a buddy of mine broke the plastic right above the left yoke. fortunately a bit of superglue put it *almost* back to original state... i'm kinda surprised that hdj-1000s are so fragile considering the $130-$150 price tag...

before i had those, i had a pair of discontinued technics that lasted me 7-8 years before it got stolen. i forget what model it was, but it was sure worth every penny of that 40 bucks i originally paid. i guess they don't make headphones like they used to...

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and you thought you had issues

sennheiser HD25 are a piece of really durable headphones...

I have friends that have broken both the hdj-1000 and the MDRV-700 but I've never heard of anyone actually that has a pair of broken hd25

just to get an idea of how much they can take, when I was at a dj & producer convent here in sweden I stopped by the sennheiser booth just to check with the guy there how much the hd25 really can take...

the first thing he did was bending them straight upwards untill they got the shape of a U, after that bend...not a scratch, no signs of being bent or hurt in anyway

they can take right about anything you can imagine doing with them

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Originally posted by davedresden i suggest getting the gabriel & dresden prog-a-minute. in 3 easy steps you too could change the face of dance music. batteries not included. - dave

I know plenty of people with broken hd 25s.

Cord is very poor and fragile (and not coiled- retarded ) and the drivers can blow after a while-hence why all sennheiser parts are available as service parts.
No more reliable than any other pair to be honest.

I get a new pair of headphones every year anyway- 3 working pairs and counting (hd 25 hdj1000 and mdrv700s)

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Originally posted by dknylady well i was in the middle of making my new demo mix which i haven't made for 5 months, and boom my right cup goes out. nothing i do gets it back. i took off the jack and put it in my computer. yup the right cup is definitely broken. piece of crap made in china.

Sounds like everyone has that right/left cup goes out problem....

I've had mine for 6 months and hopes this doesn't happens to me too quicky

I've never played out in mine, and all of a sudden while doing a demo at the house like the others, the left started going out. It turns out it was the cord that now has loose connections on both ends. The cords are replaceable, so I'll check into getting a new one. Other than that, the sound quality is great. By the way they are just under a year old. Seems like all DJ headphones will break no matter what anyone says, because we all treat them differntly and are all stressed in different ways, you can't just say a certain model (except for Sony MDR 700 of course} will always break people.

hmm.. besides the obvious problems, are the pioneers good cans otherwise? As in, comfort, sound quality, sound blocking, etc. How do they stack up comapred to others?

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NEW MIX [Feb/March 2008]

Hey, thanks for that mix real quick while I've got your ear. I haven't listened to it all the way through yet but what I've previewed, I like. Transitions are nice from what I've heard.

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Originally posted by nrjizer hmm.. besides the obvious problems, are the pioneers good cans otherwise? As in, comfort, sound quality, sound blocking, etc. How do they stack up comapred to others?

Mine are so stinking comfy I accidentally wore them out of the house once and didn't even know it. Sound blocking is really nice as well. But as far as sound quality, the only comparo I can make is to my MDR-V500's and it spanks those.

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yeah i sent them out today..pioneer claims that they will replace them for free. let's see how that works out.

yes the jack has been known to get a little loose and make one cup go out. but my problem was that it was just dead.

DAMN my luck is just NOT GOOD. today my car breaks. the engine is goin crazy and now i have to take a bus to work and get that shit fixed, God knows where, i don't know crap about cars

so i'm carless and i can't dj i don't know what i'm gonna do.

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Originally posted by dknylady yeah i sent them out today..pioneer claims that they will replace them for free. let's see how that works out. yes the jack has been known to get a little loose and make one cup go out. but my problem was that it was just dead. DAMN my luck is just NOT GOOD. today my car breaks. the engine is goin crazy and now i have to take a bus to work and get that shit fixed, God knows where, i don't know crap about cars so i'm carless and i can't dj i don't know what i'm gonna do.

Sorry, that sux...but just look foward to when your car will be running fine and you can DJ again. Find some friends to hang out with and just try to forget your problems.

and find some friends that can lend you a pair of headphones. BTW i got a pair of hd-280 im not using now if your in denver area.

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