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Posted by nnyvvy on Sep-30-2003 23:53:

Help me Pick a New Headphone

I am still currently using Sony MDR-V500
And now have some money wanna get a new Headphone
Which one do you guys recommand ?

Pioneer HDJ-1000 ?
SONY MDR-V700DJ Headphones ?

or

Technics RPDJ 1210

Which one will you guys choose ?

Posted by nnyvvy on Sep-30-2003 23:55:

Place I work

Blox Night Club at Richmond Vancouver Canada

Posted by DR86 on Oct-01-2003 00:03:

pioneer...of course.

Posted by nnyvvy on Oct-01-2003 00:08:

I never hear the Pionner before
is the Pioneer really that good ?

Posted by auujay on Oct-01-2003 01:14:

I have the technics. They are nice, but smaller than most others in this price range. This is not a bad thing, just keep in mind that they are supra (sit ontop of you ear) and not super (sit around your ear). If you can, I would try them before buying them.
I think if I were to get new phones, I would get some Senns or maybe some AKG (I thought someone posted some of those in here the other day).

Posted by Gluegun on Oct-01-2003 02:38:

Look at the Sennheiser HD25... but really, you might wanna look a tad bit more deeply into what sorts of headphones you need (other than just "DJ headphones", do you need lots of isolation, do looks matter, does it matter if they have a side swivel, would a more accurate sound be worth it to you, etc.)

Posted by conk on Oct-01-2003 02:58:

i love my pioneers, they cost me about 140 bux but they're comfortable, have amazing sound quality, and best of all, work about as well as noise-cancelling headphones. its amazing how little you can hear besides the music once you put them on. i'd reccomend them to anyone with the cash

Posted by nnyvvy on Oct-01-2003 03:41:

I found that the Pioneer 100 can do the Twist Angal like the Techics
Is this true ?

Posted by Vert on Oct-01-2003 03:54:

Yes. Very nice.

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Posted by DJ1MK on Oct-01-2003 08:20:

I've got a pair of MDR-V900s that I've used for over three years and I love them. I've used the HDJ-1000s and definately prefer my MDR-V900s over them.

Posted by waxHead on Oct-01-2003 14:00:

I use the Sennheiser HD-25's:

http://www.turntablelab.com/headpho...25-closeup.html

don't mistake them for the HD-25-SP's, these are incredible headphones. the sound is amazing, the hug your head very well, and there's no chance for outside noise when you've got 'em on.

Posted by Endo on Oct-02-2003 03:41:

For a completely unrelated note...

I was walking down the street today and saw some person with HDJ-1000s just listening to their mp3 player man only if I had those headphones, damn. And he was using em with his crappy quality mp3s which frustrated me. BTW I have the technics 1200s which I love but I've never tried the hdj1000s

Posted by farley on Oct-02-2003 04:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Endo
For a completely unrelated note...

I was walking down the street today and saw some person with HDJ-1000s just listening to their mp3 player man only if I had those headphones, damn. And he was using em with his crappy quality mp3s which frustrated me. BTW I have the technics 1200s which I love but I've never tried the hdj1000s

Maybe they're a DJ as well? I use my HDJ1000s with my Minidisc all the time, and I've known at least one other dj to do the same with the pioneers, and even more with the mdrv700s. After listening to those I don't wanna use those shite ones that come with the players.

Posted by xCxStylex on Oct-02-2003 07:37:

I also have the technics 1210s.
Although I've never owned any other pair of headphones anywhere close in price range, they seem great other than that they "crush" your ears like a wrestler/boxer "helmet/head guard thing" if you have them on for too long, like 5 hours or so, such as when I play computer games.

They are also extremely uncomfortable when wearing glasses. Whenever I spin, I wear contacts anyway though, but you might want to consider that.

They are also smaller than most, and I use these everywhere.

quote:
Originally posted by auujay
I have the technics. They are nice, but smaller than most others in this price range. This is not a bad thing, just keep in mind that they are supra (sit ontop of you ear) and not super (sit around your ear). If you can, I would try them before buying them.
I think if I were to get new phones, I would get some Senns or maybe some AKG (I thought someone posted some of those in here the other day).

Posted by TempesTrip on Oct-02-2003 07:37:

had a pair of sony 700's for 2-3 years they were great but grew old and the pioneers came out.. so decided to try them out and i was sold. my reccomendation is to get the pioneers, but as someone else mentioned if you can try whatever cans you are looking at out and see what you prefer as far as you ear is concerened. some people hear diff frequencies more pleasantly (easier/harder) to the ear then others.

Posted by xCxStylex on Oct-02-2003 07:40:

endo - you're not the same endo from L1quids are you?

How can you say that the guy's mp3s are crap without even knowing the bitrate at which the song is encoded?

I walk around everywhere, especially at school, listening to my digital camera/mp3 player with my technics 1210s. Its a fujifilm 2.4 megapixel camera about the size of my wallet, and i can store almost an hour and a half of 160kbs mp3s.

quote:
Originally posted by pagoda
Maybe they're a DJ as well? I use my HDJ1000s with my Minidisc all the time, and I've known at least one other dj to do the same with the pioneers, and even more with the mdrv700s. After listening to those I don't wanna use those shite ones that come with the players.

Posted by razzi on Oct-02-2003 15:33:

i am actually in the same dilemma about which headphones to get.. right now i am debating between the mdrv700s and the hdj1000s.. if anyone has both or has listened to both (more importantly used both while DJing), which has a more accurate bass? when i say accurate, i am referring to the timing. is it delayed in either? thanks.

Posted by Endo on Oct-02-2003 15:52:

quote:
Originally posted by xCxStylex
endo - you're not the same endo from L1quids are you?

How can you say that the guy's mp3s are crap without even knowing the bitrate at which the song is encoded?

I walk around everywhere, especially at school, listening to my digital camera/mp3 player with my technics 1210s. Its a fujifilm 2.4 megapixel camera about the size of my wallet, and i can store almost an hour and a half of 160kbs mp3s.

No I'm not actually... And I guess you're right I was a bit hasty at saying his mp3s weren't that high quality I really had no idea of knowing. I guess I was too jealous to really care

And I think I've been spoiled by vinyl to go back to mp3s now...

Posted by Gluegun on Oct-02-2003 20:31:

quote:
Originally posted by razzi
i am actually in the same dilemma about which headphones to get.. right now i am debating between the mdrv700s and the hdj1000s.. if anyone has both or has listened to both (more importantly used both while DJing), which has a more accurate bass? when i say accurate, i am referring to the timing. is it delayed in either? thanks.

Well... "accurate" is an interesting question here... many DJ headphones are known to have, ahh, "flabby", one-note bass... where the bass continues to resonate AFTER the signal goes away. This is the whuum whuum sound I'm talking about... if you want accurate bass, something that has tight and fast bass, you should look at some studio monitoring headphones like the Sennheiser HD280 Pro or the AKG K271S.