Comments on: Ask CDM: Best Live Headphones?

By: atariboy

atariboy — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:11:36 +0000

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I ended up with some Ultrasone HFI-500 DJ1’s.

Sound great. build quality seems solid. Good noise cancelation

By: atariboy

atariboy — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:44:33 +0000

Nice tip!

By: Fatlimey

Fatlimey — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:10:16 +0000

I’ve had my V700s for five years now and, yes, the hinges did break within 6 months. I constructued a permanant fix using Office Supply levels of technology - unwaxed tooth floss (basically thick polyester thread) and superglue (cyanoacrylate glue). Several tight, neat turns of the thread around the “barrel” of the hinge where it cracks, tie it off, coat the package with glue and in 30 minutes the fix is permanant. Once that structural problem is fixed, the headphones are rock solid.

By: djoxygen

djoxygen — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:57:00 +0000

I, too, have seen the hinges break on many a pair of 700s (fortunately owned by fellow DJs and not myself). The Sony 7506’s are cheaper, lighter, more durable, and have nearly the same isolation. They only downside is that they lean toward the high end and away from the thump.

By: atariboy

atariboy — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 08:17:03 +0000

Looks like i’ll have to spend more than what I originally thought :)

By: vallen

vallen — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 02:54:16 +0000

Ultrasone makes very nice headphones. I have a pair and they’re the best I’ve ever owned.

By: rigel

rigel — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:43:20 +0000

the hinges always break, given enough use, but you can always buy replacements for $15 apiece. the pioneer/technics phones in the pic i checked out when i was in the market for new ones, but again the hinges look really flimsy. anyone have any long-term experiemce with either of these and can tell me otherwise?

By: maz

maz — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:20:16 +0000

I currently use the technics rp-dh1200s. These things work for *everything* I’ve mixed concerts with them, do all of my DJing gigs with them, and use them for home listening. They’re comfortable, durable (very important, unlike the sonys) and sound great. Of course with any head phone you’re going to have to get used to how they sound, but that’s a given.