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  • #44633
    henley
    Participant

    Heidi uses beats headphones (check her Boiler Room video).

    They’re too big for my head so I wouldn’t get a pair. They seem to sound alright through, if a little bassy. Some people like that though

    #44728
    bru
    Participant

    +1 for HD25s. bought a set in January amazing sound quality if fecking load compared to my old ones (must turn down before pressing play). My friend has the monster beats pro thingamajiggers and they sound ok but I dont think for a minute they are worth the pro title or £400+ they cost. AKG and Sennheiser both make pro studio/monitoring headphones for half the price.

    #44736

    What it boils down to is that how ever decent beats headphones are, you can get way better quality headphones for half the price.

    #44745
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    +100 for the HD25s … Did you get the aluminum celebration edition? I am still thinking to get those (too). Even though my “old” ones have only been broken in after 3 years of pretty hard work.

    Good for producing, good for mixing (studio or live) and good for DJ-ing. Indestructible.

    Gotta love m.

    Greetinx,
    C.

    #44760
    bru
    Participant

    didnt think it was worth the money for the aluminium… Im too tight for that 😀

    #44777
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    There’s that … but man are they sweet lol

    #44786
    dj moetec
    Participant

    AUDIO TECHNICA!!!

    #44991
    Daryl Northrop
    Participant

    Been using a $70 pair of Sennheiser HD 205’s for the past 2 or 3 yrs. Works great, and I’m not paying an extra $200 to have a person’s name as part of the brand.

    #45007
    Coltrane09
    Participant

    I’m happy with my Sony MDR 7506’s.

    #45011

    MWagner, post: 28593, member: 1852 wrote: Are there seriously people that say this? The only DJ I’ve ever seen using Beats headphones is Skrillex. Most DJs I know are pretty obsessive about their gear, and know there are better headphones out there, almost all of which cost less.

    You’d think that, especially when you’re not the best DJ to not spend all the coin you’ve got on some overpriced headphones because you’re not exactly racking up gigs and stuff… However, few weeks ago I’ve been to a party (the party was crap, the music was crap, the dj’s were not bad but not good either,…) and 3/4 DJ’s there had some Dre’s.
    I think that most DJ’s these days want to profile themselves as trendy and stuffs, because it wasn’t the first time I saw that.

    I’m afraid that there’re a bunch of DJ’s that see ‘DJ’ as a status, a title, and that know absolutely nothing about their gear.
    (I’m not pointing fingers at anyone here, because obviously we’re here because we still care about those things, and because we know, maybe not expert level, our turf.)

    #45027
    Showbiz Connor
    Participant

    HD-25’s all the way, the sound is sharp and clear which is what you want to pick tour kick drum out.

    Don’t get me whing for em enjoying music bass heavy cans are good fun but DJ’ing isn’t just about that

    #45043
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Simple:
    If I would buy headphones that cost nearly as much as my controller, that sound the same as my 70 bucks headphones that lasted my 3 years… I would be really pissed.
    If my name was Skrillex and I would get those headphones for free… I prolly use them as I would be to lazy to shop for others.
    If Beats gave my 100k dollars to use them… hell yes I would.

    But as long as that does not happen… HD-25s that lasted me for the past 20 years and still sound good. OK I admit some parts of them have been replaced, but then each single part of them CAN be replaced and user serviced…. unlike those expensive headphones where I have seen numerous people tape the band together after it broke…

    #1015103
    Harold Tan
    Participant

    Beats is not really a DJ headphone.  It’s more for a mobile music player and it is ridiculously priced.

    It’s an expensive fad.

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