![]() OK, so it’s not the kind of locking case found in the very top models, but it’s a lot better than a bubble-pack. ![]() A nice big box, with a presentation case and a spot of plush doesn’t go amiss. I’m also a bit of a sucker for good packaging and this is above average. In other words, ideal for refined use in the home. I’m an occasional sucker for a piece of well-turned luxury and this has that very obviously luxuriant look and feel, but without too much overstatement. In fairness, they do look good on the head (so long as your head is large enough) and great on the stand. Although the closed back design might lend them to portable listening on the move, the size of the headphone and its more sumptuous looks push it gently toward home use. ![]() However, the Pioneer comfort zone was enhanced by Winter-time listening I suspect during Summer the density of the foam in the pads might prove a little sweaty, especially in a closed can design. OK, so they aren’t so comfortable that you could sleep in them, but they are comfortable enough that you can easily doze off with them on. I wore these headphones for an entire evening’s Radio Three listening and never felt the need to even reposition them. Oddly, there isn’t a lot of padding around the headband, but this works in the Pioneer’s favour, as it lightens the load considerably. But this, coupled with very soft, very padded, yet very breathable ear pads and a very lightweight, but well-built frame and headband, means they really can be worn all evening with no real stress on the listener. This is actually the secret to their comfort, as they are very much ‘over ear’ designs: if you are small of head, ‘over ear’ means ‘covering everything from temple to jawline’. They were also designed from the outset to be comfortable enough to be worn at home for extremely long periods, despite their 480g weight. The SE-Monitor 5 actually pulls a lot of the technology developed by Pioneer in the SE-Master 1, and production engineers it so that it’s more regularly available and attainable. Fortunately, Pioneer made a £1,000 closed back SE-Monitor 5 version for the rest of us, and very good it is too. There’s a waiting list, and we’re not exactly at the front of the line. Open-backed, hand-crafted, built to order, made of unobtanium-wrapped fantasticium, with ear-cups made of unicorn eyelids… that sort of thing. The HDJ-X10 headphones come with a detachable 3.9' coiled cable, and a 5.Pioneer launched an ultimate flagship headphone called the SE-Master 1 a couple of years ago.A flat carrying case protects your headphones from any damage on the road and provides room for USB devices and SD cards.To help you find the perfect fit, they also feature a flexible, durable headband, and a flexible swivel The housing design reduces pressure on your head, while its outside texture enhances grip. Comfortable to use no matter how you wear them.The polyurethane leather ear pads and headband cushion on the HDJ-X10 headphones are resistant to deterioration, so you can easily wipe off sweat and dirt.Durable metal is used in the moving parts, enabling a strong construction that cleared even the US Military Standard Shock test (MIL-STD-810G) Capable of handling severe conditions and heavy use.Bass Reflex Chamber: The bass reflex chamber in the upper housing ensures excellent bass response and sound insulation.4-Core Twisted-Structure Cable: The independent ground wire in the 4-core twisted-structure cable gives remarkable left, and right channel separation, improving sound quality.Creating rich bass notes and clean mid-to-high frequencies, these flagship headphones enable accurate point source monitoring even at loud volumes, and allow you to make a deeper connection with the music.The direct-drive structure, with a newly developed diaphragm shape and voice coil, delivers high-quality sound without loss of quality due to mechanic loss The HDJ-X10 headphones are equipped with 50mm high-definition drivers, making them capable of reproducing high-resolution sound from 5 Hz to 40 kHz.
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