By budget
DJ headphones up to €200: 12 devices
This overview shows the 12 DJ headphones in our register whose price bracket sits entirely below €200. We keep brackets, not daily prices — what a device costs today is at the retailer, and a range is more honest than a number that is wrong tomorrow.
Pioneer DJ
HDJ-CUE1
up to €100
Closed-back DJ headphones for cueing — the affordable way in.
Ideal for: Anyone who needs real DJ headphones for the first time and wants to spend little.
Sony
MDR-7506
up to €100
Light, foldable, closed back — with a fixed coiled cable and replaceable pads.
- Impedance
- 63 Ω
- Sensitivity
- 106 dB/W/m
- Weight
- 8.1 oz
Numark
HF175
up to €100
A closed entry-class DJ headphone — the cups swivel for one-ear cueing.
Ideal for: Anyone who needs something that isolates for practice and would rather spend the money on the gear.
No longer sold newReloop
RHP-5
up to €100
A light entry-class DJ headphone — folds down small, no longer available new.
Ideal for: Anyone spending little who still wants a DJ-shaped headphone.
RecommendedSennheiser
HD 25
€100 to €200
Light, loud, closed back — and every part available as a spare.
Ideal for: Anyone who wants headphones whose every part can be bought as a spare.
RecommendedAudio-Technica
ATH-M50x
€100 to €200
Closed-back studio headphones, popular with DJs for their sound.
Ideal for: Anyone who also produces or prepares music and wants a balanced sound for it.
Pioneer DJ
HDJ-X5
€100 to €200
The entry point to the HDJ-X range: closed back, swivelling cups, detachable cable.
Ideal for: Anyone who wants real DJ headphones without spending HD 25 or HDJ-X7 money.
Pioneer DJ
HDJ-X7
€100 to €200
The workhorse of the HDJ-X range: swivelling cups, foldable, pads and cable available as spares.
- Impedance
- 36 Ω
- Frequency response
- 5 Hz – 30,000 Hz
- Sensitivity
- 102 dB
beyerdynamic
DT 770 PRO
€100 to €200
Closed-back studio headphones with velour pads, a fixed cable and several impedance variants.
- Impedance
- 80 Ω / 250 Ω
- Frequency response
- 5–35,000 Hz
- Sensitivity
- 96 dB (nominal SPL)
Pioneer DJ
HDJ-CUE1BT
€100 to €200
The HDJ-CUE1 with Bluetooth — wired for DJing, wireless for listening.
- Impedance
- 32 Ω
- Frequency response
- 5 Hz – 30,000 Hz
- Sensitivity
- 104 dB
Audio-Technica
ATH-M40x
€100 to €200
The smaller sibling of the M50x — same construction, flatter tuning.
Ideal for: Anyone who wants a headphone for practice and production and does not need the M50x.
AIAIAI
TMA-2 DJ
€100 to €200
Modular on-ear headphones for loud rooms — every part can be swapped, right down to the driver.
Ideal for: Anyone who plays loud and would rather repair headphones than replace them.
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Is €200 enough for a complete setup?
One device is not a setup. A controller needs headphones, turntables need a mixer and a cartridge each, and speakers are usually priced per unit. The setup finder works out what actually fits on the table for your total budget.
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The thresholds here are the upper bounds of our price brackets, not round numbers we picked. That is why there is “up to €200” and no page for odd amounts: we would be claiming a precision our data does not have. Above €600 the top bracket is open-ended and appears in no budget overview.
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