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So for Christmas I got a pair of Sony MDR-V700 and MDR-V600 from two
different family members after they heard that I was on the lookout for
a good pair of studio headphones. I'm looking for something to
reference my monitors against, something with, among other things, a
nice flat frequency response. But I think the only good use for these
is with my iPod. I didn't mean to plug that as a gift idea; I made
sure to pretext everyone that this kind of equipment is very
specialized and couldn't be bought at Best Buy (or even GC for that
matter). Anyway, now I have these two headphones and I'm wondering
what the general group opinion is: I see that the V700 is marketed as
the 'professional DJ headphone,' so I'm assuming the bass hype is out
of this world. What about the 600's? Is there any hope?

I'd return the 700s - they're pretty much useless. The 600s are
somewhat hyped in the bass as well, but they can be quite usable for
some purposes. I use mine in our on-air studio to monitor my voice for
broadcast. But I wouldn't use them for critical listening. I prefer my
old V6's for that (which are the same as the current 7506).