Post Pics of Your Favorite DJ's/Musicians and Their Headphones

[ajreynol]

cool thread.
 
noob question - what makes DJ cans separate from home enjoyment cans?  in other words, what do they do differently/better that makes them best suited for the DJ experience?

 

[jessica_fae]

Found this picture of Armin Van Buuren with Technics RP-DH1200 from his www.armadamusic.com website

A bit hard to tell, but there is that distinct circle joint on the right hand side like here

 

[jessica_fae]

 
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cool thread.
 
noob question - what makes DJ cans separate from home enjoyment cans?  in other words, what do they do differently/better that makes them best suited for the DJ experience?

I am not an expert but here is what I know.
DJ headphones are used in a live performance environment which is loud. So they need good isolation (closed back design).  DJs also need to cue next tracks which means one-ear listening, so DJ headphones have lots more swivels and rotation to allow one earpad to move away from the head/ear.
They also tend to have U-shaped frequency curves (bass and treble emphasis) which are where rhythm (bass and high-hat) are. This helps with synching beats between tracks in a mix comparing the live track playing on the club's sound system and the track one is cuing on the headphones. Also the U-shaped curve is typical of a club sound (heavy in the bass and treble and less in the mids) so listening to a track on a DJ headphone will give a better idea of how it will sound on the club's sound system. 
They also tend to be more sturdy since DJs tend to break headphones quite easily (abuse them).  And last the headphone is part of the DJs performance and look so they tend to be more flashy.

 

[RaZrReD]

Found a couple cool photos of Paul Van Dyk...

Any of you guys know what headphones he's using in these shots?

The man who introduced me to "the other side"

 

[kesslerjesus]

My favorite female artist: Lykke Li
 

 

[Woozle Wuzzle]

Utada Hikaru with some Ultrasone headphone maybe? Not too sure. Could only find a music video for it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfpX8lkaSdk
plus the song is pretty catchy and have been playing for a while now

 

[jessica_fae]

 
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Utada Hikaru with some Ultrasone headphone maybe? Not too sure. Could only find a music video for it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfpX8lkaSdk
plus the song is pretty catchy and have been playing for a while now

wow, I love this song!  Nice another Hikki fan here.  I agree they look like Ultrasone edition8 palladiums. I grabbed a nice frame from the video.

 

[9282]

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My favorite female artist: Lykke Li
 

id please?
 
and while we're at it...this thread needs way more pics....different styles of music - 
saw these in a shins video - what in the world are they??
 

 
you can youtube "

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Guy from Funckarma - 
no id

 

[Red Haze]

 
Lyrics Born in the zone.

 

[vicktnguyen]

Armin van Buuren and the infamous K701

 

[neato]

Sabzi from Blue Scholars.
 

 
 
Nujbes 
 

 
I don't know what either of these headphones are btw.

 

[Borgbox]

http://www.ilikemusic.com/features/deadmau5_Joel_Zimmerman-1765
 
http://uk.soonnight.com/mag/deadmau5-to-tour-the-uk,28,3467.html
 
http://blog.soldoutticketmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/Deadmau5-4.jpg
 
Couple of pictures of Deadmau5 with the Sony MDR-v700s, one of him wearing Pioneer HDJ-2000s

 

[bruze]

i wanted to post nujabes also

 
here is another pic
 
Technics headphone, don't know the exact model though

 

[neato]

lol, I bet you did. Nice avatar 

 

[loremipsum]

Here's The Glitch Mob, wearing some Pioneer phones that I can't ID

In this picture it looks like edIT (on the right) has got some custom IEMs