Headphones

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Headphones

Guys, I hope to be doing another feature for knowledge magazine regarding Headphones. Here is the list of headphones i hope to review. can i get some feedback, are there any omissions that you feel should be on there? any other headphones you think need to be reviewed?

DJ Headphones

Sennheiser HD 25

Pioneer HDJ1000

Pioneer HDJ500

Sony MDR-V700D

Allen and Heath Xone XD-53 DJ

Producing

Sennheiser HD 25 II C

Audio Technica ATH M50S

Sony MDR 7509 HD

AKG Q701

Sennheiser HD650

Portable ( over ear )

Dr Dre Beats

Sennheiser HD25 Adidas model.

Audio Technica ES55

Sennheiser px200

AKG Q460

Portable ( in ear)

Monster Turbines

Shure SE115

Sennheiser ie8

Senhheiser cx 300ii

Head Direct re0

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For a more complete comparison you may want to include the Ultrasone brand of headphones as well.

Ultrasone PRO 750’s or PRO 900’s should be included in Producing.
Ultrasone DJ1’s and/or DJ1 PRO’s should be included in DJ Headphones.

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Producing AKG K242HD

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DJing - Ortofon O2

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will do, ill have to check prices to make sure ive covereed a decent rang as well.

Im thinking testing them through a laptop and also through an ipod,

not sure if i should use a headphone amp or a better mp3 player like a cowon. perhaps at the end ill suggest getting an amp or better DAP

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ok, any you think i should take off ?

im trying to get a mix of underrated " in the know " choices with popular ones.

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BeyerDynamic for Producing

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thinking of including this headphone amp if i can.

http://www.fiio.com.cn/en/showproduct.asp?id=319

some of these headphones sound totally different when driven with a proper amp apparently.

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Imo, a good pair of DJing headphones should not require an amp. It’s yet another piece of gear you have to carry around.

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you’re right. i think ill use it specifically for the portable ones.

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aiaiai tma-1

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just received some monster jamz that im about ot review.

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murtis - I’ve been looking into portable in ears for a bit, and a decent review of the following would be good

Jays q-jays or d-jays
Etymotic er6i or hf2

maybe diddybeats or somesuch as well?

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Have you seen this Sam? It doesn’t have any of the specific ones you ask about though.

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Aye, saw that.

The in ears are just for listening to my iPod at work, I use HD25 IIs to play out with.

I ended up getting the q-Jays - they were about £50 off from Amazon, get decent write ups and have a dual driver - seem to be OK at the mo, but apparently they improve after 20 or so hrs of breaking the drivers in.