Sony MDR-SA5000 DJ Stereo Headphones
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Manufacturer: SonyFormat: CD-ROM
Model: MDRSA5000
Product features:
- Magnesium frame structure for super lightweight headphones
- Utilizes modern nanocomposite diaphragms to increase frequency range
- 50 millimeter diameter, dome-type driver unit
- Open-air design with leather ear pads and pressure dispersion pad for comfort
- Neodymium magnets (360 kJ/m3) for powerful bass and clear treble sounds
- 50Mm Nano-Composite High-Definition Drivers
- Open-Air Design; 1500 Mw
- Super-Lightweight Magnesium Frame
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Digital camera Review: A must-have for mixing
Summary: 5 Stars
After listening to all sorts of music with the SA5000 and comparing it to a few good selections from Sennheiser (5xx) and Shure (840), I can come to only one conclusion: Balanced, accurate and pleasing. There was a review here that said the S5000 isn't suitable for classical pieces. That person is either tone-deaf, or just deaf:-) He was reasoning that fast attack is the reason for that. I think he's reading too much into how compressors work without understanding the application. The fast response of the SA5000 gives it the edge in all genres of music because it can capture it more accurately. Not because it "releases" too fast:-)) This is just hilarious. If you want mud in your ear, get a Bose and think you got great stuff, whereas, in reality, you get overboosted bass.
For soprano voices and complex music, the SA5000 are the best headphones money can buy in this price range. For great female vocals, it is as good as it gets. Try them with Eva Cassidy or even Whitney Houston, and see I mean. If you want your music colored, with boomy lows, then get an equalizer to adjust it to suit your tastes. The purpose of a headphone is to deliver what's been recorded as accurately as possible. If you want to modify that, then you need the right tools. For mixing and studio work, don't walk, run and get a pair of SA5000s. You will have the precision tool for any kind of music you are dealing with. Then get a pair of radically different cans, like the Ultrasones (perhaps Pro 2900s or even the lower end units) to get a second opinion on your mix. This will cover 90% of the "critical" listening you must do to get your mix right and work out the kinks. Then play it thru the iPod, also with IEMS, to get an idea what everyone else will hear from your work. You can safely ignore the "amazing" detail some audiohead experts put into their reviews on the net. It's mostly nonsense, as shown over and over again.
If you don't have the right gear in your signal chain, from the source, DAC, thru the amp, the cable and headphones to your ears, then the weakest link theory applies. In many cases, the weakest link is unfortunately the listener who has been exposed to too loud and too bassy audio since early teens. But you need each link in the chain to be up to the task. No point in listening low bit-rate mp3s with great equipment. It will only make it sound worse. I tried some youtube audio with the SA5000s, they sounded horrible. Not because the SA5000 has "fast attack and release", because the source is junk. Sony simply makes that more obvious than other more flattering cans.
For non-critical listening, that is, you are not trying to fix the mix, there are many choices that will sound pleasing. Sennheiser makes some decent ones. You can ignore the fake experts who claim HD650 is slow. IMHO, some people are just tone-deaf and no amount of technical mumbo-jumbo can cure that. The Sennheiser 5xx and 6xx lines are well-balanced in tone across the spectrum, just a little tighter soundstage and you get used to that. BTW, HD595 is on sale for $149 on Amazon. It's a bargain for what you get out of them. Not everyone can afford $1499 HD800s, and frankly don't need them. On the other hand, some people like the overpriced Grados.
As for negatives for the Sony, it's in the implementation. The cable is not detachable. The headband will hurt some heads. The leather wrapped around the metal pieces that go over that head is too thin. It needs more padding.
Summary of Sony MDR-SA5000 DJ Stereo Headphones
Open-Air Design Super-Lightweight Magnesium Frame 50Mm Nano-Composite High-Definition Drivers Neodymium Magnet 1500 Mw Freq Resp: 6 Hz 110 Khz Imp: 70? @ 1 Khz Sensitivity: 102 Db/Mw Pressure Dispersion Pad For Wearing Comfort Natural Leather Earpads Includes Unimatch Gold-Plated Plug Adapter And Display StandHome Audio Crossovers
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