Why not be a guinea pig for us and try the Ultrasone HFI-650? They're sexy...



Anyway, what are you most interested in?

A studio sound, ease of driving, impacting bass under all circumstances, lots of isolation, comfort, matching with dj mixers, or what?

Are ya gonna be spinning in noisy places? Do ya wanna use em for producing or recording too?

BTW, try etronics.com

and of course, search shopping.yahoo.com !!

Im a new dj and have done the research on here about headphones. Man theres so much knowledge on this site. Im leaning toward the sony mdr7506 beacuse im pretty much going to do only bedroom spinning and since i heard the senns need some decent driving and since i dont have a real amp (just an aiwa stereo for now) i figure the sonys are the safe choice. I checked out etronics and some other places, but I cant find them for cheaper than $90 usd so far though.

synthsnbass I got the 7506s from Etronics.com. The next week 2 of my friends got the Sony MDR-V700s and after using them and then going back to my 7506s, I took Etronics up on their exchange policy and got the V700s. To me, they were so much stronger and when I spin out, I need strong cans that can blast and not distort. I felt the 7506s were weak and could not go nearly as loud as the V700s. Thats just my opinion of course. Since you say you are doing just bedroom spinning, then the 7506s might be fine for you. I originally got the 7506s because I did a lot of research and read a lot of good things about them but they just didn't stand up to the V700s for me. Plus at Etronics.com, they are both priced about the same. I paid 96 bucks for the V700s.

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/hificon...nhdprohead.html

Best price I've found for the 280's

Hi,

The Sony MDVR700 are the best headphones for mixing in clubs,this is because the sound reproduction is second to none with its closed cup meaning that no matter how loud the monitor is they can allways be heard.The only problem is that they have a design fault on the hinge and break after about 12 months.

If you do get any Sonys make sure you buy them from an authorised dealer as the warranty will be extremely crucial with these headphones.

I have got some sony phones but I also have the Senheiser 25SP which I think are the most durable headphone on the market. These babies last for years the quality is excellent, if any of the parts wear out you can buy replacements quite easily. The only drawback is that they are not closed cup and if themonitor is too loud this will pose problems for mixing but I award these 10 out of 10.

Cheers Brisky

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I found the MDR-7506 for $58 at Etronics I think.. this was around January 2002.

*sigh*

You realize that, it is never the headphones that distorts, but the mixer? And you realize that the V700DJ's, when you turn the mixer up, is indeed distorting, but they are designed in such a way where the bass i so overdamped/boomy/inaccurate that you don't hear that the headphone jack on your mixer is, in fact, disroting?

True.

By the way, MDR-V6 = MDR-7506... oh, and some other headphones that are "Like" The V700DJ that you might want to check out are these:

Sennheiser HD25
Technics RP-DJ1200
IXOS DJ1001
Pioneer HDJ-1000A

IMO, any of those would be superior to the V700DJ... and still be plenty underdamped/boomy/etc. that you wouldn't have the least bit of a clue WHEN your mixer is distorting.

Personally, however, I prefer the concept of knowing when my equipment is giving out on me... and that means a headphone with a little bit more accurate dampening (in other words, where the shape of the earcup is made to not distort the bass into oodles of boominess), and more A LOT more isolation...

that way, you would better protect your hearing, by having extra isolation and you would not turn the headphones up to ear-damaging levels, and you would also have faster beatmatching... IF AND ONLY IF you get used to LISTENING to the beats, and how they SOUND different, rather than FEELING them... and, with these headphones, the SOUND of the bass will be different, but the bass might not be as physically impacting as you are used to. Also, I would only use these IFIF you mix with both earcups on as much as possible--to get the isolation to protect your ears and let you HEAR what is going on in each earcup! Yes, with the headphones I am thinking of, it is possible to mix with only one earcup on, but use that as little as possible, to protect your hearing. In a club, I would want to have isolating headphones or isolating earplugs on 100% of the time, to protect my hearing from the damaging levels in the club...

So, what are these headphones that I speak of?

Sennheiser HD280 Pro
Ultrasone HFI-650

You can get the 280 Pro at www.headphone.com
And you can get the HFI-650 at www.meier-audio.com

Both places are EXTREMELY reliable! And remember, these headphones are honest enough to tell you WHEN your mixer is distorting...

So, I did a search at www.head-fi.org for "DJ" and "Boost" for discussions talking about when DJ's might need a boost with more accurate headphones, and I found these three interesting threads:

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showt...&threadid=11552

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showt...&threadid=14913

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showt...&threadid=14742

They are quite interesting, and might be a suitable read...