Archives for DJ Equipment category
A relative newcomer to the high-end headphone market, German manufacturer Ultrasone is making waves in the industry with their competitively-priced offerings that deliver excellent sound quality and value. We take their HFI-700 headphones for a spin, and find plenty to get excited about.
ASUS finally antes up to the bang-for-the-buck table with a value-priced product in their Xonar family of performance audio cards. It’s got a solid feature set, and debuts with ASUS’ new DS3D GX 2.0 environmental DSP, but does it break new ground in the price/performance department?
As promised, we are going to dive deeper in all kinds of audio players, not only portable, so it is time to review one of newest CD/MP3 DJ players - Pioneer cdj-400. Unmistakably Pioneer, the CDJ-400 is a design hybrid between the lower end CDJ-200 and the 800/1000 top end, bridging the gap into which it fits perfectly. It’s predominantly plastic, with just the odd splash of metal - but that doesn’t mean it feels cheap. Sure, it’s lightweight and the new smaller 135mm/5.25” jog wheel has the same eversoslightly rattling but familiar feel to it, but all the controls have a reassuring smoothness when you use them. Even the pitch control, which is often added as a flimsy afterthought on other units, slides nicely with a gentle but needed centre click.
Light and comfortable, stylish in design, with slim, silver ear-cups and a black head-band. The headband seems a little flimsy. Speaker cups are small, but still comfortable. Good length of cable, 2m or so and they have full-size and miniature jack plugs connections. They sound good and cope well with the bass and when the volume is turned up.
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