Pioneer HDJ-X5 Reviews
Main advantage:
These headphones have 40mm drivers and a 4-wire braided cable, so they deliver good sound without distortion or white noise as you listen to your mixes.
Main disadvantage:
It is missing that the transport and storage case was made of better material, since it has a synthetic leather, which can be easily damaged.
Verdict: 9.9/10
Perhaps they are the best headphones to start in the world of DJing, since they have excellent sound and the cups next to the headband have a padded material.
Main Features Explained
Sound
If you are looking for good DJ headphones at an affordable price, the Pioneer HDJ-X5 could be useful to you. These headphones have 40 mm Ø drivers with a magnetic circuit that will prevent annoying noise or distortion while you listen to music or mix songs.
Also, the audio cable is spiral type and has 4 wires. In other words, the signal transfer between your DJ controller and headphones will be interference-free. This is important to know, as some low-quality headsets allow radio signals to enter.
Another aspect that you should know about these headphones is their correct isolation. At a party while people are talking loudly and loud music is blasting from the speakers, the DJ struggles trying to mix songs. Do not worry, since, according to the opinions of various people who have bought them, with these DJ headphones the sound of the environment will not enter your ears much. In this way, you will be able to concentrate more on the time of the songs, the effects that you are going to use, samples, loops, etc. All this is thanks to the fact that the glasses are correctly soundproofed and have a closed design.
Also, we mentioned that the headphones support a good range of frequencies, specifically, from 5 to 30000 Hz. In practice, that means that you will be able to clearly hear any musical genre, including those with powerful bass, such as drum and bass, dubstep, disc, etc.
Ergonomics
Some headphones only have soft foam on the cups, but these headphones also have soft foam on the headband, so they’re comfortable on both your head and ears. Also, its headband is adjustable, so you can use it regardless of the size of your head.
In the same way, we mention that they have a special texture in the cups, so you can catch them more safely and easily. In addition to this, they have a folding design, since it is possible to rotate the cups so that they take up less space. Also, this favors you as a DJ, since you will be able to spin a glass and listen from only one side, in order to know how the mixes and effects are sounding at the party.
Also, there is another aspect of the headphones that will give you comfort, its weight. These headphones only weigh 269 grams, plus they are compact. In this way, they will not take up much space when you are going to move it along with your other music equipment.
As if that were not enough, the headphones have a circumaural design, so that the cups press on the head, not so much on the ears, something that does happen with supra-aural headphones. Thanks to their ergonomics, these could be the best DJ headphones for long work days where a lot of music needs to be mixed.
Versatility
It is a durable product that you will be able to use for a long time, since it is made of metal, polyurethane foam and synthetic leather. In addition, the audio cable can be replaced in the future, as it is possible to disconnect it from the headphones. Even the audio cable is 1.2 meters, which is enough to use it in front of the mixer or DJ controller. Of course, if you want a much longer cable, you can replace it. In any case, this model of headphones is compatible with any auxiliary audio cable.
In addition to this, the cable not only works with a 3.5 mm connector, but the package also includes an adapter for a 6.3 mm male jack. Therefore, you will be able to connect the headphones to any equipment (phone, tablet, computer, mixer, guitar amplifier, DJ controller, etc.).
On the other hand, we must highlight the sensitivity of these headphones, which is 102 dB. If we add this to the 32 Ohms of impedance they have, we realize that it will not require too much amplification power to be able to sound. In other words, these headphones will play loud on just about any rig you plug them into, including compact devices like MP3 players and phones. In fact, in telephones they will not require a high electrical signal to be able to emit sounds at high volume.
