUDIO but they are very expensive....personally, I'm using Sony MDR-CD560 and low-cost Pioneer SE-M390...that Pioneer headphones are giving highly accurate sound

[noblewordz]

At this moment, the best studio headphones are Beats By Dr.Dre STUDIO but they are very expensive....personally, I'm using Sony MDR-CD560 and low-cost Pioneer SE-M390...that Pioneer headphones are giving highly accurate sound

There not even made for studio use.

[kidvibes]

I heard that M-Audio Studiophile Q40 but I didn't try them

[pos1den]

Sennhiezer all the way imo.

[ObiK]

Audio Technicas ATH-M50's.

[noblewordz]

Audio Technicas ATH-M50's.

Yeah I have a pair. Expensive but good.

[MR_D]

Beats are over rated and over priced IMO, some what of a fashion accessory these days. I would look at the Sennheiser, AKG and Audio-Technica. All have solid studio headphones in there range.

[LostProfit]

Admittedly, I use hi-fi headphones and I use Grado SR for instrument practice, so work that out. The hi-fi headphones, Sony MDR NC500d are quite accurate and being that I know them very well and enjoy listening to them (and using noise cancelling) I can mix on them. Frequency response is better than Dre Beats, overall a little flatter, stereo imaging is top-notch. They do a 'studio' model too, which I'm yet to try. MDR-Z1000 (MDRZ1000, MDRZ1000.AE) : Portable audio : Sony

Noise cancelling is probably completely frowned upon, spat upon, by audio engineers for mixing purposes but I can't do without it now. It gets you close to the sound and when you aren't in a dead environment, it really helps.

[ObiK]

Yeah I have a pair. Expensive but good.

I even got my Beyer DT-770s used for a lot less!