The Pioneer HDJ-CX Lightweight On-Ear DJ Headphones are designed for professionals, with an ultra-lightweight design that will make you forget you're wearing headphones at all! Combining superior comfort with stunning, balanced sound quality; the HDJ-CX set a new standard for DJ headphones with a robust yet flexible design. With regards to comfort, they’re surprisingly lightweight, and the large vegan leather cushions and headband both contain memory foam, making them extremely comfortable for extended use (the leather is resistant to sweat). Pioneer DJ HDJ-CX DJ Headphones are super lightweight yet built to last. Designed for absolute comfort and tuned to deliver outstanding sound quality for mixing and monitoring music, they’re also built to last. After testing them ourselves, these things are plenty loud enough, offering crisp highs and a pronounced bass output – which is just what you need for mixing in noisy environments. They’re also very well-padded and lightweight, with rotating ear cups and an extendable headband that would fit most people.

With regards to sound quality, the new voice coil design allows for tighter bass notes, detailed mids and crisp highs, whilst the 50mm high-definition drivers (upgraded from the previous HDJ-2000MK2s) have plenty of power, offering a frequency range from 5 Hz to 40 kHz. First headphones in the world to reproduce frequencies from 5 Hz to 40 kHz in the DJ headphones market (according to research conducted by Pioneer DJ Corporation Ltd, 21st August 2017).Another nice (and premium) selling point is that the polyurethane leather used for the ear pads and headband has a Nano coating on it. This is resistant to sweat, dirt and general deterioration. Ultimately, they seem like good headphones. If you want Pioneer DJ, and you want minimal, this is your choice. But if I had to put money on which model will still be around 5, 10 or even 20 years from now, it’d be the Sennheisers. They remain the classic by which any pretenders will be judged, and they’ll be hard to topple. Main features of the Pioneer DJ HDJ-CX DJ Headphones include:• Super-lightweight professional on-ear DJ headphones

As referenced frequently in this post, these are all things you’d want to see in a decent set of DJ headphones:The HDJ-CX headphones are comfortable enough to wear for extended periods of time without noticing their existence. The innovative, lightweight, ergonomic design is to thank for this outstanding level of comfort. Everything from the cable's wiring, which was streamlined to save weight, to the curl on the coiled wire, which was placed closer to the plug to improve balance, has been taken into account. As a result of all this, as well as the adjustable earcups and stainless steel headband, it's effortless to get the perfect fit. In addition to the HDJ-CX headphones themselves, Pioneer DJ include useful accessories that improve their longevity and let you adapt them to different listening contexts. In the box you receive a 3m coiled cable that’s suited for pro DJ and studio use, a straight 1.6m cable for casual and on-the-go listening, a pair of replacement ear pads and a handy 1/4" plug holder to keep your adaptor secure during a performance. Sound-wise, the HDJ-CUE1BTs are definitely loud enough and don’t distort at higher volumes. Most notably, the bass response has a real punch to it (which many DJs will like), and they also perform extremely well with regard to noise isolation. Next up we have the TMA 2 DJ XE modular on-ear DJ headphones from Danish company AIAIAI. These are the latest edition in their TMA-2 DJ headphone line released in June 2023.

With regards to sound, it really depends on individual preference. These things have a notoriously neutral (or balanced) sound compared to most DJ headphones on the market. In other words, whilst it’s more than sufficient, the bass isn’t as dominant. This allows the mids and highs to come through more, which many DJs prefer. These on-ear DJ headphones give you superior insulation from a durable and robust construction with interchangeable parts and accessories. Sufficient bass response: As well as generally being louder, DJ headphones will generate more bass than consumer or studio headphones would. This is necessary for monitoring a DJ mix in noisy environments such as bars & clubs, etc.

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When you copy something like the HD 25s, you’re going to draw comparisons – and these are definitely a copy, if not exactly the same. Trouble is, it’s like comparing any other turntable with the Technics 1210 Mk2 – something that has proven itself over and over again, its very reliability being its strength. The headphones come with interchangeable straight and coiled cables as well as a holder for the 1⁄4” plug adapter which you can clip to the cable so you never lose it. A pair of replacement ear pads are also included. I found the headband a little narrow, meaning the top half of the earpads pushed harder on my ears than the bottom half. But apart from that they felt comfy enough. They’re certainly no less comfortable than my HD 25s, which actually apply more pressure on the ears. They just feel a bit different. The classic Pioneer headband is extendable, providing loads of padding and elasticity. Despite having lots of metal components and a chunky design, the HDJ-X10s are also very lightweight and provide the right amount of clamping pressure on your head (they’re very comfortable!). In addition, the ear cups also have a 90-degree ‘auto-return’ swivel, making monitoring super-easy in a variety of positions.