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ok...since no one likes sony v700 headphones...
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| Phanta C 2001 |
| anyone got a pair they wanna get rid of??? ill buy em :) i want a pair! send me a PM if u have a pair for a reasonable price :) THANKS!! |
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| DJ LIQUID |
My friend DJ Imapact has them and I think they're very comfortable. Im thinking of buying a pair too.
Right now im using Pioneer SEDJ5000s but it never hurts to have another pair handy :cool: |
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| DJ Fien |
If anyone has a second pair that they are willing to give up, send me a PM :) My Sony 500's are getting a bit uncomfortable when I mix for more than two hours (something I HAVE to do as I mix progressive...that stuff takes time to construct a halfway decent set).
Too bad they're fairly new....or else I'd trade them in for the 700's. |
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| Dj-2TaLL |
i have mdr 500s and i think their fine...
:)
dj fien,
what good progressive tunes fo you have???
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| DJ Fien |
| Heh...sorry 'bout that guys - PM sent |
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| Gluegun |
DJ Fien, wrong thread!! :)
Phanta, I'll just resay what I typed earlier, with one edit, which I will mark.
Phanta, you're in luck. The ones I have been preaching about for a month do all of that and more. And, since you are going to be pluging them into a high-end mixer, you are going to need something a little more versatile than just a set of headphones that can only really be used in a club. You need headphones that are good at EVERYTHING.
Therefore, for reasons I have talked about all over this thread and others, I'm gonna have to, once more, suggest the Sony MDR-V6's.
Check out Yahoo shopping for info on the cheapest place to order them, with shipping costs included. They should be well under 100 USD.
I swear. I sound like a broken record...but that's okay.
But, anyways, here's why they are good for each use:
1. DJing in a club: They block out a lot of outside noise, and have a very clear, accurate sound, so you know exactly what you are getting. Also, they can be plugged into questionable equipment and still sound great, without distorting at any volumes. What's more, the bass is deep, impacting, and very clear, so you will always know exactly when it is. Finally, they grip your head tightly, so they won't fall off, and the earcups rotate for one-ear monitoring.
2. Use with a high end mixer: In this instance, you would most likely be creating music, editing it, and you need to know EXACTLY what the recording sounds like, so that it will sound good on any equipment. These give you the clarity, accuracy, and detail for this; these are what the recording industry uses, and trusts.
3. Something to beat match with easily: For this, you need bass that you can both hear and feel, and you always know it is there, even with outside noise or if one earcup is off or at low volumes. Perhaps the V6's greatest strength is it's bass; you always get the physical impact, you always hear it, and the bass is VERY tight and accurate. For beatmatching, you are using the bass as basically a clock, and the V6's do not distort the time, like some headphones. Also, if you ever want to decide to give character to your bass, make it sound more than a thump, make it a wham or sound like an instrument (by adding sound in the frequencies 2 khz to 5 kz to the beat, for example), the V6's will let you do this, unlike SOME headphones that are VERY depressed in those frequencies. Plus, since they are so clear, you can always hear the bass, even at low volumes (something that many think you need boomy bass to do; this is not true). And, here's the special thing about them. ****EDIT IS HERE*** If you put a signal of boomy bass into the V6's, that is exactly what you will hear through them. If you put a signal of tight, controlled bass to them, that is what you will hear. If you want to beatmatch with some extra-low bass (lower than the usual 60 HZ, for example), you will be able to hear it to beatmatch with it. For beatmatching, you need HONESTY. In both sound and feel of the bass...Which is what you get with the V6's!!! ***END EDIT***
4. You can pick up a set of Sony MDR-V6's online for $75 plus shipping. Lower if you buy them used, or off of ebay (or you can steal them from your local radio station or TV station, which no doubt uses them. Just kidding, don't steal em, but they probably DO use them.) Look for them in professional music shops, and audio stores, as well; you probably won't find them at Best Buy, because they are Sony's little secret. |
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| ShadySlim |
| quote: | | ok...since no one likes sony v700 headphones... |
I am no big fan of those DJ headphones, as you will see in the thread that I started about my REAL opinion about the so-called "DJ" headphones. Too many "audiophiles" have described the Sony V700's sound as "boomy" and "muddy". My definition of "boomy", as I have made clear, is "the ENTIRE low end has been overboosted, smearing detail in that range in the process". The Sony V700's are far from "boomy" to my ears - if anything, I'd describe the V700's bass as "much too tight" for the audiophile good. That is, a narrow portion of the mid-bass is so peaky while leaving the rest of the bass relatively untouched - a fragile situation that can eventually lead to listening fatigue (and often, a loss of control at frequencies near where the V700's peak is focused on). Many people described the treble of the newer "bionetic" open-air Sennheiser HD 5## series headphones that way, leading to the comment that those Senns are "waaaaaay too bright".
I'd second Gluegun's recommendation for the Sony V6's. But if you can't find that model ANYWHERE, then go for the Sony 7506's - cheaper and better-sounding than the V700's, IMHO. |
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| ShadySlim |
And not only is the bass on the Sony MDR-V700DJ's is much too tight for the audiophile good, it's also too tight for their own good! :eek:
Sony, your idea of a "cool looking, great-sounding" DJ headphone looks great on paper, but you just don't have anywhere near enough experience in properly executing that idea in the manufacture of those DJ headphones. :o |
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| Gluegun |
Shadyslim, I think you have trouble communicating.
From what *I* have heard, what you should be saying is "the midbass is boosted and boomy, the area of the midrange that gives character to the bass is extremely depressed, and the deep bass is extremely depressed." So, like, instead of saying that the deep bass is tight, you should be saying it's nonexistant. Bass that isn't there and bass that is well-defined are two different things, and, while you seem to know what you hear, you have trouble communicating it. :)
Just a thought....do you think I'm right?
Personally, I would rather have something that has both exaggerated midbass and exaggerated bass (UR-20), rather than just exaggerated midbass and no bass (V700). |
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| ShadySlim |
(Copy of other post)
Gluegun, have you really heard them? I prefer to have absolutely NO mids, NO bass and NO highs whatsoever!!!
Oh, BTW, I meant the mid-bass (not the deep bass) on the V700's are peaky. |
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| Gluegun |
Oh, boy! painful sarcasm!
:P
Anyways, let's continue this on either one thread or the other, you know? |
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| ShadySlim |
| Let's stick to the subject matter. I won't make any more posts in this thread unless I have to answer another so-called DJ's request. |
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