One of the most important elements of field recording is listening to the sounds. At the moment of they were recorded and back to home to enjoy them.

Quality headphones gives you the best representation of the sound during it happens and helps you to make good decisions on the fiels. It’s also important to have studio monitors that will reproduce the frequency range in the most reliable, uncolored and unaltered way. You will find here, some best monitoring gear for field recording at low budget price.


best headphones for field recording

BEYERDYNAMIC – DT770 PRO 80 Ohm

A musthave in the studio, the Beyer DT770 is everywhere, and we understand why. The sound is clear, transparent, the bass response is impressive without being too present.

Build quality that reassures and an incredible comfort, considering the price at which it is sold, it is amazing.

I use it for sound recording, listening to music, listening to movies, checking the details of mixing and mastering and it’s good in all configurations.

The only problem for field recording is the length of the 3m cable.

best equipment used for field recording

SENNHEISER – HD25

HD25 is so well known that it has become a legend… 

I was able to get one at good price. I don’t find it at the same level as the DT770, the sound is certainly punchy but not as detailed and we can’t talk about comfort with these headphones, the advantage is that it slips quickly into a bag, it doesn’t bother when it’s around the neck and its weight is super light.

Not bad for sound recording but I prefer the beyer which is better in every aspect. One of the best monitoring gear for field recording.

best equipment used for field recording

KALI LP6

KALI – LP-6 Lone pine STUDIO MONITOR

You have to listen to them to believe it. I read a lot of reviews, watched a lot of tests on youtube and finally, it was by plugging them in that I understood why they are so much talked about.

It is still necessary to have a sound treatment in your room to achieve the best performance… it’s the same for all speakers.

After all, they’re affordable for speakers of this quality. almost became industry standard!

best equipment used for field recording

AUDIENT – ID22 AUDIO INTERFACE

After testing cheaper audio interfaces, I took the decision to step up and I bought the Audient. It had a good reputation… I also record instruments and an 8 track interface seemed to be the right choice. I finally decided on 2 tracks only but with high quality and I don’t regret it.

An all-aluminum chassis, clear and straightforward buttons, an incredible sound. I don’t plan to change it anytime soon.

I finally added an 8-channel rack preamp that plugs into the ADAT input. It gives me 10 independent tracks to record a drum kit without any problem.

best equipment used for field recording

A few of the links that I propose on this page are links affiliated with Thomann.de. The principle is that if you buy the equipment by clicking on the link,I get a very small commission that allows me to keep the website on the go, so you don’t pay more. You are free not to buy via this link or to buy where you want. I encourage you to check the prices on several websites to be sure to get the best price. I chose the Thomann affiliate program because I bought a major part of my equipment on this site and I never had any problems.