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Sony MDR-V500DJ Monitor Series Headphones with Swivel Earcups
Sony MDR-V500DJ Monitor Series Headphones with Swivel Earcups
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List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $55.64
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars(based on 16 reviews)
Category: CE

Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
Brand: Sony
Label: Sony
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Number Of Items: 1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.5 x 4.5

MPN: MDRV500DJ
Model: MDRV500DJ
UPC: 027242545434
EAN: 0027242545434
ASIN: B00001W0DG

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Supra-aural design for excellent listening comfort
  • Folding design for compact mobility; extremely lightweight (7.9 oz.)
  • 40 mm diameter drive units for delivery of broad frequency range
  • Tangle-free, single-sided, oxygen-free copper cord is 10 feet long (3 meters)
  • Swivel earcups are also reversible; comfortable single-sided monitoring

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
High quality headphones for professional use or for the demanding home user Ferrite magnets for high energy and compact size; help produce ample sound output Oxygen-free copper cord for maximum conductivity & minimum noise Folding design makes for easy storage & easy portability Supra-aural design rests lightly on the ear Wide, molded headband distributes the headphone's weight over a wide area Gold-plated plugs resist corrosion for high conductivity and low noise Stereo UniMatch plug for phone jacks and minijacks

Amazon.com Product Description
The MDR-V500DJ closed supra-aural headphones provide top-end comfort and sound quality. The headphones are part of Sony's Studio Monitor Series and are built with high-end materials using advanced sound engineering. They are designed to meet the demands of professional and high fidelity users. Sony's closed type headphones allow only a limited amount of ambient noise into the ear canal, giving your attention fully to the music. The padded earcups fit comfortably, hour after hour. For those who like to use the headphones for single-sided monitoring, these MDR-V500s come with swivel earcups. The earcups are also reversible, and have been designed to be comfortable for on-shoulder use. The supra-aural design is engineered for excellent listening comfort. With this design, the earcups rest lightly on the ear, while the driver units are positioned along the ear canal for ideal sound transport. The wide, molded headband distributes the headphone's weight evenly. The headphones are foldable for easy storage and portability; when folded, the headphones will easily fit in a backpack or purse. The three meter cord (ten feet) is made of oxygen-free copper wiring for maximum conductivity and minimal noise.

Sony has installed several key features to these headphones to enhance their sound quality. The forty millimeter drive units delivers a deep bass sound and a wide dynamic range (the frequency range extends down to 10 Hz.) Both the stereo mini-plug and the UniMatch phone plug are gold-plated to make sure sound is transported fully and accurately. The gold-plated treatment also helps resist corrosion and supports the headphones' high conductivity and low noise. The neodymium magnets allow for superb power at a minimum size; these magnets provide more magnetic energy than other inferior magnets. Finally, the PET diaphragm works to deliver low distortion.

Excellent fit, excellent compatibility, excellent portability and excellent sound: these headphones fit the bill for a sound professional.

What's in the Box
Sony MDR-V500DJ headphones and UniMatch plug adaptor



Customer Reviews:   Read 11 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Break very easily. Only a 90-day warranty. $42.00 repair cost.   April 12, 2008
I received these headphones about a year and a half ago. I thought they were great until they broke today. I was simply putting them on when the cheap plastic just below the headband snapped in half. They were very well cared for and other than this problem they are still in perfect condition. $80 headphones should not break this easily!

The 90-day limited warranty obviously will not do me any good. Sony wants to charge me $42.00 (not including taxes or the cost to ship them there) just to repair them or replace them with refurbished ones. I'm very, very disappointed and I would not recommend any Sony headphones to anyone.

Stick with Koss headphones. They're in the same price range (many comparable models are actually less expensive) and Koss actually upholds the LIFETIME "no questions asked" warranty on their products. I'll never buy any Sony headphones again, and I will examine all other Sony products for cheap, easily breakable parts and short, limited warranties before I purchase them.



5 out of 5 stars The Sony MDR-V500DJ are great!   April 6, 2008
Before I bought the Sony MDR-V500DJ I had heard that they hurt your ears a lot, that usually made me not want to buy them. It is true that at first the headphones hurt my ears, but it's only in the beginning. Afterwards, your ears get used to the headphones and my ears didn't hurt.
So I would greatly recommend the headphones because they have some good quality sound, specially if your into loud techno like myself. The bass and the rotating earcups are great, they are nice to wear around your neck.

Overall the earphones are great.



2 out of 5 stars Too fragile   February 13, 2008
My pair broke just after one year... I will never buy sony products again... they are just not good quality.


5 out of 5 stars easy listening   January 11, 2007
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Nice product, confortable, excelent for personal use, at home or at studio fits quite well, people complains about not sounding hard enough at while playing at open and noisy spaces, but if you're using it for your self its very enjoyable.


4 out of 5 stars goods headphone, easy to handle   January 11, 2007
Like the swivel technigue, fits pretty well, use it more for gaming than for playing music, which means that after some hours your ears start to hurt a little bit, but I guess that's with pretty much every headphone the case. It has a good full body volume sound and the price is very resaonable.

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