My search criteria for a set of headphones were: under 100, mobile and can be used at home, attractive design closed.
This brings the HDJ-500 everything. On the way I use the shorter smooth 1m cable, at home, the 3m cable is always on the sound card (currently a Phase 26 FW) on the desktop. So I can easily let the cables lie and change quickly.
Uncomfortable the earphone is not in normal use, after 4+ hours usage I notice an increased pressure on the ears.
A sound expert I am not yet value quality starting material. On my system it sounds very good, has a subtle bass and very clear highs and mids. Find him very well matched and my CDs I'm sure again by listening to all in the near future :)
Also on the PC and MP3 player / cell phone he convinced me. Battlefield 3, Crysis 2 and his associates a lot of fun with the HDJ-500 :)
My recommendation he gets. The price / performance ratio is very neat, it looks very good and the interchangeable cables speak for themselves. Clear I zweckentfremde this "DJ" headphones, but that is surely every man for himself to decide how he will use it.
Buy worth it!