Headphone comparison

[mmauve]

I just ordered the Sony MDR-V600 from guitarcenter (http://www.guitarcenter.com/Sony-MDR...80-i1126814.gc) and am going to return my Sennheiser HD 25 when they get here tomorrow. My friend who has been DJing for over 10 years recommended them over the HD 25s for 2 reasons:

1. They are 100 dollars less

and

2.He has had his pair for over 6 years, they have taken a beating and they still work the same as the day he got them. He had another pair just in case for i tihnk the same amount of time, but those broke just because someone sat on them.

Also, the 600s had a larger frequency response range than the HD 25s (5Hz - 30kHz vs. 16-22 kHz)

I asked him about the Sony 700s you are asking about, and he did not recommend them at all. He did not say why, but I'll ask him when I have the chance.

All in all: Durability + sound quality > Everything else

I know neither of these are what you are comparing, I am just saying to get the Sony's I recommended if you can.

I would put cash on the HD-25's taking a better beating than the V600, having owned both. Isolation taken into consideration, it trashes the V600.

Also those frequency response readings are pointless. Basically what sine143 stated.

Different strokes for different folks, but in my time using both the headphones mentioned, the HD-25 beat the tar out of the V600's. I even upgraded to V900 since they use the same shell and build (frame-wise), still not even close.

[PhilDaCoffeeGuy]

I had a pair MDR-V500 for about 2 years until my friend kindly broke them for me (totally his fault and not build quality)
He kindly replaced them with a pair of MDR-V700 which imho were too bassy for my 40 year old scar tissued ear drums. Add to that, they broke on their own accord within 2 weeks