Best ever noise isolating headphones? The Remote Audio HN-7506

[David Peterson]

Quite excited to give this a spin, once the new gel pads arrive. They share the same drivers as in my Sony MDR-7506 headphones, thus the listening experience should be the same but with a 45dB reduction on any external sounds leaking in!

This would have been especially useful last weekend when I was recording next to a busy road, so I could more accurately discern between what precisely was I recording or not.

 

[Zeb B]

Video 25 minutes long . . . what was the verdict?:

 

[Brandon Veen]

Very nice vlog, David!

Make sure to make an update video/post when you get the Gel pads of what you think of them.

Also congrats on the S7 Active. It can really take a beating/drop/etc all around.

 

[David Peterson]

what was the verdict?:

Well if it is good enough for Whit Norris I am sure it will be good enough for me!

Also congrats on the S7 Active. It can really take a beating/drop/etc all around.

It is also my first ever 4K camera :-o

 

[Sabovic Adis]

https://www.aaton.com/cantar-x3/overview

CantarX3
Starting from 13.900*,- Euros

* Without VAT - ExWorks, according to models availability

For a 24 track on location audio recorder?

 

[Marc Wielage]

Quite excited to give this a spin, once the new gel pads arrive. They share the same drivers as in my Sony MDR-7506 headphones, thus the listening experience should be the same but with a 45dB reduction on any external sounds leaking in!

They are excellent when you're in very loud environments like a car race or high winds, but be aware that it basically feels like your head is in a vice. They're not fun to wear for long periods of time. But the Trew Audio headphones are about the only thing out there that works.

 

[David Peterson]

https://www.aaton.com/cantar-x3/overview



For a 24 track on location audio recorder?

Well, he is Whitt Norris, I'm sure the productions he works for have a big enough budget to justify €14K+ recorders. (and that will only be a small portion of the total overall cost for his sound kit! I mean even I, who owns a dirt dirt dirt cheap recorder, still has a small sound kit that has an original RRP cost in total of easily well over €14K.)

Besides, why should this cost come as any kind of surprise? We're on a forum after all where the cheapest camera from this manufacture costs even more than that!

And sound is half of a film, only reasonable they too want gear that is up to the task.

They are excellent when you're in very loud environments like a car race or high winds, but be aware that it basically feels like your head is in a vice. They're not fun to wear for long periods of time. But the Trew Audio headphones are about the only thing out there that works.

I wonder if it is possible to swap out the vice like part of the headphones for something a little less grippy

 

[Sabovic Adis]

Well, he is Whitt Norris, I'm sure the productions he works for have a big enough budget to justify €14K+ recorders. (and that will only be a small portion of the total overall cost for his sound kit! I mean even I, who owns a dirt dirt dirt cheap recorder, still has a small sound kit that has an original RRP cost in total of easily well over €14K.)

Besides, why should this cost come as any kind of surprise? We're on a forum after all where the cheapest camera from this manufacture costs even more than that!

And sound is half of a film, only reasonable they too want gear that is up to the task.




I wonder if it is possible to swap out the vice like part of the headphones for something a little less grippy

Oh, it's about being Whitt Norris...
My point is that for that amount of money one could get more/better mic pres/coverters, but what do I know.

 

[David Peterson]

Are you saying the Cantar X3 doesn't have some of the best pre amps, A/D, etc in the business?

Plus a cart recorder is about so much more than just that.

Additionally, it is after all an extremely niche instrument (more so than any RED is! Bet there have been even more Monstro cameras sold than Cantar X3 recorders). And as you target a more extremely niche market then prices go up sharply.

Thus when you think about this, that price is not at all unreasonable for a Cantar X3. And I only reminded you of the guy's name in the video to point out the context of where his Cantar X3 is being used, on pretty big productions.

To give another point of reference, the Sound Devices 688 (which you might find on even fairly small ish productions) is $6K while the Cantar X3 Mini (the little brother to the X3) is not much at only $8K.