Pioneer HDJ 2000 Review

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Pioneer have launched their new flagship pair of headphones, the HDJ 2000s, and from initial reactions, they are awesome! With an RRP of £194 though, are they worth it?

From taking them out of the box, feeling the cold metal of the magnesium design, they feel VERY sturdy, and worthy of sitting on the head of any superstar DJ. By using magnesium, they’ve kept the weight of the headphones down to a minimum, so they feel light on the head, meaning you can happliy wear them all night while DJing or in the studio. Adding to the comfort level, the earpads are made up from memory foam pads (a first for DJ headphones), and covered with a protein leather. This keeps the pads moulded to the shape of your head, and feels very comfortable due to the soft protein leather finish. The headophones are foldable, meaning they’re easy to squeeze into your gig bag, and the swivel cups have a strong magnesium “i-hinge” which swivel a full 90 degrees and snap back into place with a handy auto return feature.

Plugging them into a mixer, and hitting the cue button made me realise how much work Pioneer have put into these headphones. The sound quality is amazing, its as simple as that! From using the so-called “industry standard” Sennheiser HD 25s, which are renowned for their quality, these HDJ 2000s simply blow them away. The mids and highs stand out far better, which is down to Pioneers development team tuning the most used frequenced for production and DJing, meaning kick drums and hi-hats come sound as if they are live in your head. These have been sonically matched to perform perfectly with the Pioneer range of mixers, so if your a club DJ, your bound to find a DJM 600 or DJM 800 out and about on your travels, so why not have the perfect headphones to match? Their 50mm drivers produce stunning deep bass, and rich clarity to let you hear every aspect of your mix, coupling that with the ability to take 3,500 MW of input, means distortion is prevented, even at sustained loud volumes. The heavy duty build of these headphones ensures zero resonance.

Attention to detail has even gone as far as the connections. Pioneer have opted for a replaceable cable on these HDJ 2000s making it easy to replace if you happen to break it. Simply connecting to the cans with a mini XLR connection, and coming with the 3.5/6.3mm jack connections on the other end, to plug straight into a mixer, desk or even your MP3 player.

Overall, if your a professional DJ (club, pub or mobile), sound engineer or producer these headphones are for you, as they suit all kinds music and environments. Expect to see these worn by all the top DJs before the year is out!
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10/10

Reviewer:
Adam F
Aural Frequency & The DJ Studio