Yamaha HPH-MT7 Closed-back On-ear Headphones - Black Reviews
Like the NS-10s before them, Yamaha's HPH-MT7 Studio Monitor Headphones are designed to cast a white-hot spotlight on the problem areas of your audio. From the studio to the stage, these high-performance cans will help put the finishing touches on your mixes and paint your source material in a realistic light. Yamaha HPH-MT7s are loaded with full-range 40mm neodymium dynamic drivers for accurate sound reproduction across the entire audible spectrum. Their comfortable ABS headband, ear cups, and pads are designed to stand up to long mixing hours. The Yamaha HPH-MT7s include a carry bag, 10-foot detachable cable, and 1/4" adapter.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Great cans for my podcast studio
I like the simple design (one wire / one connection / no stupid volume control). Very comfortable.
Great set of cans!
Well rounded sound overall. Great low end response so you know when your bass is a tad too deep and you need to back it off in the mix.
Yamaha Quality
Yamaha does not disappoint. Quality phones with great sound. Comfortable and fairly light weight. You can't go wrong with these!
Excellent
Very well made, great sound and seem to be up to Yamaha quality.
No-brainer if you use Yamaha HS series monitors
These headphones are really, really great. I use a pair of HS7s and at one point employed the HS8S subwoofer but quickly realized that the sub was doing more damage to my mixes and is utterly useless in an untreated suburban basement with pergo flooring. Obviously the next plan was to buy a decent pair of cans in order to monitor the low end. These do the job so very well!!! I've been having trouble demystifying the subtle yet punchy/thumpy kick drum ala Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album and boy oh boy was I able to dial in the best mix yet of my upcoming single literally the day I got the headphones. Spend about half an hour to an hour listening to a whole variety of your favorite songs from bunch of different genres and get used to the bass response. Then throw on your mix and compare. Of course, a good final mastered mix sounds fantastic on these cans but I wouldn't really use these for monitoring high mids and high frequencies. The low mids, lows and sub lows are the frequencies that translate really well to the HS7s and other speaker systems/headphones I have. For some reason, I have not had much luck with translation when it comes to the overall leveling of instruments and gain staging. I am still a bit of a novice in regards to mixing/producing/mastering so I suppose there is a learning curve that has yet to take place for me as I just received them today (the headphones aren't even broken-in) but I use my monitors for gain staging and leveling. For me, these phones are solely for the low end and I am so so so happy I finally grabbed a pair - I'm sort of frustrated at myself as to why I never bought them long ago!! If you use HS5s or HS7s, put these in your cart and just place the order. Simple as that. I really don't think you'll look back unless you're trying to buy a pair that is three or four times the price.
The cable is not detachable
The cable is not detachable.
Didn't make the cut
Finding closed back headphones that are transparent, accurate, and decently priced is tough to do. If you want accuracy, open backs are the way to go (highly recommend the Sennheiser HD 560S for reference/mixing).
I have a few different closed back headphones for monitoring while tracking. I've been curious about these ones for a little while and thought I'd give them a try. They immediately went back in the box. They are tinny and trebly sounding. Do yourself a favor and check out the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x. Those are a keeper. I see them being used in a lot of big studios. I see why: They sound great (probably not accurate enough for mixing, imo) and the price is right. They might be slightly boosted in the low end, but they are inspiring to listen to and comfortable to wear.
