Southall-1998
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Has anyone here compared these together? Sound-wise, are they identical?
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Has anyone here compared these together? Sound-wise, are they identical?
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I own both, in general I would take the DT990, over the DT770.Has anyone here compared these together? Sound-wise, are they identical?
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Emphasis on various. Beyer needs to figure out another naming scheme, it’s a mess with all the 770, 880 and 990 models.various
How?There are even audible differences between various DT990's and DT770's
the 880 Black Special Edition
Yep, the naming is a mess.
Indeed the Edition versions are more pleasant to wear, the pro versions with their higher clamping force and spiral cables are more usefull for professionals (monitoring) that also (have to) move around and don't want to trip over 3m long wires or have the cable run into castors.
The treble peak is easily cured.
I would suggest passing on the DT770/DT880/DT990 headphones, there are better headphones for the same price, also 600-Ohm headphones are just not practical.Thanks to your excellent review site I am going to try Beyerdynamic next. Some have said that the 600 ohm versions are higher resolution, maybe lighter voice coil or is the difference between the 250ohm and 600ohm versions simply frequency response? Also, can the head clamping force be reduced on the PRO models by simply bending them?
The DT770 I owned sounded great in the beginning. Impressive bass not bleeding into the mids, piercing treble. The last part has easy fixes.
Until after a a while I began noticing it had a 'one note bass'. This started to bother me and sold it. Later I heard/measured another one and found the same. As long as one doesn't hear it or isn't bothered it is one of the cheaper sturdy closed headphones around.
The DT990 does not have this issue for me and with some EQ is even better.
I have owned 600-ohm headphones in the past, I agree they are not as compatible due to the power requirements. Claims of higher resolution for the 600 ohm versions has me interested. Often I have seen output from headphone amplifiers showing better noise and distortion figures with 300 ohm headphones compared to lower impedance and I wonder if the claimed improvements with 600 ohm versions is simply improved amplifier performance.I would suggest passing on the DT770/DT880/DT990 headphones, there are better headphones for the same price, also 600-Ohm headphones are just not practical.
Some have said that the 600 ohm versions are higher resolution,
Would you also say its had a "one tone bass"? I had the same experience with the Senn HD280 Pro new version. The bass sounded the same for most genres of music on whatever amp I have but that has changed once it was fed from the L30.
The DT770 I owned and the one I measured had 'one note bass' to me. Most don't hear it this way. When someone plays a ladder of bass notes I hear the same note but instead of different notes I hear notes varying in loudness with about the same frequency. No idea why.
Ah the mighty Mt Treble aka bringer of pain.I would say this is a myth. FR differs somewhat. DT880 BE (250 Ohm) with grey pads vs DT880-600
Same rig, same enclosure, same pads so easy to compare.