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[QUOTE]Nah, DJ audio isn't home audio.
Their phono cartridges are actually pretty awful (especially the Celebrated Stanton 500, brrrr!)[/[/QUOTE

I think DJ audio can be used as home audio just fine. But really, at the very core, sound is all relative I think. What may sound bass heavy to one person, may sound great to another. What type of speakers do you use? I love my old school Bose 301's. Great reproduction! I still can pick up on subtle background beats and instruments better on my Stanton headphones, however.

Lol! I used the Stanton al500's and didn't like them either! Good call. I like the Ortofon OM5E.

s_k

I don't like the OM5E either, the OM series starts begin nice from the OM20.
But that's way to expensive for the sound of it .
Still, the OM5 is a lot better than the Stanton 500.

I'm not a DJ myself, I'm pretty much an audiophile, so I'm looking in another direction.
I love the Audio Technica AT95E for it's brilliant sound compared to it's tiny, tiny price.
But I have a ****ing expensive Goldring which rocks, but 270 dollars for just the stylus isn't funny anymore. So I'm kind of crazy, yeah.
You get used to good audio and you start hearing more and more everyday. Which makes it impossible for me to not upgrade...

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Sennheiser HD650

Batty

Ooh nice headphones

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You guys should check out the Sony MDR-XB500 headphones. They're in the Sony "extra-bass" series and holy ****, these headphones have ridiculous bass. I almost got the Dre Beats because I had heard they were awesome, but after comparing the two, the MDR's are the clear champ. Oh, did I mention that they're only $80?

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mega bass isn't always good

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Gavin B.

Afterthought: I really didn't intend to write a long dissertation on headphones when I began writing this post, but there is some fairly useful information in my overly long essay, particularly if you're dissatisfied with present headphones and you're in the market for new pair of headphones. I have no financial interest in the Sennheiser product and any pair of headphones be it Sony, Bose, or Senn, that has a good, snug fit to your head, will result in a substantial improvement in sound.

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I recently purchased a pair of Sennheiser HD203 earphones for a paltry sum of $40 at Best Buy. I already own a pricier pair of Sennheiser RS 130 wireless headphones which I paid around $150 for, five years ago. I was intending to use the cheaper pair with my Zune player because I hate the standard issue earbuds that come with the Zune players.

Much to my surprise, the newly purchased el cheapo Senn HD203 phones had far better sound quality than my "premium" wireless headphones. A large part of the sonic improvement was the new headphones fit my head better and the successfully blocked exterior sounds. I was curious about my sound blocking hypothesis, so did a little Goggle assisted research on the Senn HD203 and discovered that the "Closed Circumaural" design of the 203 headphones was designed for a snug fit to specifically block exterior ambient noise. Ah ha!... so I wasn't just imagining that the improved sound was related to the new improved tighter fit of the headphones!

My more expensive wireless RS 140 headphones are big floppy studio headphones that look like earmuffs for a gorilla and their fit is so loose that I have problems keeping them from sliding off my head, especially if I'm lying in bed listening to music... which is my most favorite headphone activity. The loose fit of Senn 140 headphones fails to block the intrusion of exterior ambient noise, which inevitably degrades the overall sound quality of the music.

I have a similar problem with earbuds because I've never been able to find a pair that has a nice snug fit at the opening of my ear canals. I once spent a bundle getting custom designed earbuds in which wax impressions of my ear lobes were made, and the earbuds were supposedly custom designed to fit the unique topographic contour of my ear. Those topographically fitted earbuds did little to contain exterior noise and still fell out of my ears like any pair of run of the mill, mass produced earbuds.

My quest for the ultimate headphone sound has created two boxes filled with useless discarded earbuds and headphones of every conceivable design. The boxes of dead headphones gather cobwebs in a corner of my basement and I'd gladly pay somebody 10 bucks to haul the boxes off, if I knew they'd put them to use and not just toss them into an open landfill.

The 12 oz weight of the cheaper HD203 headphones was also a big improvement on the clunky 3 lb. weight of the wireless RS 130. With the HD203 phones, I don't feel like a Yorkshire terrier is perching on top of my head whenever I put on my headphones.

The 10 foot long headphone cable is enough length to plug into a stereo even in the most remote corner of a room.

Maybe I'm stubborn old coot, but I like the overall sound of cheaper HD 130 headphone better. And I'm not tone deaf. I have a well tuned and reliable set of musical ears which have helped me to get a good number sound system & house deejay gigs in clubs, over the years. The Senn 203 phones are budget priced headphones that sound like headphones priced in the $100 to $200 pricing tier.

(Sheesh! Listen to me... I'm beginning to sound like some market research geek who writes ad copy for Sennheiser Incorporated... I should curb my enthusiasm or l'll lose all credibility.)

My newly revised theory on sonic technology is that the fit of the headphones plays a bigger role in the aural enhancement of music. When I put on the cheaper Sennheiser 203 headphones, they fit my head so well that most exterior noise from the room is blocked out and you can actually hear the sound of silence. When I used to work the graveyard shift, I used earplugs to block out the usual daytime ambient noise so I could sleep, but these HD203 headphones do a much better job at noise blockage.

There's definitely other headphones that render truer fidelity and have better stereo separation but lot of that quality gain is lost to external noise intrusion, if the headphones don't fit right. If you need to press down on the phone units with your hands to block out most of the exterior noise then the fit of your headphones is too loose.

And here's a word of caution you may not want hear: If you need to jack up the volume of iPod or Zune to anything above 8 to block exterior noise then you'll probably be deaf by the age of 40. I've listened to really loud live music since I was in kindergarten, and I was the dork who always wore earplugs at live shows. Most of my former clubbing mates who used to laugh at my habitual use of ear plugs are now deaf as a stone and I have to shout to the top of my voice to have a conversation with them. I finally broke down and started using earplugs after a Sonic Youth concert caused a painful ringing in my ears for nearly a week. You'll also find that earplugs acts as a aural cushion and creates a filter that enhances the fidelity of live music to create an end product that is closer to a studio mix.

Mission of Burma guitarist Roger Miller suffers from acute tinnitus and he often wears noise reduction headphones at live gigs. Back in 1982, when he first started using the headphones, Roger told me that noise reduction headphones made big improvement in quality of what he was hearing while he played on stage. He joked that he was thinking about passing out noise reduction headphone to the entire audience at some future MOB gig, so they could hear the sound improvements he was hearing. Roger had to put the band on hiatus for 20 years because playing live gigs with Mission of Burma destroying what was left of his hearing.

In the same vein, you may be spared the misery of longterm hearing loss or the painful ear ringing of acute tinnitus, if you wise up and find a pair headphones that fit your ears snugly... Then you won't have to crank the volume of your iPod up to 15 to block out exterior ambient noise.

At last I can really say I'm completely happy my headphones and it never occurred to me that headphone Nirvana had always been readily available to me at the bargain basement price of 40 bucks. I could kick myself in the ass for accepting the stupid assumption that high quality headphones were equated with a high price tag on the product.

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Dr_Rez

I agree with you completely on price. Although it is true with anything. My more expensive headphones are rarely worth the amount I paid for them in comarison to the el cheapo's.

One except, idk if you have tried them Gavin is the super expensive Bose head phones. Iv listen to the buds and dj style and they sound INCREDIBLE. Excellent noise cancelling and sound. I just cant bring myself to drop that kinda money on headphones.

I do however have there speakers and ****ing worship the sound coming from them. I dont even have a subwoofer they sound so good.

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Mega bass is never good ;D.

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