L5730
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So Amazon UK aren't exactly expensive for the Beyerdynamic DT770, 880 or 990 range. The worst they get to is £125, and mostly it's just a little over a square £100.
With all of the reading I did before, I still can't get the Beyers out of my mind.
I'm thinking the DT770 closed back 250 ohm would be preferable, having a finer/more resolving presentation rather than the 80 ohm. They'll only get better with a headphone amplifier, rather than onboard audio from the 1220 Realtek.
I understand the Beyers to have a bright sound, whilst it makes the soundstage wide, especially for a closed-back, I am not a huge fan of too much top end and upper mid. Saying that, I don't like the murky blanket-over-speakers sound either.
I very much think I have the Takstar Pro 82 v1 (white box, blue ring on driver, long 2m+ cable with metal plug w/spring end) and I think these sound fine, decent, adequate.
I have had to EQ, and I think I'm settling on this setup using APO EQ which seems to sound about 'right'. Bass ports are kept closed. I should also add that there sounds like more bass coming from my motherboard than from a Kindle Fire 2019 I have, so there is some effect of the amp/output impedance there.
FYI, I have dropped the overall gain -6 dB, so it's not actually clipping!
I guess I should just go and find a store that might have the Beyers in stock and give 'em a try/compare - like I keep telling myself. An annoyance is that I have no issue with a little EQ to adjust to my liking. If I didn't tame the 9.5 kHz on these Pro82s, it would get annoying. I don't think I read the Beyers as being 'peaky', but some broader taming of the 'Beyer mountain' might be useful. I wont get away with taking my desktop PC into a shop! Hahaha.
With all of the reading I did before, I still can't get the Beyers out of my mind.
I'm thinking the DT770 closed back 250 ohm would be preferable, having a finer/more resolving presentation rather than the 80 ohm. They'll only get better with a headphone amplifier, rather than onboard audio from the 1220 Realtek.
I understand the Beyers to have a bright sound, whilst it makes the soundstage wide, especially for a closed-back, I am not a huge fan of too much top end and upper mid. Saying that, I don't like the murky blanket-over-speakers sound either.
I very much think I have the Takstar Pro 82 v1 (white box, blue ring on driver, long 2m+ cable with metal plug w/spring end) and I think these sound fine, decent, adequate.
I have had to EQ, and I think I'm settling on this setup using APO EQ which seems to sound about 'right'. Bass ports are kept closed. I should also add that there sounds like more bass coming from my motherboard than from a Kindle Fire 2019 I have, so there is some effect of the amp/output impedance there.
FYI, I have dropped the overall gain -6 dB, so it's not actually clipping!
I guess I should just go and find a store that might have the Beyers in stock and give 'em a try/compare - like I keep telling myself. An annoyance is that I have no issue with a little EQ to adjust to my liking. If I didn't tame the 9.5 kHz on these Pro82s, it would get annoying. I don't think I read the Beyers as being 'peaky', but some broader taming of the 'Beyer mountain' might be useful. I wont get away with taking my desktop PC into a shop! Hahaha.