Modded Headphones
Modded Headphones Posted on: 14.07.2012 by Adriana Bazzelle I remember seeing some pretty cool headphone mods over at djcommunity
s.com and searched for a thread here, but I didn't find one. If there is one, I'm sorry to double post, if not I would like to show my heavily modded MDR-V700's.Crammed RGB LED's into them to match my DSC. Anyone else got some cool cans? | |
| Steven Elton 15.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by psyEDk
I honestly believe the Pioneer HDJ-1000, Technics RPDH-1200 and The MDR-V700DJ headphones have been designed to intentionally break. I have always taken extremely good care of my gear. From 2001-2009, I was doing quite a bit of shows at the peak 3-4 shows a week. I've never had either Pioneers or Technics last longer then 1 year. The right channel ends up dying after a year to year and 1/2. A lot of the time they still look like you just pulled them out of the box. The last pair of these that i purchased i decided to quit collapsing and limit the expanding, See if that would prolong the life span. Once again the right channel cut out after 7 months. When that happened, I took the Technics apart to see if i could fix them. I found the reason for the channel going out was due to the way the wire is routed to the right side. The wire is an extremely thin wire that snakes around a metal bracket inside. When the headphones are expanded or collapsed the wire chaffers against the bracket. The issue with the Pioneer and Technics headphones could be corrected with a piece of electrical tape wrapped around the wire at this position. The bracket doesn't even need to be metal either, They could make the bracket from the same material used on the other 95% of the headphones. The problem with the design would be extremely easy fix from the factory. I know these engineers have to be smarter then the current designed indicates. Anyone with basic knowledge of how things work can see it's a bad design it's blatantly obvious. The way the Technics headphone go together is extremely complex. I use to build jet engines for a government contractor. The main engine i worked on was the F1D2 out of the F-117 Stealth fighter. I couldn't put these damn headphone back together if my life depended on it. I would venture to say they designed the headphones to self destruct upon disassembly. They probably use a series of special tools to do this. I couldn't figure it out and I had access to almost every tool under the sun. Please take my advice if you have a pair and they work don't try to take them apart. I seriously doubt you'll get the damn things back together, unless of course you're 4 feet tall, 10 years of age and happen to live in Taiwan. I finally spent the extra money to purchase the Allen & Heath Xone XD53 headphones. They cost quite a bit more then the Technics, Pioneers, Sony etc. I believe after tax. I paid $210. U.S...Ouch. On the bright side these headphone have lasted almost 4 years. Not only have they lasted but The last 6 months I've been pretty rough on them. They still look and sound like they just came out of the box. My 3 year old daughter has even gotten her hands on them. Not just once several times. The Allen & Heath aren't the sleekest or sexiest. As a matter of fact they're a bit heavier bulkier and look kind of on the cheap side but they're studio quality so I also use them to work on writing tracks, when i lay in bed with my wife at evening . After about an hour straight of wearing them they start to hurt the cartilage of my ears from the pressure squeezing them. When i use them to DJ this is not a problem, they're so loud and clear. I rarely have to where them on my head. I've owned and used quite a few different pairs and manufactures of headphones since, I started playing 1996. In my opinion the Xone XD53 are truly the best headphones from a performance and reliability standpoint. There is a bigger selection of phones on the market then 4 years ago. I'm wanting to get another pair of headphones. I'm digging the newer Pioneers like the HDJ-2000K but the price is retarded. The HDJ-1500K & HDJ-1000K are also equally as nice looking. I never had an issue with sound quality on the pioneers but the Xone XD53 sound in comparison is hands down far superior to HDJ-1000. If you keep getting screwed by Technics, Pioneer and Sony and can't afford to keep replacing headphones. Spend the extra money and go with Allen & Heath. I really do hope Pioneer fixed the issue with internal design and Isn't just trying to lure people back in with a bunch of new flash. Taking everything I've experienced over the years, into consideration, things I've read read from other DJs saying the same thing, about this habitual problem. The failure with these headphone isn't an isolated. It happens to every last pair sooner or later. I believe this is just a way of insuring, we all continue to buy their gear. These companies know they can get away with it because most of their consumers are young or really rich and can afford to keep buying this shit. Think about this. If Pioneer were making Lets say for example, a gaming systems. Say that game system was prone to break in the same exact spot. Then Pioneer would be obligated to do a recall on that game system. Even if it were 25% of these gaming systems, Lets alone 100% Makes you wonder... |
| Adriana Bazzelle 14.07.2012 | I remember seeing some pretty cool headphone mods over at djcommunity
s.com and searched for a thread here, but I didn't find one. If there is one, I'm sorry to double post, if not I would like to show my heavily modded MDR-V700's. Crammed RGB LED's into them to match my DSC. Anyone else got some cool cans? |
| Steven Elton 15.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by psyEDk
I honestly believe the Pioneer HDJ-1000, Technics RPDH-1200 and The MDR-V700DJ headphones have been designed to intentionally break. I have always taken extremely good care of my gear. From 2001-2009, I was doing quite a bit of shows at the peak 3-4 shows a week. I've never had either Pioneers or Technics last longer then 1 year. The right channel ends up dying after a year to year and 1/2. A lot of the time they still look like you just pulled them out of the box. The last pair of these that i purchased i decided to quit collapsing and limit the expanding, See if that would prolong the life span. Once again the right channel cut out after 7 months. When that happened, I took the Technics apart to see if i could fix them. I found the reason for the channel going out was due to the way the wire is routed to the right side. The wire is an extremely thin wire that snakes around a metal bracket inside. When the headphones are expanded or collapsed the wire chaffers against the bracket. The issue with the Pioneer and Technics headphones could be corrected with a piece of electrical tape wrapped around the wire at this position. The bracket doesn't even need to be metal either, They could make the bracket from the same material used on the other 95% of the headphones. The problem with the design would be extremely easy fix from the factory. I know these engineers have to be smarter then the current designed indicates. Anyone with basic knowledge of how things work can see it's a bad design it's blatantly obvious. The way the Technics headphone go together is extremely complex. I use to build jet engines for a government contractor. The main engine i worked on was the F1D2 out of the F-117 Stealth fighter. I couldn't put these damn headphone back together if my life depended on it. I would venture to say they designed the headphones to self destruct upon disassembly. They probably use a series of special tools to do this. I couldn't figure it out and I had access to almost every tool under the sun. Please take my advice if you have a pair and they work don't try to take them apart. I seriously doubt you'll get the damn things back together, unless of course you're 4 feet tall, 10 years of age and happen to live in Taiwan. I finally spent the extra money to purchase the Allen & Heath Xone XD53 headphones. They cost quite a bit more then the Technics, Pioneers, Sony etc. I believe after tax. I paid $210. U.S...Ouch. On the bright side these headphone have lasted almost 4 years. Not only have they lasted but The last 6 months I've been pretty rough on them. They still look and sound like they just came out of the box. My 3 year old daughter has even gotten her hands on them. Not just once several times. The Allen & Heath aren't the sleekest or sexiest. As a matter of fact they're a bit heavier bulkier and look kind of on the cheap side but they're studio quality so I also use them to work on writing tracks, when i lay in bed with my wife at evening . After about an hour straight of wearing them they start to hurt the cartilage of my ears from the pressure squeezing them. When i use them to DJ this is not a problem, they're so loud and clear. I rarely have to where them on my head. I've owned and used quite a few different pairs and manufactures of headphones since, I started playing 1996. In my opinion the Xone XD53 are truly the best headphones from a performance and reliability standpoint. There is a bigger selection of phones on the market then 4 years ago. I'm wanting to get another pair of headphones. I'm digging the newer Pioneers like the HDJ-2000K but the price is retarded. The HDJ-1500K & HDJ-1000K are also equally as nice looking. I never had an issue with sound quality on the pioneers but the Xone XD53 sound in comparison is hands down far superior to HDJ-1000. If you keep getting screwed by Technics, Pioneer and Sony and can't afford to keep replacing headphones. Spend the extra money and go with Allen & Heath. I really do hope Pioneer fixed the issue with internal design and Isn't just trying to lure people back in with a bunch of new flash. Taking everything I've experienced over the years, into consideration, things I've read read from other DJs saying the same thing, about this habitual problem. The failure with these headphone isn't an isolated. It happens to every last pair sooner or later. I believe this is just a way of insuring, we all continue to buy their gear. These companies know they can get away with it because most of their consumers are young or really rich and can afford to keep buying this shit. Think about this. If Pioneer were making Lets say for example, a gaming systems. Say that game system was prone to break in the same exact spot. Then Pioneer would be obligated to do a recall on that game system. Even if it were 25% of these gaming systems, Lets alone 100% Makes you wonder... |
| Adriana Bazzelle 15.07.2012 | @derschaich The DSC is getting a Quneo upgrade at the moment and we are closing in on the last few days of our Kickstarter. Link is here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/763704741/synthboy |
| Allene Manitta 15.07.2012 | what happened to the dsc project anyway? |
| Brunilda Kora 15.07.2012 |
You should mod those V700's to not break after 18 months of use, now that would be impressive.
And they STILL SOUND GREAT. Can't fault the drivers in the Sony's. |
| Estella Waber 15.07.2012 | You should mod those V700's to not break after 18 months of use, now that would be impressive. |
| Buena Roth 14.07.2012 | That's freakin sick!! Makes me wanna try! |
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