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Numark PHX Professional DJ Headphones
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| Part No: | B0002CZYP2 |
| Manufacturer: | Numark |
| MFG Part: | PHX |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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- Drivers: 50mm neodymium magnet drivers
- Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20kHz
- Weight: 0.5 lbs
PHX premium headphones incorporate an isolating, closed-ear design with 50mm neodymium magnet drivers for very high output. PHX comes with two styles of interchangeable ear pads and three types of cables. A special two-part ear cup design incorporates a rubber/silicone casing for a comfortable and secure fit when resting between ear and shoulder while cueing. PHX headphones are also foldable and come in a premium hard carrying case.
| my headphones | 2009-07-09 | 5 / 5 |
| | very good headphones and basically i just wanted my equipment to match all the same and thats why i bought this item. very good strong quality |
| Sounds great! | 2009-05-02 | 5 / 5 |
| | Affordable price, 3 cables included, spare ear cups, nice bag to hold it. Sound pretty well, heavy duty, very good bass responce. |
| Lovely tone, but with driver matching from Hell | 2009-02-22 | 4 / 5 |
| Curious. I was just reading a very old post on [...] where I was complaining about the Ixos MOS 1001 beginning to crack and listed about a dozen different cans for possible replacement. A friend borrowed them and they were lost, anyway. He loved them, but I honestly have to say that German hifi magazine that did blind tests with several dozen headphones and concluded the Ixos was the best closed, sensitive headphone capable of high output was pretty much wrong. They could not handle more than half a watt, let alone 3 watts. And there's very little chance a protection circuit was indeed built into them. Besides, they were uncomfortable and couldn't be used with musicians earplugs.
Before that I went through some Sony 7506/V6 cans and found them to be too coarse and bright on the top end. I then went for the 7509, which I found to be imprecise, loose, and had a texture or slight grit it seemed to impart to everything. It was fairly neutral, though.
I tried Denon 950's. They had sizzle up top, a dark low-end, and recessed mids. I ordered JVC 700 or 800 series limited edition headphones direct from the Victor parts warehouse. They were too bright, thin in the bass, and essentially bland. Is this sounding too much like Goldilocks and the Three Bears? I recall reading a Consumer Reports article once about how all CD players and most name brand audio equipment can be expected to give "good quality sound". Seriously? Every single headphone, speaker, CD player, phono cartridge, etc, etc, sounds radically different to me.
Anyway, I also bought some Pioneer 1000's. Sound was not neutral, but tight, controlled, low distortion, and seemed tailored for my purposes. They unfortunately broke within a year from a systemic design flaw, and when I got a replacement under warranty I sold them on fleabay. For the most part now I just use isolation headphones of various types, depending on what I need them for. Since I have two that need replacement cords currently, I decided to get some backups that would be cheap. The lower-end Numark headphones have been fairly well regarded by users who thought they were surprisingly neutral and didn't distort under extreme volumes.
I'm happy to report that essentially the same is true for the PHX. Aside from some roll off in the extreme highs and a slight reduction in bass over neutral, they are otherwise seemingly flat. Phase coherency is not amazing and driver matching is lacking, and thus the stereo separation and imaging is poor. You might even get a unit that is not L/R balanced properly. I know, I know. You'd never experience that with the other brands, but this is Hong Kong cowboy capitalism.
While it is certainly not refined sound, there is no tizz, sizzle, boom, or mud at sufficient levels to offend that doesn't go away after the first few days. More importantly, Numark clearly listened to this headphone on their mixers, because it matches the PPD01 and PPD9000 tonally in a startling manner. This headphone was not arbitrarily chosen from some OEM, slapped with a logo, and sent off to dealers. It doesn't match with my Xone, but I have other cans for that.
One last point. The PHX also matches with Oakenfold's vinyl selections whenever he is on Sirius digital radio. I don't know why that is, the equipment he's using, or any other way to explain it. Records, not CDs. The man has a fine vinyl collection, but seems to prefer digital 90% of the time. But these cheap Numark headphones seem to sound better the harder you crank them in this circumstance. They create a huge, cohesive tapestry that, while not anywhere remotely close to the absolute fidelity of the ER4S with a quality headphone amp, is not too shabby, either...and fun as hell.
Edit 9/7/2009: For non-DJing purposes, I highly recommend screwing on the velour earpads. Brightens up the highs a touch, decreases the bass (which isn't necessarily a good thing, but not too detrimental with this tonal balance), gets rid of the upper midrange phazyness, and allows those rich golden midrange timbres I mentioned at loud volumes to come through at lower and moderate volumes. With the velours, one could even call them midrange-forward. My Denon HDCD player now likes this velour Numark. Such a lush midrange and seductive highs I lose the desire to switch to the next song. I just listen strait through. Now THAT is a compliment. My only reservation left is the mediocre channel balancing done by the OEM. But at these prices, you can buy a couple pairs and send the worst offenders back. It won't fix the phasing mismatch at varying bands, but at least the overall average volume will balance out. |
| Numark PHX - Awesome headphones | 2008-11-20 | 5 / 5 |
| As good as the high end Sony, Pioneer, or Technics dj headphones.
I have a Rane TTM56 mixer and I can crank the headphone volume to ear bleeding levels with no distortion. I don't recommend doing that though.
I just wanted to test them out.
Great highs, mids, & bass for me.
Everyones ears are different though. |
| Any Headphones are better than these | 2008-11-14 | 1 / 5 |
| These are simply the worst sounding things that I've ever put over my ears. You've heard of muddy bass... How about muddy everything. I was going to serious think about donating these to the school for the deaf so that people could experience what hearing loss sounds like.
Buy a pair of cheap headphones for MP3's, portable CD players, or iPods and get an adapter if you want to use it on home equipment and it would sound light years better than these headphones!
EDIT: Of course if you are looking at these you are probably looking for some DJ Headphones. Let me recommend the Marathon 1100's. See my review on . |
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