if you get hd25's make sure they arn't the hd25sp's with the plastic rigid headband. they suck arse the proper hd25's on the other hand are wicked.

for slipmats, i would recommend 'sicmats'. they are the best that i have used.

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Supposedly they make scratching & cueing better

hd25's are fugly

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i'd check out the Sony 7506s. love those phones to death.

if you feel like browsing, check out AudioTechnicas. i don't know if they make DJ specific headphones, but i do remember having to spin once with ATH-1000s (i think), which happen to be studio cans, and it was fucking excellent. dunno if prolonged kick-heavy music will make them very durable though, as i recall them being aimed at guitar players and such. loved every minute of it tho.

i'd advise you to stay away from Sony MDR V700DJ phones. they are not bad at all, but i believe the 7506s to be much better, at a cheaper price, a lot more durable, and also, once you get used to MDRV700s, you get accostumed to their sound, and you don't want to use anything else. so you're stuck buying them again and again, even if they keep breaking.

i love the sound of the Pioneer HDJ-1000s, but they're a pricier, and even though i've yet to hear from any of my friends that they have failed on them, some people on this forum have had bad experiences.

speakerwise, i'm in love with Mackie SRM-450s. but that's a bit heavy duty for a bedroom. i'd check out the JBL ION Gen2's already mentioned. you may also be able to get some custom made ones for a nice price, i know this one guy that works at a studio here who builds them for different applications at very good prices. sound fucking sweet too.

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Originally posted by TruffleShuffle Headphones: ??? No clue

hd-280 pros, you wont regret it, at all. very affordable too, the less you spend on equipment the more you can spend on vinyl.

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Originally posted by Tranceporter99 hd-280 pros, you wont regret it, at all. very affordable too, the less you spend on equipment the more you can spend on vinyl.

Good thinking :P

By the way I got the hd-280 pros and they're very nice. Thanks for the recommendation

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rolf at the guy who said that hd 25 were fugly

i bet you have those ''i am a dj'' sony mdr 700

hahahah

you dream about those headphones

best mixing headphones for sure

i tried pionners sony's and stanton and dont get me wrong im never getting back to any of theses

They're fugly and look VERY VERY cheap...look like a toy you can buy at the dollar store.

Need some style

And yes indeed i do have the mdr-v700's....I love them...and I got them FREE brand new

Comon....you must be kidding

they are rated as some of the strongest headphones

and they cost twice the price of your shitty sony's

hahahahahahhaa

i guess you mix like crap so you wanna have nice headphones to atleast look....kinda good

so dont come crying when your headphones crack

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Originally posted by Tranceporter99 the less you spend on equipment the more you can spend on vinyl.

Sorry, but I think this is possibly the dumbest thing that I have ever heard! Gotta have good eqipment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gotta have good vinyl or your equipment really means didly squat its finding the balance and i think that one place a bedroom dj can save some mone on is equipment meaning he doesn't have to get club quality for the sheer reason that he's not running a club and so won't get nearly the beating that a club would deliver.

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Originally posted by Psiweaver gotta have good vinyl or your equipment really means didly squat its finding the balance and i think that one place a bedroom dj can save some mone on is equipment meaning he doesn't have to get club quality for the sheer reason that he's not running a club and so won't get nearly the beating that a club would deliver.

Sorry, but I still do not agree with you. I think if you can save your money and get decent equipment, it will make the world of difference. Not to get personal, but I am a plumber. That is what I do for a living. If I were to do my job with junk tools, the job would not come out as good as if I did it with quality tools. My work partner has all these crap tools he works with. They are shit. His cutters are always threading when he trys to cut copper, his tourch is always burning the fittings, and last but not least, his tools are always breaking. The same applies to the equipment you buy. You want turntables that can't hold a beat for shit, a mixer that burns out a channel every other month, and headphones that crack before you even learn how to beatmatch. By that time the guy will probally throw his hands in the air and say f**k this shit, it ain't worth it. This is just my opinion, though.

Rock On,

Mike