Denon DN-HP700 Head phones Review

0:00 Loads of people are asking me to do some demos on headphones

Alright folks, loads of people are asking me to do some demos on headphones. Now the trouble is with doing demos on headphones it's a little bit more difficult because if I do a demo on say a CD player you can see it being used, you can watch what it does. Same with a mixer or lights. The difference is with headphones is like here it is, can't really do much. So all I'm going to do is try and explain as best as I can on these guys first off. These are from a company called Denon. The model is DN-HP700. Now inside here we've got a driver, that's what it's sometimes known as, but it's basically a speaker, exactly the same sort of thing you would have in your hi-fi. The only difference is it's a lot smaller and it won't push out so much power. Now we'll talk about power now. These guys here...

1:17 Power, pushing, speaker metres

We'll do 1,700 milliwatts. Now you're probably thinking, wow, 1,700 milliwatts, but 1,700 milliwatts is the equivalent to 1.7 watt. Now if we look at your speakers, let's say in your bedroom or what you take on the road can say handle 500 or 600 watts, then 1.7 isn't a drastic amount. But then again... You're not going to have your ear right next to a huge speaker that's pushing out 500 watts, because if you did that, you'd probably end up being rather deaf or have tinnitus or have lots of ringing noises, sorry, which is tinnitus anyway. So I do not recommend you do that. But the reason these are low power, because there's no need to have them high power. Like I said in a previous video, you know, if you've got a speaker over there about 10 metres away...

Pushing out a great amount of power, you can hear it at a certain volume when you're standing here. But the closer the speaker comes to you, the louder it will seem. So in essence, when this is pushing out say 1 watt of power and it's right next to your ear, it's possibly the equivalent of a speaker being say 100 metres away, pushing out 500 watts of power so you don't need loads of power. So, 1700 milliwatts. Talk a little bit about frequency response. Now, a frequency scale is from bass all the way through to mid, top and high frequency. These guys will do from 10 to 30,000 kilohertz, which is quite a lot. So in other words, you will get a defined bass sound and also you'll be able to get the true proper crystal clear treble sounds as well. Now, the last thing I can do is show them to you. So that's one side.

2:36 They do seem really comfortable

That's the other side, which are identical because they're stereo. And there's the top. Alright, the one thing... Did you get... No. Right, the one... And then, you know, really, that's about all you've got to do. Sorry. Ah, yeah. They do seem really comfortable. I've done it twice now. They are relatively comfortable. And construction-wise, they, you know, I'll be honest with you, they don't feel tacky. One thing here which is fantastic, if you look there, can you see that silver bit? That's metal. There is plastic here as well, but I've had so many sets of headphones and they break there. You pull them and they'll snap. These, I doubt if they'll snap. They may bend, but then because it's metal, you've just got to bend them back. Good feel, comfortable, fold away like so.

We've got this guy here right at the end, okay? That's a mini jack and there is your basic jack that you'll put, you know, that's the sort of thing you'd put in your iPod. That's the sort of thing you'd put in a mixer and again, that fits on there and it's only a small feature but it does work. You have to screw that in so there's no way that's going to come out. All right, there you go. Quick look at these guys here from a company called Denon DN-HP700s. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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