I not too long ago picked up the Sony MDR 7506 headphones. They are touted for use in music production or audio production of any type really. I’ll do a more in depth review of them on my review page eventually, but I wanted to put up a post about them this beautiful 4th of July afternoon. Basically the headphones are industry standard and you can find pictures on the internet of producers like Dr. Dre, Kanye West, and others sporting them. When I got them I wasn’t sure what to expect, but after using them for a bit I see why they are so highly praised. They really do let you hear everything in the audio you are putting together. When I first got them I heard noise artifacts in a couple of tracks on a beat I was making and I was able to apply a noise gate to get rid of it. I’m not a huge fan of Dr. Dre’s beats, but his mixing and mastering is top notch. You’ll never hear a noisy, low volume track coming from that guy, and I’m sure him using these headphones is a big reason for that. You’d think headphones this highly touted would be expensive but they don’t cost that much, and Amazon has them on sale right now. If you’re into audio production of any type I highly recommend them. The word is that if they sound good on the MDR 7506s they will sound good on anything.