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Jeff Romard

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I bought a pair of "good" headphones. I had a few good pair over the years but the last 20 or so I've been using cheaper ones. I've been looking for a while and settled on these. I listened in store several times over the last few months to several different pair and I liked these a lot especially at that price point

I also needed to buy something it's been a couple of months LOL
 
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Jeff Romard said:
I bought a pair of "good" headphones. I had a few good pair over the years but the last 20 or so I've been using cheaper ones. I've been looking for a while and settled on these. I listened in store several times over the last few months to several different pair and I liked these a lot especially at that price point

I also needed to buy something it's been a couple of months LOL
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See .. I never buy anything ... ;)
 
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Jeff Romard said:
steve149 said:
See .. I never buy anything ... ;)
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I had the shakes real bad going in there today I was a bit better coming out ;)
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I use a set of Sennheiser HD 558's. You can't really go wrong with Sennheiser's, but honestly; the AudioTechnica's I used for three years sound just as good and cost almost half as much.[emoji4] I keep the Sennheiser's in the rack drawer of my Large System, and the AudioTechnica's with my Small System. I have a pair of much better headphones I use at home, but I'd feel bad if I took them to a gig and someone walked off with them. If the Sennheiser's or AudioTechnica's are stolen, I won't be TOO upset.[emoji1]
 
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I use a set of Sennheiser HD 558's. You can't really go wrong with Sennheiser's, but honestly; the AudioTechnica's I used for three years sound just as good and cost almost half as much.[emoji4] I keep the Sennheiser's in the rack drawer of my Large System, and the AudioTechnica's with my Small System. I have a pair of much better headphones I use at home, but I'd feel bad if I took them to a gig and someone walked off with them. If the Sennheiser's or AudioTechnica's are stolen, I won't be TOO upset.[emoji1]
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The last real good pair I had was AudioTechnica I don't recall the model number. I paid close to $300 back in 89 for them and I had them till about 2004 when they completely fell apart
 
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Using a really good set of headphones is the only way to listen to a few albums on high volume - like the Cirque De Sole' (sp??) Love Beatles album.

It's therapy for the soul!
 
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Jeff Romard said:
I bought a pair of "good" headphones. I had a few good pair over the years but the last 20 or so I've been using cheaper ones. I've been looking for a while and settled on these. I listened in store several times over the last few months to several different pair and I liked these a lot especially at that price point

I also needed to buy something it's been a couple of months LOL
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Yap, that's the pair I have and I love them!
 
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tunes4046 said:
Don’t think I’ve ever paid over $20 for a set of headphones
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I have only twice in my life. The highest priced set was a Senheiser brand. I paid $129.99 for it. That set lasted only about 9 months before it broke in my carry bag. I was pissed off about it breaking. ...Since then I have only used head phones from Big Lots for deejaying. My current 2 pairs of $10 Skull Candy head phones have been in use for about 3 years now, and still work fine!

The other set I bought at Radio Shack as they were having a store closing sale. Regular price for their "Aura" brand head phones was $79.99. I got them 50% off. I use this pair for listening to videos on the laptop. It was worth the $40 as they sound pretty darn good and are comfortable to wear.
 
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Sennheiser HD280 Pro .. same pair for the past 10 years. $100 .. $80 on sale at times.
 
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DJ Bobcat said:
I guess that mantra; "You get what you pay for", doesn't apply to headphones.[emoji1]


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Depends .. Don't really need an audiophile level unit for DJ work. Just need it to stand up to the crushing, the pulling and the rotating.
 
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steve149 said:
DJ Bobcat said:
I guess that mantra; "You get what you pay for", doesn't apply to headphones.[emoji1]


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Depends .. Don't really need an audiophile level unit for DJ work. Just need it to stand up to the crushing, the pulling and the rotating.
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So Alto headphones would be OK?[emoji1]


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I have never bought headphones for mobile DJ use.
I just wait for someone at work to break theirs,
I take it home and Frankenstein them to work.
Most of the time, one side went out...
which is fine, cause I always make them for one-ear use anyway!
 
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So Alto headphones would be OK?[emoji1]


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Let's not go that far :)

Truthfully it's been a long time since I payed more than $40 for a set of phones and the ones I actually use at work are refurbished Sony's I got for $8 at a clearance outlet
 
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DJ Bobcat said:
So Alto headphones would be OK?[emoji1]


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Audiophile sound is not needed, but we also don't want ones that sound like cats in heat.
 
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Ausumm said:
I have never bought headphones for mobile DJ use.
I just wait for someone at work to break theirs,
I take it home and Frankenstein them to work.
Most of the time, one side went out...
which is fine, cause I always make them for one-ear use anyway!
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I REALLY AM a novice at this[emoji1]... 'cause I've never broken a set of headphones.[emoji1] I must be doing something wrong. The ear pads on my Bose headphones wore out, but I just replaced them. Also, I can't do that ONE EAR thing.[emoji1]... I gotta listen with both ears or it just feels weird.[emoji1] So my headphones hang on my neck when I'm not setting up the next track.[emoji4]



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I used my Bose in-ear Quiet-Comfort 20 headphones at my last gig. Probably didn't look "DJish", but the noise cancelling worked great.
 
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