we'll my djm-600 drove my sony's very well indead, so I doub't that is my mixer. The HD-280s distort at moderate to high volume levels, and I don't like it! Aside from the lack of sound quality, they look worse than a hairy beast on my head! hehe

Anything can drive the Sony's well -- they are some of the easiest to drive headphones on the planet. They dont show distortions even if, for some reason, your mixer DOES distort, cause they usually aren't detailed enough to. That's the only thing hte V700DJ's HAVE -- they are sooooo obscenely easy to drive, and they dont tell you if your mixer is distorting...

ANYTHING can drive the v700dj's... so yea, your mixer is probably distorting at the tough to drive load of the 280's..

It is the V700DJ's LACK of sound fidelity (in otherwords, their lack of truthfullness to tell you that your source sucks) that makes you think they have more 'quality'... when they don't, they are actually LOWER Fidelity than the 280 pro's. Remember, Hi Fi doesnt necessarily mean "It sounds good", but rather, "High Fidelity" means, "Is very truthful"...

Well, the mixer isn't the only input that I have plugged the headphones into to hear the distortion. My soundcard (SB extigy external) is a very good card and the specs of the soundcard outweight the specs of my headphones. Even if the problem is my mixer not being able to drive my senn's, then I rather buy another pair of $150 headphones than ditch my $1200 mixer ;p

What about add an amplifier to lighten the load on your mixer's headphone jack and provide external amplification of the headphones?

So the opamps in your mixer don't have to try so hard, and so it will go louder anyway...

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Originally posted by Gluegun What about add an amplifier to lighten the load on your mixer's headphone jack and provide external amplification of the headphones? So the opamps in your mixer don't have to try so hard, and so it will go louder anyway...

Money, money and too heavy...

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Originally posted by Gluegun What about add an amplifier to lighten the load on your mixer's headphone jack and provide external amplification of the headphones? So the opamps in your mixer don't have to try so hard, and so it will go louder anyway...

Its a good idea, but no practical for Djing. You dont want to carry some additional piece, and not to mention the money involved.
Simply just get a headphone that will be easy to drive in any mixer.

As far as the HD280, Im really thinking that sennheiser is giving you what you pay for. To get a good djing headphone that will provide a good output, you will have to go about 100 bucks and above. So im talking about the typical top dj headphones... THe pioneer, technics, the sony 700dj,,,, and of course the sennheiser HD25.
Ive been able to listen to the pioneer ones recently at the audio store (not the brand new model), id think it would do fine for djing.

Pionner sedj5000. I really like them.

Technics RPDJ-1210's

I love these! Perfect weight, nice and strong, very nice sound, AMAZING BASS! WOAH! Very Comfy!

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Bought MDR V700 today,
They will arrive in few days so I'll be using them

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Sony MDR-V6
good for now.. i imagine they wouldn't be good for blocking out noise in a club or something. Also they are very loose and they slide off my head a lot.

V6, loose? Odd, i've never heard that description of them... too tight, yes, but loose??

Try bending them a bit...