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Posted by Morbius on Nov-15-2000 01:07:

Hey, as someone who likes DJing as a hobby (but isn't very good ), what sort of headphones does everyone recommend I buy? Right now I have a $30 pair.... they're decent, but I like my friends' $80 koss one's alot more, it's easier to beatmatch with them... about how much should I expect to spend on a good pair?

Posted by MenTall on Nov-15-2000 01:10:

I myself have a SONY MDR-V500DJ, which is the smaller brother of the one Ti�sto normally uses... It's sound quality is awesome, and I think it's about 80 Euro... ehm, that's about 70 to 75 dollar, if I'm not mistaken...

grtz, MenTall

Posted by skywarp on Nov-15-2000 01:24:

If you're really serious about buying a good pair you can use when performing at a club/rave get one of the following:

Sennheiser HD 25 or HD 25 SP (about $200 / $120 respectively)
Those are my favourite headphones, really amazing sound and comfortable too ... awesome attenuation of background noise. Replacable parts in case something busts. Somewhat hard to find in some areas.

Technics RP-DJ 1200 (about $100 - 120)
What can I say, swiveling earpieces, very loud, very little outside noise bleed-through.

Sony MDR V700DJ (about $120)
Had the pleasure of using these babies once and I'm really impressed. Everything you would want in a headphone, except they're a little heavy.

Pioneer SE-DJ5000 (about $100)
Never used these but I've heard they're quite similar to the Technics headphones.

A rule when buying headphones is to try them before you buy if possible ... one pair of cans might work amazing for one person but somebody else might find them totally weird to use ...

peace

Posted by rockster77 on Nov-15-2000 01:24:

gotta go with the sony mdr-v700dj headphones. they're about $130 but they look amazing.

[This message has been edited by rockster77 (edited 11-14-2000).]

Posted by Morbius on Nov-15-2000 07:19:

Thanks for the responses everyone! I now have something else to add to my Christmas list
Another question though.... where can I get headphones like those? I live in Canada.... where's the best place to buy such headphones here?

Posted by skywarp on Nov-15-2000 08:30:

Since you live in Winnipeg, I don't know if you guys have any vinyl shops there, or stores that sell DJ gear ... check at places that sell musician gear ... or you might want to try with mailorder / online stores, but most of them are in US so consider the shipping too, although the headphones shouldn't be too expensive to ship.
go to www.dj-links.com - there is a huge list of DJ gear shops.

peace

Posted by Joel Fielder on Nov-15-2000 11:39:

Check out www.htfr.com, it's an online DJ superstore that ships all over the world.