Denon AH-D1001 OR AKG K181 DJ ???

AKG 181?

maybe you mean K518/K81

just keep in mind that d1001 do not isolate very well at all. Also if you are looking to get the same phone for cheaper there is the Creative Aurana Live, which is an OEM of the 1001.

The Creative Auravana are one sale at Costco in the US for $60 or slightly less I believe. Thats one heck of a good price on them, I wish Costco Canada had the same or similar special.

Not quite, there's really a K181 DJ.
K 181 DJ

I'm a bit interested in these cans to, don't know where to find though.

First of all i own both and think the K181dj is leaps better than d1k. The only thing good about the denons are their comfort. I havent tried any other headphone as comfortable as the denons. The akg's have better sound, better build quality, and has a detachable cable. There is a bass boost switch that comes in handy and also a mono-stereo switch. As for comfort though it clamps a bit at first but should loosen up after a few months of usage. With 42 ohms, It can be fairly driven by a comp or ipod. If you want club poppin bass look no further

I own both cans and I prefer the Denon over the AKG. The Denon does not isolate you from the environment but is extremely comfortable. If you have small ears the pads go around them. The Denon has very good quality low bass kick/rumble that give music a nice punch while keeping the mids nice and clear.

The AKG does quite a lot of things well. Even with the bass boost on the mids are clear and shine thru. But the bass can get tiring. It isolates very well. But this is due to the pads being supra-aural and crushing your ears against your skull. You can lesson the pressure by pulling the arms apart (carefully) but the bass impact is reduced. If you don’t like how it sounds, you can bend the headband back to its original shape by pushing the arms inwards towards each other with the left can passing the right can. When you let go of the arms, the black part of the headband returns to its original shape. There is a HD280 mod that simply replaces the pads of the 181 with the pads of the Senn HD280 as mentioned in another thread. It makes it more comfortable but changes the sound sig. I tried it and didn’t like what happened to the sound sig and returned to the original pads.

You can’t really go wrong with either headphone, but if you want long term listening and comfort with a very nice low bass kick and don’t mind hearing everything going on around you with your music, then go with the Denon.

If you NEED isolation and bass with clear mids and don’t mind having to take the cans off every 30 or so minutes, go with the AKG.