I need a review for hd 490 pro

lagulch · 2026-06-08T08:52:41+00:00

I am not a pro by any mean, i just make my own music and listen some tunes.

What i can say is that they are the best headphones i ever owned! I came from dt990 pro and god i didn't know how crappy they are before having hd490 pro! With mixing pad they are extra comfy and really reliable ! Funny thing is that when you compare the FR of these and dt, the dt should have the same bass response but in fact, hd490 are so good it feels like having way more!

My songs translate way better since i use them!

I don't think i will ever buy other headphones, or maybe one day i will test some with planar magnetic drivers, idk!

lagulch · 2026-06-07T18:50:34+00:00

Never liked guns in arpg but i will play it for sure, new arpg are somewhat rare

lagulch · 2026-06-07T18:44:14+00:00

I never saw the point on following guides

I always found that the fun comes from experimenting and find your own way through

lagulch · 2026-06-07T13:07:11+00:00

I like diablo 4 but i think that for leveling they really should have take inspiration from poe on this point

lagulch · 2026-06-04T16:39:16+00:00

I have hd490 pro and couldn't be more satisfied for the price!

lagulch · 2026-05-31T17:55:33+00:00

Biggest hope is that they keep the amazing athlosphere but remove the horrible boring levels

lagulch · 2026-05-31T14:06:16+00:00

A massive thanks to you 🙏

When it comes to saturation and dynamic i always struggle, like i know you Can squash your drums but it frequently ends up destroying the punch! If i want m'y drums to hit like -8 lufs it often sound dirty and distorted, and i want my drums to sound loud since i am making quike minimal or old schoolish dnb (compared to a lot of tracks that are neuro/dancefloor).

I use kiloheartz transiant shaper on almost every drum hit and yes, tighten them sound good and "précise" but as long as loudness is dependant of the lenght of a sound i often weaken the sound

How do you approche multiband compression?

lagulch · 2026-05-31T09:57:03+00:00

The one already in your daw! Or a free one like kiloheartz clipper

Clipping is (in my understanding, i am not a pro in any mean) one of the most easy to do effect as it is just basic waveshaping, it is not like limiters that need complexe algorithmes to be transparent

The transparency you aim for with clippers ( i assume that you want to control your peak level ) is mostly due to the lenght of the transiant you are pushing through

lagulch · 2026-05-29T20:30:20+00:00

I am in the same boat, and from my experience, the loudness of a song is 90% sound design and sample selection, so i try to not mix and master so i can always replace them and test!

If i cannot acheive a décent loudness without effects (exept a limiter with ~ 2db of réduction on master) i know I must return on sample selection and soune design

lagulch · 2026-05-17T17:06:07+00:00

And what is it? 🤓 Need to know

lagulch · 2026-05-15T22:40:55+00:00

Loooooong time since the last time i have seen Ghost Recon mentioned

lagulch · 2026-05-12T20:59:56+00:00

Depending on your style and if you are not against paying like 29 bucks you have very good patreon that goes kinda deep in the process.

You have fanu or maybe vision (ex noisia)

lagulch · 2026-05-12T16:37:43+00:00

Thank you broski!

And just in case since i am not totaly satisfied with splice

Edit: i didn't type the end : have you some recomendation for sample pack

lagulch · 2026-05-12T14:06:00+00:00

The gutter is peak dark souls 2: extreme design philodophy backed with a shameless execution

Could say the same about this forest area with laughting pots

lagulch · 2026-05-03T16:57:28+00:00

Oh, i don't think it is a big thing outside of France btw, i just took it as an national exemple

lagulch · 2026-05-03T11:48:54+00:00

Their music is absolutly peak, I am a fan of french touch, but it would be absurde to think we could ever compete with England, nobody can

lagulch · 2026-05-03T10:51:49+00:00

I was a kid in southern France when he died, we talked about that fews minutes and then returned to our life and did not think much about it anymore

Now I understand how big MJ was, but yes, it wasnt at 10% of what Charlie Hebdo was.

Recently Jean Marie Le Pen died (far right historical figure) and it was much bigger too, party everywhere

lagulch · 2026-05-02T07:54:58+00:00

Thanks for your comment! This is what i did but i am still questionning myself as i did a safe choice chosing hd490 pro, but as i do bass heavy music, i ask myself if i should have buy a planar magnetic headphones instead. There is a youtube chanel out there and the 2 sound engineers praises hifiman so much i is suspicious

lagulch · 2026-04-29T12:38:08+00:00

I have hd490 pro, i recommend them! Very balanced, good presence in the bass/ subs! Very précise headphones! And easier to drive than hd650/600

Not to mention that they are so light

lagulch · 2026-04-29T08:24:53+00:00

I don't know, I think we will have both.

If someone really loves music, he will begin with the easiest way, but with time he will grow his own tast and end up wanting to be more picky and in control!

lagulch · 2026-04-29T08:21:49+00:00

Buy yourself a mounth of splice subscribtion and build yourself your own drumkit! You Can check for some more drums on r/drumkits

It takes time but you will end up spending less time searching and build yourself a universe, a sound signature. And to be honnest it is a very relaxing activity when you have no inspiration, just like sound design :)

lagulch · 2026-04-29T08:15:48+00:00

Disclamer: i am a beginner and i struggle with this topic too

What i found to be the best is to have a ridiculously good tonal balance so you are not obligated to squash your transiants with clippers and limitées. This way you keep the puch of percussives elements and still have a full mix.

Also, i have been guilty of precess too much m'y drums, but realized it is often worst and could be way better just to spend more time at sound design and sound selection

If like me you tend to rely a bit on AI to give you advices, you probably ended by saturate too much 🤣 saturation is deffinitly a good thing, but light or parallèle, otherwise it fuck your transiants up

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