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Originally posted by SCUM Well SCUM happy for the three of you 4 year olds.You should all get together and go out to dinner.

he he... that was actually quite funny.

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 he he... that was actually quite funny. Nem

Three peopel said they had 4 year old HD25s.
I will check them out. I don't have a problem with taking back my stance on headphones i never have owned.

What's this? Is everyone having a happy day?

Someone actually posted a "what are the best headphones" thread, and not a single flame? Not even a "go do a fucking search"?

I am impressed, especially as many of the posters are regular flame-thowers (you know who you are!)

Well, no one has mentioned the sony MDR7506/7509's.

Not cheap (£156 is the cheapest I've found) but much better than the 700's hdj1000's and they can be used for studio monitoring too.

HD25's are a great choice too though.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN What's this? Is everyone having a happy day? Someone actually posted a "what are the best headphones" thread, and not a single flame? Not even a "go do a fucking search"? I am impressed, especially as many of the posters are regular flame-thowers (you know who you are!) Well, no one has mentioned the sony MDR7506/7509's. Not cheap (£156 is the cheapest I've found) but much better than the 700's hdj1000's and they can be used for studio monitoring too. HD25's are a great choice too though.

i've been wondering how the sony mdr-7509's are like. they look a bit more solid than the mdr-7506's at least. and while i love the mdr-7506's i kinda wish they wouldn't be so light, but more like the sennheiser hd280 pro's for example (which would be fucking brilliant if they didn't crack). also i feel that i have more space for my ears in the hd280 pro's.
anyway the mdr-7509's are so fucking expensive that i can never justify buying them especially as i already have the mdr-7506's and a bunch of other headphones for different occasions.

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I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still.

One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be.

The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on.

Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

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Originally posted by Stasis The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important.

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I agree. Most DJs are kinda geeky so using big dorky headphones does not help. If it is a club and you are trying to get a gig, the manager who picks the DJs is probably some bozo who judges everyone by appearance or other superficial criteria.

Using Senn HD-280 here also, nice phones with good isolation, but too big. Mine are now 4 years old, repaired twice under warranty, I taped up the ends to reduce cracking. I've seen 280s used on movie shoots.

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Originally posted by Stasis I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still. One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be. The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

yeah, the sennheiser hd280's really do look bad on your head. i've had mine for about 3 years and they first started cracking just after 2 years (just when the warranty had expired). i can still use them even though, they are cracked though. dunno when they'll crack in half then!
anyway i'm not using them much anymore, only when i use headphones for listening to music on the computer (at night mostly).

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Originally posted by Stasis I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still. One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be. The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

Yes you r getting caught u. The best thing you can do for yourself is to lose your ego. Your mixing will get better.

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Originally posted by Stasis I've had my HD-280's for almost 4 years now (and lived with them cracked for the last year). I just bought a pair of Sony 7506's, and I'm waiting for them to arrive still. One strangely important point, and this is often overlooked I think, is how your headphones look on you. I never liked how the Sennheiser's looked on me, and it made me weirdly self-conscious when playing out. They just look dorky in my opinion. While in a perfect world, this shouldn't even matter, it does have some real world effects. When you don't like the look of your headphones, you don't keep them on your ears as long when you're playing out, and this can translate into not getting beats matched up as strongly as they should be. The truth is, when you're playing out, looking "cool" is actually kinda important. How you look while DJing directly reflects on your music. If you look calm and relaxed, people will relax and dance a little easier. If you look like you're trying way to hard to be cool (by being overdressed, wearing shades, popping your collar, etc), you'll give people the impression that both you and your music are posing. If you look super-geeky and just go with it, you can give your music that geek-chic, hipster quality. It goes on and on. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just pointlessly getting caught up in the look of certain headphones.

Oh, is that why I don't get gigs? Because I don't look posh?

Goddamn. All those DJs showing up wearing a t shirt and jeans. They must be the special ones.

I dunno about you, but I don't give a rat's ass how I look on the decks, because all people see is me having a good time, more than people on the dancefloor probably.

This comes from a guy who wears headlamps on decks if there isn't enough lighting

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Originally posted by skip i've been wondering how the sony mdr-7509's are like. they look a bit more solid than the mdr-7506's at least. and while i love the mdr-7506's i kinda wish they wouldn't be so light, but more like the sennheiser hd280 pro's for example (which would be fucking brilliant if they didn't crack). also i feel that i have more space for my ears in the hd280 pro's. anyway the mdr-7509's are so fucking expensive that i can never justify buying them especially as i already have the mdr-7506's and a bunch of other headphones for different occasions.

The 7509's are really really good monitoring headphones, but not twice as good(which is the difference in price) as the 7506's. The 7509's have a larger dynamic range and 50mm driver as opposed to a 40mm. Also the headband and cup linkage thingy are much more solid.

I was introduced to them when I used to do the sound and lighting (and stand in Dj when he would disappear with about a cm of vinyl left!) at a well known Toronto club. He had to play for 6 hours straight and so they needed to be comfy and he swore by the 7509's.

The only thing is that they cost £160 odd so I'm not sure you want to gig with them - it depends how imperative to you it is to have your preferred headphones when DJ'ing.

Those DJ's who show up in t-shirts and jeans usually look relaxed and confident, and thus it reflects positively on their music. The ones who are trying too hard to look "posh" usually come off as posers and thus it reflects badly on their music.

Wait, didn't I say exactly that in my original post?

My point on headphones was that you need to feel comfortable in how you look while wearing them, and I was never comfortable in how I looked in the HD-280's. If you're personally confident in how you look wearing them, then that's awesome! I just wanted it known (and I don't think I'm alone in this opinion based on other posts), that a lot of people have a problem with the look of the HD-280's, and someone new to DJing should at least consider taking that point into consideration when making a purchase.

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Originally posted by EvilTree Oh, is that why I don't get gigs? Because I don't look posh? Goddamn. All those DJs showing up wearing a t shirt and jeans. They must be the special ones. I dunno about you, but I don't give a rat's ass how I look on the decks, because all people see is me having a good time, more than people on the dancefloor probably. This comes from a guy who wears headlamps on decks if there isn't enough lighting

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