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Originally posted by Gluegun Ooohh... Thailand... Uhm... what companies and models do you have readily available there?

i can get my hand on a pair of sonys or pioneers pretty easily, but of course the price would be a bit higher because of import/tax/duty etc etc.. all sennheisers here are ridiculously expensive, and theres no way i am going to be paying about $225 for the 25 or 280s, just not going to happen. so for djing purposes in a club environment, i would be going for the sonys or pioneers. i know alot of big name djs use the sonys, so i am assuming that they are pretty good, since the companies arent sponsoring the djs.. any thoughts?

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Originally posted by Gluegun So where is this GRAPH of the frequency response that specifically shows a flatness across the board and no midbass hump? You should know that you can't judge a headphone on unelaborated frequency response... the "5 hz to 30 khz" is pure bullshit... and besides, there is no real "Ideal" frequency response or way to measure headphones... Headphone.com's measurements come close, but we're a long way off...

You have a good point. Why don't these companies make graphs like these available to the customer so they can buy headphones they are happy with. For me personally, I like a punchier bass but I'm sure it's not for everyone.

It would make sense to me that customers have access to these sorts of graphs so they can make the choice that best fits their needs.

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Originally posted by razzi i can get my hand on a pair of sonys or pioneers pretty easily, but of course the price would be a bit higher because of import/tax/duty etc etc.. all sennheisers here are ridiculously expensive, and theres no way i am going to be paying about $225 for the 25 or 280s, just not going to happen. so for djing purposes in a club environment, i would be going for the sonys or pioneers. i know alot of big name djs use the sonys, so i am assuming that they are pretty good, since the companies arent sponsoring the djs.. any thoughts?

A lot of big name DJ's use the Sony's because Sony *PAYS* them to, ya know...

I would get the Pioneers.

Go with the Sony 700

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The only downside to the Sony's is that engineering issue they have that the plastic swivel cracks on them.. that happened to mine about 15 months (and that happens to everyone), after using them. If you get to play out and you get paid $ for them, id say they would be worth it.

That about sums it up

IMO THE PIONEER IS SHITE I ownded a pair of these when they first came out and the pieces of shite lasted for approx 3 months Also I know at least 3 other djs that play out on a regular basis that had the same problem (as mentioned earlier in the thread) with the wire to the earphone cutting out.

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Originally posted by 24K Go with the Sony 700

Been there, done that. Both the Sony MDR-V700DJ and the Pioneer HDJ-1000 are shyte, IMHO. The Sony 700 that I used to have cracked and shorted out after just three weeks of very gentle use. What's worse, neither of those two headphones deliver sound quality that's anywhere near commensurate with their prices - they sound like a much cheaper headphone than what they're really selling for.
I'd go with neither of those - and instead save up for a Senn HD25 or a Panasonic/Technics RP-DJ12##.

Last edited by ShadySlim on Oct-17-2003 at 21:50

I'd spend $20 more than the HDJ-1000s and get the MDR-V900s. The only thing I've had to do in over three years is replace the headphone jack which I broke (long story). They still work great. I used the pioneers a little while back and definately think you should check out the V900s.

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Originally posted by DJ1MK I'd spend $20 more than the HDJ-1000s and get the MDR-V900s. The only thing I've had to do in over three years is replace the headphone jack which I broke (long story). They still work great. I used the pioneers a little while back and definately think you should check out the V900s.

Uhh... aren't the V900's getting away from the "DJ features"? Don't they not swivel and stuff? I don't know the details, but I've heard V900's are more in the "normal headphones" deal, where they are soundly beaten by the giants from Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, etc.

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Originally posted by ShadySlim Been there, done that. Both the Sony MDR-V700DJ and the Pioneer HDJ-1000 are shyte, IMHO. The Sony 700 that I used to have cracked and shorted out after just three weeks of very gentle use. What's worse, neither of those two headphones deliver sound quality that's anywhere near commensurate with their prices - they sound like a much cheaper headphone than what they're really selling for. I'd go with neither of those - and instead save up for a Senn HD25 or a Panasonic/Technics RP-DJ12##.

I agree, HD25's are where its at .

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