My new Headphones ... Ultrasone

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DJ_BreakZ

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Well I broke my Technics headphones (my fault) so I decided to go a little over board and buy some headphones I have always wanted.

Ultrasone DJ1PRO Headphones
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Check out the frequency response ...

Technical specifications:
S-Logic™ Natural Surround Sound
Dynamic principle
Frequency range 10-22.000 Hz
Impedance 64 Ohm
Sound pressure level 102 dB
MU Metal bufferboard, reduced field emissions
in accordance with ULE standard
Driver 50 mm Mylar
Weight 295 g (without cord)

http://www.ultrasone.com/index.html
 
I buy a new pair of $49 dollar Radio Shack Headphones rip off the right hand ear piece rewire it stereo to mono and bang I have my new single cup headphone! I use it for a few years and then get another new one.

Why do you need a $200 pair of headphones to DJ with?

In the studio I use AKG 271's for mix down and Senns 2200's for the booth with a mismash of others to choose from. The 271's are the most expensive that I use in the studio still cheaper than $200 (my personal unit) and the rest range in price from $150 down to $60 by far the set that most people choose to use when recording are the Senn 2200's which sell for less than $80.
 
I am happy you like your headphones. They have the one and only feature I require, the spin-out cup.

Other than that, headphones often fall under the "disposable" catagory for active mobile environments. As you said, for club work and mixing I can see the need for that investment.

If I can hear the second piano chord run in "Old Time Rock n Roll", or the "ping" of the fiddle in "Save a Horse" then the headphones are good enough to do 100% of the type of work I do.

Most of our jobs require fast setups and quick-paced teardown/pack-up/haul-outs. Headphones notoriously have become a casualty of the job in that process. A $5 set of head phones I use for maybe 3 seconds of a total of 5 songs in a typical wedding evening is about all I need. And they'd prolly be busted in 3 months, if I don't pull a Steve and rip a cup off 'em anyway.

Headphones just verify what's about to be played is what I want played.

But, again, I am truly a slammer jock.
 
Ken,

I do beat and mix in a club from time to time and I have yet to find a need for more than one cup (the other is just in the way anyway). I set the headphone to cue and listen to the mains or booth with the open ear, a lot easier to pull a single cup up to and away from your ear to check the mix than it is to turn the control from main to cue or pull on and off a full head piece.
 
If I knew how to need a set of phones for more than basic cuing, they'd still be something broken.

I can only come up with one constant - headphones break.

A $5, $25, $50, or $200 pair of broken headphones is still a pair of broken headphones.

Truth be known, I use American Audio's HP-500's and they sound like dog-butt. The only reason they haven't broke yet is because I wish they would.

But they do exactly what any-ole' headphone would need to do. 1) Ensure Betsy Bride's first dance (and other spotlights) is actually that song, 2) catch a clean loop for Cha-Cha Slide or any loop, and maybe 3) to preview if Suzy Guest's hip-hop request is either a good enough pace for what I am already playing of if it's an unknown - totally foul or inappropriate.

But studio-grade phones out in the field still boggles my mind. But, that's why there is Carhartt and London Fog outdoor wear.
 
I do a lot of club work and when cueing up and premixing I use both cups. When I am actually mixing I use the monitors. I hate having bad sounding headphones. I take very good care of my headphones. It's was my fault that my Technics broke. Both sides still work, I just cracked the joint so one side won't fold.

For a slam DJ, headphones are useless ... but even when I DJ my weddings I try to beatmix every song.

The headphones I just bought were $235 with shipping. I was actually going to buy the Shure E500PTH Sound Isolating Earphones which were $500, but I talked to a few people and they said they aren't the best for club use.
 
I broke my SONY headphones last week, from the base of one of the cups, and it happened in the middle of the show, it was hanging by the tiny wire that carries the signal, so with all the pain in my heart i cut it with a knife, so that it would't pull the signal on the other side and allow me to continue.
I paid $125 for them, and had them for two years. Got my money's worth, but I go through so many sets of headphones that is not even funny.

My next buy will not be a set of expensive ones, the most I will pay will be 40bucks or so. And will buy me another set of whatever is out there thats good, for inhouse mixing.

I will check the ones presented here.

Thank you
 
"Cheap" Headphones Here, Too!

I used to have SONYs!

They broke!

I'm on about my fifth ever pair of headphones. I would be on about my tenth, but thank goodness for strong tape!
 
I myself used to use the Beringer HPX2000's.. went through two pairs in under 6 months and decided it was time for something new..

A guy at ProMix Audio pointed me to the PHX Headphones from Numark. I picked them up for $50 and haven't looked back since!

If you think about it.. whats the single thing that breaks most commonly on headphones.. thats right the cable! Well with the Numark headphones you can actually replace the cable by unscrewing it directly from the unit! They are super comfortable to wear and isolate the outside sound very well if you wear both cups. Sony drivers make the quality awesome, foldable design for flexibility and storage, each set also comes with two types of interchangeable ear pads; soft velour, and durable leather.. both very nice. Here's where they stand apart; three detachable cords in short, long, and coiled sizes. The cables are 1/4" and 1/8" right angle connectors.

If you're looking for some great headphones that are both reasonable and durable (trust me.. we're rough with them) take a close look at the PHX's

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DJ_Marek said:
I myself used to use the Beringer HPX2000's.. went through two pairs in under 6 months and decided it was time for something new..

A guy at ProMix Audio pointed me to the PHX Headphones from Numark. I picked them up for $50 and haven't looked back since!

If you think about it.. whats the single thing that breaks most commonly on headphones.. thats right the cable! Well with the Numark headphones you can actually replace the cable by unscrewing it directly from the unit! They are super comfortable to wear and isolate the outside sound very well if you wear both cups. Sony drivers make the quality awesome, foldable design for flexibility and storage, each set also comes with two types of interchangeable ear pads; soft velour, and durable leather.. both very nice. Here's where they stand apart; three detachable cords in short, long, and coiled sizes. The cables are 1/4" and 1/8" right angle connectors.

If you're looking for some great headphones that are both reasonable and durable (trust me.. we're rough with them) take a close look at the PHX's

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My very first set of professional headphones were numark, and that's when I used to battle, many moons ago. it was a single cup with the microphone. Sony have excellent sound, they were my best, if it wasn't because they deteriorate too fast I would buy them again. I also bought a pair of "realistic" they -believe it or not- were a great set, for only 30-40 bucks...

I will give those a shot. Thanks for the reminder

Thanks DJBreak, for your post. Great set by the way..
 
DJ_BreakZ said:
Everyone that I know that has had Sony's had them break on them!
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I've had mine for 3 years with no problems.

My only slight problem was about a year ago. I keep my mixer in a vertical position in my rack. I grabbed my headphones from the side of my booth and in doing so the coiled cord caught the channel one volume fader and my guests had a nice blast of REALLY loud music for a second. lol
 
DJ_Marek said:
If you think about it.. whats the single thing that breaks most commonly on headphones.. thats right the cable! Well with the Numark headphones you can actually replace the cable by unscrewing it directly from the unit! They are super comfortable to wear and isolate the outside sound very well if you wear both cups. Sony drivers make the quality awesome, foldable design for flexibility and storage, each set also comes with two types of interchangeable ear pads; soft velour, and durable leather.. both very nice. Here's where they stand apart; three detachable cords in short, long, and coiled sizes. The cables are 1/4" and 1/8" right angle connectors.
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My old Stantons (cheapo's) just passed Technics and current Ultrasone all have those features listed about.
 
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