On ear, or Over ear?

DJ Life & Community General Discussion
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On ear, or Over ear?

For DJ’ing - On ear, or Over ear headphones?

For producing - Over ear, or On ear headphones?

And why?

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over ear for both for me. Used on ear in club the other tonight much prefer over ear.

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Over ear. On ear just isn’t comfortable enough for me. My ears hurt after 30 minutes.

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I like over ear for everything.

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Over ear for DJing, speakers for production. Why anyone would use headphones in their own home escapes me.

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Plenty of good reasons to use headphones at home for production- most people don’t have great monitors and good sound treatment in an ideally setup studio so having headphones as another reference is valuable.

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Much prefer over ear to on ear for both, I find them to be generally a lot more comfortable. I must say from my limited use of HD-25’s that they’re worthy of their reputation as a solid on ear headphone though.

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for DJing: over ear. i just find them to be more comfortable than on ear headphones.

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Same as above - over ear for everything here too. Better isolation, better comfort, an they stay on better for me. I’m more curious about the closed vs. open back question. I’ve only ever used closed back but I shouldnt derail the thread..

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Djing for short gigs: on ear (hd25)
Djing for longer gigs: over ear
Producing: open-back over ears all the way (k701) :smiley:

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How are they? Never tried open back.

I have a pair of sony v6 which are decent for the money but looking for a second set of monitor headphones at some point

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I prefer them worn like a headband so I look really cool

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Glad to see that a lot of people (like me) prefer over ear 'phones.

On-ears have never sat right on my head - and I’m glad to know it’s a general thing, and not just my fat head. :laughing:

But I DO have a fat head…

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i have recently switched to the aiaiai tm1 i think they are called, they are really nice, and pretty comfortable, and nice and loud for club environment.

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Over ear. My ears are big and I’ve got and industrial piercing, so on ears hurt!

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Not to be that guy, but what about in-ear?

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I have a little home studio and i also do recording/mastering for some local bands here, along with producing my own stuff.
I chose the k701 because they span an extremely wide range of genres. Be careful tho, if you’re used to dj headphones with pronounced bass response, the 701 will disappoint you in terms of quantity. In terms of quality, they’re IMO far above many high end esoteric headphones, for production. They’re flat, and i mean FLAT. Their HF freq response is amongst the best i have ever heard (and believe me, i’ve heard a LOT of really expensive hifi stuff).
The soundstage is immense, try listening to some live classical recordings, and you’ll be blown away.
I use them in concomitance with my monitors for when i have to analyze every little detail my mixes have. But remember you can’t replace monitors with headphones. So think about buying some decent monitors along with your sonys, if money’s no object.
If it is, well, then the 701’s will blow you away big time :smiley:

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Over Ear for DJ’ing. Avoid headphones like the plague when producing. studio Monitors only.

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Good for massive gigs in small places IMO, where you can’t control the spl inside your booth and they isolate you a lot better than full-sized cans. For everything else, i believe it’s a matter of preference. Laidback luke always uses IEMs.
BUT, good iem’s ain’t cheap. You’re looking at 600$+ for a pair of custom monitors.

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I’m thinking about picking up some Shure IEMs (non custom) to try out. I’ve had headphones on for most of a gig yet still had ear ringing afterwards.