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Originally posted by Nemesis44 he he... that was actually quite funny. Nem

Three peopel said they had 4 year old HD25s.
I will check them out. I don't have a problem with taking back my stance on headphones i never have owned.

What's this? Is everyone having a happy day?

Someone actually posted a "what are the best headphones" thread, and not a single flame? Not even a "go do a fucking search"?

I am impressed, especially as many of the posters are regular flame-thowers (you know who you are!)

Well, no one has mentioned the sony MDR7506/7509's.

Not cheap (�156 is the cheapest I've found) but much better than the 700's hdj1000's and they can be used for studio monitoring too.

HD25's are a great choice too though.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN What's this? Is everyone having a happy day? Someone actually posted a "what are the best headphones" thread, and not a single flame? Not even a "go do a fucking search"? I am impressed, especially as many of the posters are regular flame-thowers (you know who you are!) Well, no one has mentioned the sony MDR7506/7509's. Not cheap (�156 is the cheapest I've found) but much better than the 700's hdj1000's and they can be used for studio monitoring too. HD25's are a great choice too though.

i've been wondering how the sony mdr-7509's are like. they look a bit more solid than the mdr-7506's at least. and while i love the mdr-7506's i kinda wish they wouldn't be so light, but more like the sennheiser hd280 pro's for example (which would be fucking brilliant if they didn't crack). also i feel that i have more space for my ears in the hd280 pro's.
anyway the mdr-7509's are so fucking expensive that i can never justify buying them especially as i already have the mdr-7506's and a bunch of other headphones for different occasions.

I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still.

One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be.

The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on.

Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

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Originally posted by Stasis The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important.

Where's peter hook when you need him!?!

I agree. Most DJs are kinda geeky so using big dorky headphones does not help. If it is a club and you are trying to get a gig, the manager who picks the DJs is probably some bozo who judges everyone by appearance or other superficial criteria.

Using Senn HD-280 here also, nice phones with good isolation, but too big. Mine are now 4 years old, repaired twice under warranty, I taped up the ends to reduce cracking. I've seen 280s used on movie shoots.

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Originally posted by Stasis I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still. One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be. The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

yeah, the sennheiser hd280's really do look bad on your head. i've had mine for about 3 years and they first started cracking just after 2 years (just when the warranty had expired). i can still use them even though, they are cracked though. dunno when they'll crack in half then!
anyway i'm not using them much anymore, only when i use headphones for listening to music on the computer (at night mostly).

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Originally posted by Stasis I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still. One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be. The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

Yes you r getting caught u. The best thing you can do for yourself is to lose your ego. Your mixing will get better.

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Originally posted by Stasis I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still. One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be. The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

Oh, is that why I don't get gigs? Because I don't look posh?

Goddamn. All those DJs showing up wearing a t shirt and jeans. They must be the special ones.

I dunno about you, but I don't give a rat's ass how I look on the decks, because all people see is me having a good time, more than people on the dancefloor probably.

This comes from a guy who wears headlamps on decks if there isn't enough lighting

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Originally posted by skip i've been wondering how the sony mdr-7509's are like. they look a bit more solid than the mdr-7506's at least. and while i love the mdr-7506's i kinda wish they wouldn't be so light, but more like the sennheiser hd280 pro's for example (which would be fucking brilliant if they didn't crack). also i feel that i have more space for my ears in the hd280 pro's. anyway the mdr-7509's are so fucking expensive that i can never justify buying them especially as i already have the mdr-7506's and a bunch of other headphones for different occasions.

The 7509's are really really good monitoring headphones, but not twice as good(which is the difference in price) as the 7506's. The 7509's have a larger dynamic range and 50mm driver as opposed to a 40mm. Also the headband and cup linkage thingy are much more solid.

I was introduced to them when I used to do the sound and lighting (and stand in Dj when he would disappear with about a cm of vinyl left!) at a well known Toronto club. He had to play for 6 hours straight and so they needed to be comfy and he swore by the 7509's.

The only thing is that they cost �160 odd so I'm not sure you want to gig with them - it depends how imperative to you it is to have your preferred headphones when DJ'ing.

Those DJ's who show up in t-shirts and jeans usually look relaxed and confident, and thus it reflects positively on their music. The ones who are trying too hard to look "posh" usually come off as posers and thus it reflects badly on their music.

Wait, didn't I say exactly that in my original post?

My point on headphones was that you need to feel comfortable in how you look while wearing them, and I was never comfortable in how I looked in the HD-280's. If you're personally confident in how you look wearing them, then that's awesome! I just wanted it known (and I don't think I'm alone in this opinion based on other posts), that a lot of people have a problem with the look of the HD-280's, and someone new to DJing should at least consider taking that point into consideration when making a purchase.

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Originally posted by EvilTree Oh, is that why I don't get gigs? Because I don't look posh? Goddamn. All those DJs showing up wearing a t shirt and jeans. They must be the special ones. I dunno about you, but I don't give a rat's ass how I look on the decks, because all people see is me having a good time, more than people on the dancefloor probably. This comes from a guy who wears headlamps on decks if there isn't enough lighting

Thank you guys for all your comments and suggestions.

I browsed through the "headphone thread" and read a few comments/reviews. I ended up doing more researched on the Sony MDR-7506, read more reviews online and went to my local music store and tried the headphone, well I love the headphone so I purchased it

I'm glad you've found a good pair of headphones. The Sony MDR-7506 are very well known, and has alot of fans. Personally I haven't tried them, but I have the impression that they are quite ok. But if you said price didn't matter - you sure didn't climb far up in the ladder at all, my friend :P I also started at the bottom..And then I got curious..started to climb higher. And suddenly I purchased all the good headphones I could find. Though, I dind't go all the way with the most expensive from Grado and Stax of course. Heh..That would be madness!!

I've been a member of the largest headphone-forum for over a year now. I was on the look for a good pair of phones, and have finally found my favourites --> Audio-Technica ATH-AD2000. They are very expensive tough..

Comfort --> Sennheiser HD 595
Fun listening --> Grado SR 60 or AKG K81 DJ (neither is expensive)
Basshead --> Beyerdynamic DT770
Detailed listening --> Sony SA5000

All-in-one --> Audio-Technica ATH-AD2000

I mean, you've got to explain better what kind of sound you're after. I personally have owned about 15 headphones, but only have about 5 now. Many people claim the Ultrasone Prolone 750 is the ultimate trance-phones, but I disagree!! I have them, but they never gets used.

Do you like bass? If so - quantity or quality or a mix? Details? Coloured sound? Comfort? Open of closed phones? Are you willing to buy a dedicated headphone-amplifier if you chose to get phones that require that? Let us hear!

Oh, and btw --> I see many has recommended the HD25. It's a nice headphone, but way too expensive compared to other phones. The Grado SR 60 or AKG K81 DJ delivers basically the same sound, if not better! But for one fourth of the price!! Visit head-fi.org and look around

Been using SENNHEISER HD 280PRO and have 3 pairs since Always seem forgot to pack em. So always have set in my rig just case forgot to pack em or if my set breaks.

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Originally posted by alexpea I'm glad you've found a good pair of headphones. The Sony MDR-7506 are very well known, and has alot of fans. Personally I haven't tried them, but I have the impression that they are quite ok. But if you said price didn't matter - you sure didn't climb far up in the ladder at all, my friend :P I also started at the bottom..And then I got curious..started to climb higher. And suddenly I purchased all the good headphones I could find. Though, I dind't go all the way with the most expensive from Grado and Stax of course. Heh..That would be madness!! I've been a member of the largest headphone-forum for over a year now. I was on the look for a good pair of phones, and have finally found my favourites --> Audio-Technica ATH-AD2000. They are very expensive tough.. Comfort --> Sennheiser HD 595 Fun listening --> Grado SR 60 or AKG K81 DJ (neither is expensive) Basshead --> Beyerdynamic DT770 Detailed listening --> Sony SA5000 All-in-one --> Audio-Technica ATH-AD2000 I mean, you've got to explain better what kind of sound you're after. I personally have owned about 15 headphones, but only have about 5 now. Many people claim the Ultrasone Prolone 750 is the ultimate trance-phones, but I disagree!! I have them, but they never gets used. Do you like bass? If so - quantity or quality or a mix? Details? Coloured sound? Comfort? Open of closed phones? Are you willing to buy a dedicated headphone-amplifier if you chose to get phones that require that? Let us hear! Oh, and btw --> I see many has recommended the HD25. It's a nice headphone, but way too expensive compared to other phones. The Grado SR 60 or AKG K81 DJ delivers basically the same sound, if not better! But for one fourth of the price!! Visit head-fi.org and look around

Hi Alexpea,

Very intersting and informative post. Out of interest what is the isolation like on the Grado phones? Personally I'm sticking with the HD25 but I was thinking in terms of what I could recomend to other DJs as it's a frequent question/complaint.

Cheers
Nem

Those Grados are open ear.

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Originally posted by Fl1p I ended up doing more researched on the Sony MDR-7506, read more reviews online and went to my local music store and tried the headphone, well I love the headphone so I purchased it

I've been looking around for a bit, since I need to pick up some new ones, and I've got the options narrowed down to a couple models, but I can't find any place to actually try the things out, which seems to be fairly important, especially since one of the ones I'm thinking about is the hd25, about which everyone makes the 'it depends on whether you like the feel or not' comment. So where would I actually be able to get my hands on some of these in person, or are there specific sites with great return policies that I should try? [keep in mind, it's Texas :/]

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Originally posted by inconspicuous I've been looking around for a bit, since I need to pick up some new ones, and I've got the options narrowed down to a couple models, but I can't find any place to actually try the things out, which seems to be fairly important, especially since one of the ones I'm thinking about is the hd25, about which everyone makes the 'it depends on whether you like the feel or not' comment. So where would I actually be able to get my hands on some of these in person, or are there specific sites with great return policies that I should try? [keep in mind, it's Texas :/]

i'm planning on just going on ebay..

on another note, after reading through this thread i think i decided to go for the hd280 pro's by sennheisser (sp?). just wanted to ask one question beforehand, from the people that own(ed) it, how would you rate it when it comes to comfort? is it heavy? thanks..

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...t=sony+mdr+7506

after experiencing the secret of the headphones i tried and returned, i'm gonna save for the higher priced one.

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Originally posted by Tony Morello http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...t=sony+mdr+7506

bah you convinced me to change my mind.

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Originally posted by JD8180 bah you convinced me to change my mind.

you won't regret it.

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