bangraman
Headphoneus Supremus
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I was reasonably good at the haggling... saved quite a bit over TSP. Why get one? I wanted an option for the closed Grato transplant in case the drivers would not fit inside the V500 chassis. I'm also thinking it would be a nice Head-Fi irony to have the Grato drivers in the V700 body
As a chassis, the V700 is superb quality. More on such mods later but I wanted to post about the general characteristics of the standard MDR-V700DJ, which I think aren't that bad after listening to them again. This will be in several brief parts and I'll post on portable experiences and home experiences.
The first thing any non-DJ owner of the MDR-V700DJ should do is to pull the earpads off, and remove the two foam/cloth discs stacked on top of each other in the middle of the phone. The top pad is in there to muffle the high frequencies which can pierce the ears at high volume, and the bottom pad is in there to 'guide' the bass. As a normal volume listener, you don't need HF cuts and you don't need additional 'boom' to the bass. The discs are not glued in place so you should be able to peel them off without any problems. The foam pad can be put back in place if you feel the V700 is exhibiting too much treble.
There is one more piece you can remove or replace which is inside the phone. The interesting thing about the V700 from my point of view is the significant changes that can be brought about by a process of very simple elimination. The drivers themselves aren't bad at all for a $100 phone. I like the way it snaps closed, and I like the way I can push it folded, when it does so with a thump. I even like the way it looks. Wearing the V700 is another matter and it definitely needs chiselled superfly DJ looks to make the most of the phone's appearance. I do not fit into this category by any stretch of the imagination and therefore look a bit ridiculous...
Comfort is fine for portable use, although home use may be a problem. I'd also forgotten how incredibly easy to drive these are. I could nearly deafen myself with the D-EJ2000 and no phone has ever had that effect. I have the PXC250 on 100% and it's fine but I wouldn't mind more. With the V700 I could have the volume at 40% and it would be slightly louder than the PXC.
The MDR-V500 is in my opinion the very definition of V-CRAP. There's no bass (on a DJ phone?), the driver belongs to a phone about half the price and it feels pretty cheap. The V700 is another animal altogether, and I think it's been slightly hard done by at Head-Fi mainly by people who probably haven't used it (now there's a surprise... not).
More later.
Trial sources: Sony D-EJ2000 discman, Apple iPod (when it comes back from repair), Sony SCD-XA777ES + heavily modded WAD amp. I'll also try sitting through Saving Private Ryan on them.
As a chassis, the V700 is superb quality. More on such mods later but I wanted to post about the general characteristics of the standard MDR-V700DJ, which I think aren't that bad after listening to them again. This will be in several brief parts and I'll post on portable experiences and home experiences.
The first thing any non-DJ owner of the MDR-V700DJ should do is to pull the earpads off, and remove the two foam/cloth discs stacked on top of each other in the middle of the phone. The top pad is in there to muffle the high frequencies which can pierce the ears at high volume, and the bottom pad is in there to 'guide' the bass. As a normal volume listener, you don't need HF cuts and you don't need additional 'boom' to the bass. The discs are not glued in place so you should be able to peel them off without any problems. The foam pad can be put back in place if you feel the V700 is exhibiting too much treble.
There is one more piece you can remove or replace which is inside the phone. The interesting thing about the V700 from my point of view is the significant changes that can be brought about by a process of very simple elimination. The drivers themselves aren't bad at all for a $100 phone. I like the way it snaps closed, and I like the way I can push it folded, when it does so with a thump. I even like the way it looks. Wearing the V700 is another matter and it definitely needs chiselled superfly DJ looks to make the most of the phone's appearance. I do not fit into this category by any stretch of the imagination and therefore look a bit ridiculous...
The MDR-V500 is in my opinion the very definition of V-CRAP. There's no bass (on a DJ phone?), the driver belongs to a phone about half the price and it feels pretty cheap. The V700 is another animal altogether, and I think it's been slightly hard done by at Head-Fi mainly by people who probably haven't used it (now there's a surprise... not).
More later.
Trial sources: Sony D-EJ2000 discman, Apple iPod (when it comes back from repair), Sony SCD-XA777ES + heavily modded WAD amp. I'll also try sitting through Saving Private Ryan on them.
