Originally Posted by
dookiex
That's the problem with V6s. They have a very flat response. They are very similar to Etymotics in sound. However, ideally, you want a emphasis on both the highs and a lot of emphasis on the lows. Why? Because you need to hear the beat AS WELL as things like the high hats. The V6 could do the job but you also will need to crank them higher. Why risk hurting your hearing even more due to a inefficiency in the phones? They are simply ok for monitoring (as in, if you're out shooting footage and you need to monitor the sound from the mics) purposes but not great for DJing. They are of course popular because they are relatively cheap. People tend to not care when they break or when they lose them. I've had two pairs of 7506's and one pair of V6, your description of their durability is very inaccurate. The headphones themselves will hold up well but that cord isn't anywhere near what I would call super durable. The cord is basically the weak point of durability on the V6/7506. It's great that something is inexpensive and you don't mind losing or breaking them, but think about this, because you now don't really care, you end up losing and breaking them more because you tend to treat them like redheaded step children. Now if one was to have invested a good amount of money on something, one is going to be MUCH more attentive to their purchase and thus MUCH LESS likely to lose or damage their purchases. At the end of the day, it's like I said, spend more now to get a higher quality product and you will be using it for years to come in which the thing basically ends up saving you money.
As for your comment about HD-25 and how they don't fit well on people's heads, the majority of the complains are from new owners and that is mostly due to them never having had used headclamp style headphones. This complaint basically goes away after the first week or so. Your comment about Pioneers being not very durable, that's a complete crock if you actually had any experience with the HDJ-2000s. They are near indestructible and this goes all the way down to the cord and the mini XLR locking connection. The HDJ-2000s are MILES away from the other Pioneer phones. Durability is NOT a concern on the HDJ-2000s.
Basically at the end of the day, you suggesting so adamantly about the V6, you might as well just suggest to the person to go and find whatever headphones they can find that they can crank really loud as long as it's around $50-$70. Obviously how the phones sounds isn't something you care about.
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