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If you’ve ever seen a DJ on stage, you’ve doubtless seen them do that thing where the listen to only one side of their headphones to cue up a song. Numark just cut its Red Wave headphones in half to make this fun headphone stick specifically designed for this purpose.
The $70 (approx £45) Numark Redphone has a single 50mm driver you can use to cue up jams on stage. It also has an ergonomic curved design so you can hold it to your shoulder like a telephone. Get it? Redphone. Like Batman. DJ to the rescue. [Numark via MusicRadar]
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Clearly a novelty item. I’ve done a bit of DJing in my time and I can tell you that the beauty of standard headphones is that they can dangle round your neck rather than putting them down somewhere (and inevitably fall on the floor) when you’re trying to find that one random LP in your record collection.
On the contrary: monophones have been around for ages – either from retailers or from home modifications. Check out this thread from 2009: http://deephousepage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182377
Actually a quick search for ‘lollipop headphones’ reveals these things were being manufactured as far back as 2004! They’re certainly popular in one niche but like you say, they have their disadvantages and impracticalities compared with normal headphones whilst mixing.
Have to agree with nenslo on this one. Having to put down your headphone(s) every time you stop listening to them would be a nightmare. After DJing for several years, to me, these things make no sense.
Technics had the right idea with the foldable arms on the RP-DJ1210′s (or RP-DJ1200E’s I think they’re latest version is called). Although for sound, when mixing on a loud/club system, I still prefer the trusty Sennheiser HD 25 mkII’s.
This thing, for £45, will obviously attract people buying their first setup. They’ll soon realise that, for bedroom DJs, even a really cheap set of headband headphones are much better.
…but then again, I’m still a vinyl junkie! It might be a different story if all I had to do was press Sync and Cue
Just because one doesn’t use vinyl doesn’t mean they press Sync and Cue! I use Serato with CDJ’s, and it’s almost identical to the process you go through to mix (with the obvious less tweaking of the nipple..). Serato doesn’t have a sync button, so all the DJ’s you see using laptops – doesn’t necessarily mean they are sync and cue DJ’s….
But I digress, this headphone is ridiculous. The Sennheiser HD 25 mkII’s is much better, two earphones for when I really need to listen, which often you do – and it fits comfortably on your head with the headband around the back, this is a novelty item for bedroom DJ’s…
Well of course, I’ve been looking to get Serato for some time now for that reason exactly. The only thing putting me off is digitizing my 8000+ vinyl collection lol!
Very true! Also if youre doing a long mix with the track coming in at a low volume hanging the headphones around your neck and listening to the track through the headphones is handy for keeping your mix tight
this style of headphone came out in the 90s !
Dont think it will be a hit.. When the sound systems so loud you sometimes need both headphones over both ears so you can find your cue position in the first place!
Snaps his headgear in half and hand it over to Mr. dJ, “Here you go! No like? shove it up where sun don’t shine!”
Dont get them. Cant see these doing well at all.
No thanks. The beauty of using headphones is that they are completely hands free, you dont have to take it off your ear. Depending on the genre you play, and your mixing style, i guess this would be okay, but for me, this is just another thing to get in the way.