Following up on previous months, we’ve shown you products that we believe will help keep your voice strong, record your voice to a high quality, and record your voice easily. Now comes the final piece of the puzzle, listening back to your voice. Obviously if you’ve spent all that time recording your voice to a high standard, you want to make sure that you are listening back to it and getting a full idea of how your voice is sounding. So we’ve gone out and searched for a high-quality, cost-effective set of headphones, and come back with our findings.
The Sony MDRXB300 (try saying that 5 times in a row after two drinks!) retail for about £23.99 (on Amazon), which may seem a little much for people who are used to getting the Tesco £2.99 headphones, but for the sound quality you get with them, you should easily be paying double. The headphones are marketed on the extra bass that they provide, which makes them perfect for those deep-voiced artists, however the sound range on them is truly phenomenal, meaning that you can easily pick-up the slightest note change, enabling you to really listen to the quality of your voice and pick up any imperfections that it may have.
The comfort is something to marvel as well. The ear-pads are like two cushions pressed up against your ears, meaning that your ears won’t start aching after pro-longed use, which is something that I’ve had issues with in the past. They trap sound in well, meaning that you can listen to your voice without being disturbed by background noise, and really focus on what you need to improve or re-do.
The look is sleek and smart, black all over except two silver discs on the ear pads. It’s a very good look as they don’t look vulgar and outlandish sitting on your head, which some headphones of this style do! The cable is the perfect length, meaning that you won’t be struggling to keep the cable under control, but it’s also long enough so that you won’t have to sit one inch from your computer screen.
So to sum up, these are a great, cost-effective set of headphones for use at home. They’ll allow you to listen to your voice recordings in great quality, and work out where you can improve. They’re comfortable and look good, which whilst isn’t that important in headphone, is always a plus. So if you’re looking to grab a good, cheap set of headphones to use with your home voice-over studio. These are the ones for you.
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