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By Stephen Tong
Jun 15, 2007

The Aurvana DJ marks the first pair of Creative headphones with the "Aurvana" branding, which appears to be the mark of its top-notch listening devices judging from the earlier released Aurvana in-ear eaphones. As one of the select few in its range of professional/studio usage models, we were itching to see how this baby performs.

Design
The Aurvana DJ boasts an undoubtedly premium finishing with brushed metal cups and leather earpads for ample cushioning. At 385g, they are a tad on the weighty side. We were a little surprised by why the muffs were circular as opposed to a more ergonomic circumaural design for better ear comfort.

Nevertheless, the Aurvana DJ fitted decently with the aid of well-designed ear cups that can be rotated on the vertical plane, but which can also be rotated horizontally for that better angle you may need. For DJs, they will definitely welcome the 180-degree vertical rotation the earpieces provide.

A soft but solid headband holds everything in place and, yes, the length is adjustable to fit one’s head better. The headphones connect to a player via a single-cord design suspended by a coil that allows up to a 3m leeway. Oh, a 0.25-inch stereo adapter comes included, too.

Performance
We decided to compare these headphones with a similar model targeting studio usage--the Sennheiser HD 270 (S$189). Upon initial testing, the lower impedance of the Creative (32 ohms) was very obvious as we had to increase the volume by four or five notches on our test player, the Sony NW-E005F, in order to balance the soundstage for the HD 270.

The Aurvana DJ’s treble clarity was apparent during the guitar solo played in the first 20 seconds of The Eagles’ Hotel California (Live) which the HD 270 sound muted, though the Sennheiser hit back with a relatively deeper bass on Ayumi Hamasaki’s Naturally (Wippenburg Remix). Stereo separation was apparent on both but appeared more pronounced on the HD 270s.

While Creative needs improvement with the sonic range, we must say that it does provide a much tighter fit for users and, along with it, better sound isolation.

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