The standard that's hard to beat!

I had these headphones for 4 years now, and they have never failed me! From home studio to the club, these headphones always deliver the right sound and their bass response definitely proves useful in loud nightclubs, where mixing becomes harder due to all the noise.
The bag that comes with the headphones also becomes an important storage unit while you travel, and so it keeps them looking their best.
I've yet to find a new pair of headphones to replace these.

Great Headphones

I originally bought these headphones in fall 2002 as a way to block out my roommate in college while I was getting into music. It was one of the best purchases I've made. The sound is phenomenal! Incredible frequency range, 50mm drivers, very comfortable, the swivel ear cup is great for monitoring while spinning. On top of the incredible features they also look very very cool and have lived up to 5 years of abuse. They work great as a monitoring system for those who have personal studios in their apartments with less then flexible neighbors when it comes to noise levels.

Tight bass

These headphones looked cool, but I really wasn't expecting what I heard when I plugged them in. I will have to say that I heard things I have never heard with headphones before, especially the unmuddied bass. I found myself sitting there grooving to the music instead of laboring through it like I most often do when tracking and monitoring. I could listen through these for hours. These headphones might just spoil me.

Extremely Loud and Clear, Maybe a Slight Problem for Tracking

I have several pairs of these headphones that I use for mixing. I like they because they are comfortable for long sessions and also extremely loud and clear. In fact, I have to be careful to keep the level down. Since they get so loud without distortion it is easy to find myself putting a little too much volume into my ears. That's because they were made to be used in loud clubs for live DJs where you have to hear what you're mixing over the pounding bass.

But this also means that they are not extremely isolating. If I'm recording a vocal track and listening to a guitar track for reference I've had a little bit of trouble with the mic picking up the reference track leaking from the phones. I might have to switch to a more isolating set for tracking vocals over another music track.

A little disappointed

Considering the classic 7506 headphones and the price tag of these, I expected more. I had been using the 7506s and a pair of Sennheiser HD212 pro as monitoring/recording headphones. With these, there's no true bottom. It felt like a muddle of the mid/low frequency range and nothing below 75Hz-80Hz could truly be differentiated. As a hip-hop producer, I need details on the low end and the high end that these don't provide. The lack of clarity in the high end was also disappointing, a drastic change of pace from the Sennheisers and the 7506s. The saving features were the continued Sony durability, and high volume output, and the fact that there was little/no fatigue while listening for long periods of time. Although, attribute some of that to the fact that there was no extreme highs or lows to tire my ears out.

I could recommend for strictly a listen who needs high volumes for long periods of time (DJs) but not for monitoring, mixing, or mastering.

Great Headphones - Good Price

The Sony MDR-V700DJ Stereo DJ Headphones are THE STANDARD, DE-FACTO DJ HEADPHONES in the industry and on the market. Period. And for good reason. The sound quality on these monitor headphones are superb and I actually went through 2 pairs before I upgraded to the MDR-V900 & MDR-7509's. The frequency response is excellent and you can hear High's as well as Low's very, very well. If you have never heard music through high quality headphones such as these, then you will be amazed at the Bass quality on these, as headphones aren't known for thumping bass and crystal clear highs!

Other Headphones that are perfect for DJ monitoring however are extremely excellent for studio monitoring are the:

Pioneer HDJ-1000
(5 to 30,000 Hz Frequency Response)
&
Stanton DJ PRO-3000
(16 - 22,000 Hz Frequency Response)

The Sony MDR-V700DJ's F.R. is around 10 - 20,000-25,000 Hz, while their next better models, the MDR-V900 & MDR-7509 is 5Hz-30kHz (same as Pioneer HDJ-1000's)

The Pioneer SE DJ-5000 headphones are also great DJ headphones but aren't quite as good as the Sony MDR-V700DJ, Pioneer HDJ-1000, or Stanton DJPRO-3000. Sweetwater carries the Sony MDR-7509's, which are in the same class as the Sony MDR-V900...I'm not sure which is better, but they both have the same Frequency Response, Gold Connectors, 50mm Driver Units...the 7509 is "Circum-Aural" Design while the MDR-V900 is "Aura-Nomic" Design.

Fire

Sound is one of the nicest I've ever heard. It is kinda fragile but is worth every cent of yo money!

SONY MDRV700DJ

these are the coolest ones i ever saw since the day my cousin had one. i`m gonna get one for myself one day.