which are your favourite headphones?

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July 4, 2006 at 9:04 am #1038408
Raj
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i am going to be in the market for new headphones
/me sighs
due to serious abuse of the headphones we have

i am looking for something fairly indestructible to allow them to survive our abuses but something with full cans and that sounds good too [nothing too difficult then]

the current ones are sony mdr-v500 but they are not really tough enough:hopeless:

any suggestions?
July 4, 2006 at 9:14 am #1081012
Shit Robot
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Anything from the top end of the Technics range are pretty good but expensive (£120 plus).stantons or Kam are much cheaper and not bad for the
money from what Ive read.Hard to Find records have some cheap phones to check out http://www.htfr.com
July 4, 2006 at 9:26 am #1081008
Raj
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GoodDoG wrote:

Anything from the top end of the Technics range are pretty good but expensive (£120 plus).stantons or Kam are much cheaper and not bad for the
money from what Ive read.Hard to Find records have some cheap phones to check out http://www.htfr.com

welcome to partyvibe and thanks for the advice

:horay::horay::horay::horay::horay::horay::horay:

how resistant are they to being dropped, sat on, etc?

what do you use?
July 4, 2006 at 9:26 am #1081004
Acidfairy
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Raj its simple get TT his own headphones so he doesn’t decide to try use yours and break them again…
July 4, 2006 at 9:36 am #1081009
Raj
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Acidfairy wrote:

Raj its simple get TT his own headphones so he doesn’t decide to try use yours and break them again…

TT broke the current pair the first time but the rest of the abuse comes from NoName…you didnt think it was only yours that got lost did you? not much apart from the adjustable bit is not damaged and they hurt my ears [way they sit now]

NoName has wrecked / lost about 8 pairs of my headphones including the ones a friend made for me

😥 its never malicious but consistently annoying

my new criteria is good sound reproduction and indestructible….
as none of the ones i have had so far have survived the experience i am looking for advice

/me sighs

for your reference the sony ones are not NoName proof 😥
July 4, 2006 at 2:30 pm #1081001
BioTech
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I’m going to go all ‘stuck up’ here:

Sennheiser HD25

Sound quality
Durability
Weight

They win hands down. Everything is replaceable too.

http://www.djstore.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=senhd25
July 4, 2006 at 2:43 pm #1081005
Acidfairy
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Don’t like em the cups are too small…
July 4, 2006 at 2:47 pm #1081002
BioTech
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I can see what you mean. I don’t like it when the cups encompass your whole ear though. Damages your ear as there is no pressure release.

It doesn’t effect comfort or volume though as far as I can tell. I’ve never had to turn them up full blast and I’m quite deaf 🙂
July 4, 2006 at 3:56 pm #1081007
Anonymous
i know bugger all about it, but these look nice:

seems like these lot have a good selection:
http://www.djkit.co.uk/acatalog/headphones.html
July 4, 2006 at 5:15 pm #1081010
Raj
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i have tended to go for larger cups but those ones look interesting Biotech – mostly the totally replaceable bits:wink:

how tough are they in practice? have you [aaargh] dropped them, sat on them, put something heavy down on top of them?

your link was good too USE

i am bookmarking the links for research:groucho::groucho:

any one have wireless headphones and can tell me anything about them? [NoName’s set on this but i am not sure]

:bounce_fl:bounce_g::bounce_fl:bounce_g::bounce_fl
July 4, 2006 at 5:26 pm #1081006
Acidfairy
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Wireless ones ain’t good for Djing with to be honest

Re seinheisser Sak broke his trying to pull them out the boot they snapped.. but like biotech said all replaceable
July 4, 2006 at 5:27 pm #1081003
BioTech
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raj wrote:

how tough are they in practice? have you [aaargh] dropped them, sat on them, put something heavy down on top of them?

Tough as old boots. I have dropped them plenty of times. The design and weight of them means they just kinda bounce. For these to snap you’d have to drop them off the empire state building and I’d still be suprised if they broke to be honest.

Heavy things: They live in my record box when I play out and it gets lugged and chucked about. So 80 odd records is a fair old test weight to show that they are fairly indestructable. Many people say they are flimsy but that’s what makes them so resiliant to damage if that makes sense. They are a bit like those bendy glasses you see advertised on TV.

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any one have wireless headphones and can tell me anything about them? [NoName’s set on this but i am not sure]

:bounce_fl:bounce_g::bounce_fl:bounce_g::bounce_fl

Never used them. The only downside I can see immediately would be the constant purchase of batteries I suppose. Not too fun when you have to replace them each week before you play out. Or they run out of power half way through a set and you forgot to pick up some spares.
July 4, 2006 at 5:54 pm #1081000
General Lighting
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BioTech wrote:

Never used them. The only downside I can see immediately would be the constant purchase of batteries I suppose. Not too fun when you have to replace them each week before you play out. Or they run out of power half way through a set and you forgot to pick up some spares.

another potential problem would be intereference; most operate as analogue audio around 863? (Mhz) just off the end of the UHF TV frequencies.

They are therefore susceptible to external interference sources such as bouncers/club management personal radios; taxicab sets; mobile phones and the old bills airwave radios (the last two will create an annoying buzzing sound in the cans!)
July 4, 2006 at 5:57 pm #1081011
Raj
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that would be bloody irritating :get_you::get_you::get_you:

thats persuaded NoName they are not so shiny:wink:
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