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    Quote Originally Posted by Daryll View Post
    Never use them
    Can I ask how you manage to DJ without using headphones? Just a question, it's just I really couldn't.

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    Well I will try to be as true as possible , yes I do beat match and any hot cues are done at home , ok I do use headphones at home , but I have never found a use for them "live" if you know what i mean , that's not to say I dont have a pair plugged in when i do a gig , I have some sennheiser phones , cant remember what model , I have found that by not using them , I can interact with the clients with out the need to take off?put on the phones , I fully understand that a lot of DJ`s use them to great effect , cueing up tracks etc , but not for me , just my personal style , and the fact that most of the gigs I do follow a well rehearsed format ( a lot of people do not like to listen to music that they do not know) , plus I use the Ultramixer software , which is very visual , so I can "see" whats going on , maybe if I did a gig that was "out of my comfort zone" ,ie , music that I was not familiar with I would use headphones , I hope this goes some way to answering your question , in fact I was waiting for some one to ask....

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    HDJ2000. Great pair of headphones, and going strong three years later.

    Couple of years is a decent life for a pair of headphones. The 1500 retail at about 140 notes and assuming you have used them on average once a week over the last two years, they've cost you about £1.35 a gig. I'd say you got your money's worth out of them.

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    HD25 had them for years, somebody told me American audio £25 headphones were good so when the cable went on my hd25s I got some... Absolutely terrible. Even worse than my pioneer headphones which are most definitely style over substance. People say beats are a waste of money.... Hmmm poineer aren't far behind.

    All I can say is why dies literally everybody use hd25s? TV, football, DJs, only real pros that don't are being paid to wear others I reckon

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    I don't wear headphones all night long - just when I'm preparing tracks or mixing a transition - and even then not all the time - so they don't prove a problem with interaction.

    What I love about the HD215 - comfy & very snug. They're also fairly closed but are brilliant at rejecting extraneous noises (like Grease songs, Proud Mary etc)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul Jones View Post
    Can I ask how you manage to DJ without using headphones? Just a question, it's just I really couldn't.
    I only really use mine for likes of Living on a Prayer and other long intros.

    Could do without if needed and did for years
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    Quote Originally Posted by ppentertainments View Post
    I only really use mine for likes of Living on a Prayer and other long intros.

    Could do without if needed and did for years
    That's where Hot Cues come in handy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by musicology View Post
    That's where Hot Cues come in handy.
    That just makes things boring
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    Well everyone I went with the "so called " Industry Standard, the Sennheiser HD 25 Plus, I paid £140 inc delivery & was told it was the best price anyone could do. Time will tell if I've made the right choice.
    I've also bought a dedicated hard case off eBay to keep them in.
    Thanks to everyone who contributed to the thread.

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    Sennheiser HD 25 for years. Had to replace the cable and pads recently, apart from that they've been rock solid.

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