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Akai Professional Project 50x Headphone Review<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

Before jumping into this Akai Professional Project 50X headphone review, we feel there’s something that needs to be explained. If you are going to work\u00a0as a professional DJ, you will need to have headphones<\/a>. Before you spend your entire savings on a pair of the nicest headphones, bare a word of caution. <\/span><\/p>\n

Headphones are one of the least important parts of your setup as a DJ<\/strong>. There are many DJs using only the\u00a0top DJ headphones<\/a> with the highest price tag, when in reality they only use them for cueing up the next song, or listening to a track that they don\u2019t want played live. <\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, in writing this\u00a0review, we will give you all of the important information you should keep in mind while selecting a pair of headphones to use for your live sets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top DJ Headphones? The Akai Professional Project 50x<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Akai\u2019s latest development is quickly becoming popular among DJs and music lovers alike. Boasting noise-cancelling technology, the classic \u201cDJ headphone\u201d look, portability, and a wide range of frequency response (10Hz-30kHz) these headphones are clearly for more than just DJs.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Few Words on the Design<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

As a DJ, the classic earcup look for headphones remains a popular design. It isn\u2019t difficult to imagine why, with this design it is easy to keep one ear on your next song, and the other on your crowd. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, this same strategy can be practiced if you used any brand of cheap earbuds. More than likely, even with the cheapest pair of headphones possible you will still be able to cue up your next song to perfection.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, this is what is most important. Not the price tag or look of the headphones. However, the folding design of these headphones are sure to be a great selling point for DJs looking for portability.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do I need noise-cancelling headphones as a DJ?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

There are many DJs who will swear by noise-cancelling headphones, and there are DJs who will say they\u2019re unnecessary. Our word of advice is this: if you have the extra money, noise cancelling headphones can be a great way to cue up the next song on your set, but they really are not a necessity<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Any pair of headphones that you can plug into your system, in all reality, will suffice.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have the extra money, and the desire, you might as well invest in a nice pair of noise-cancelling headphones like the Akai Professional Project 50X headphone<\/span><\/span>s<\/span>. But if you would rather spend your money on another part of your setup, your performance will not <\/i>take a toll.<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what type of headphones you use, with a little bit of skill on a mixer you will be able to hear a cued song regardless of the size of the crowd or volume of the music you are playing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Killer Quality from Akai\u2019s Latest<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Akai Professional Project 50X headphone<\/span><\/span>s <\/span>are capable of producing sound quality that is better<\/i> than mp3 or CD quality. Thus, to harness the full capability of these headphones you would need to listen to WAV files, or any sort of uncompressed music file.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why they are also being promoted to audio engineers as \u201cstudio monitor\u201d headphones. This implies that these headphones produce sound quality comparable to a professional studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is more than likely misleading, as no brand of headphones can fully replace the tens of thousands of dollars of equipment present at any professional recording studio. This probably illustrates the brand\u2019s desire to reach a wide-array of users, rather than focusing on single particular market.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basic Rundown of the Akai Professional Project 50X<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Key Features:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n