My latest studio purchase

In my one year of podcasting, plus many years of computer use, I have never had the occasion to spring for a pair of nice headphones. Lately however my constant production work has required that I wear cans for over 20 hours a week. My standby headphone model has always been in the CFW category (comes from wal-mart) and after constant use, I started to feel the pinch (literally) of cheap headphones. This past weekend, I broke down and ordered a pair of AKG K240 Studio Headphones. This purchase set me back over $100, but visions of ear cans that wouldn’t give me a migraine, made the ‘buy now’ process so much easier.

I decided on the AKG’s due to several recommendations from friends in the recording industry, as well as an endorsement by the world famous Leo Laporte. These headphones are designed first and foremost for wear all day comfort – not for outstanding sound. Since most of my work is dealing with vocals, the lack of blow-away audio isn’t a problem for me. They’re also very economically priced for pro headphones.

The AKG’s arrived Tuesday, and I made a short unboxing video (this is why I’m a geek. See the video here. At first, I found them to be kinda uncomfortable. They are very large headphones, and the bottom part of the ear cups actually rest on my cheekbone. After wearing them for several hours, I finally became accustomed to the feel, and I now understand how folks like Leo Laporte can wear them for 40 hours a week. As expected, the sound isn’t blow your socks off amazing, partially because nicer headphones like these need more power, but also because thats not why I bought them.

Now that I have the appropriate headgear, recording shall commence.