I've been using Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pros at work for a few years now. I've been mostly happy with them, but I've always been conscious that there are better sounding headphones out there (especially after getting some Denon D7000s for home listening
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The thing is, the DT-770s are great for work because I can have them at what (to me) sounds like near-concert hall levels, yet when I take them off, I can't hear so much as the hiss of a hi-hat coming from them. So, I know that I'm not bothering my co-workers.
Thus, I'm looking for some phones with better sound quality than the DT-770s, but the same lack of sound leakage.
I want headphones I can easily return if I don't like them, so nothing that's out of production, can only be special ordered, or requires modding to sound its best.
I'd be willing to spend $1,500 or so if something like Ultrasone Edition 8s are the answer, but I'd obviously prefer to spend less.
).The thing is, the DT-770s are great for work because I can have them at what (to me) sounds like near-concert hall levels, yet when I take them off, I can't hear so much as the hiss of a hi-hat coming from them. So, I know that I'm not bothering my co-workers.
Thus, I'm looking for some phones with better sound quality than the DT-770s, but the same lack of sound leakage.
I want headphones I can easily return if I don't like them, so nothing that's out of production, can only be special ordered, or requires modding to sound its best.
I'd be willing to spend $1,500 or so if something like Ultrasone Edition 8s are the answer, but I'd obviously prefer to spend less.















they look big but I find them extremely comfortable, I wear them daily for hours...




. Higher resolution, better attack and shorter decays except for the about 3x wider soundstage and much better instrument separation as a result. I get the feel the Ed 8 is more of a fun headphone made for portable use soft and polite with good looks and superb isolation designed to perform good on lesser sources rather then scale. They do perform based on that but on a serious home system they are still VERY musical with a really nice tone that is easy to fall in love with.
. Soundstage size equal to the Pro 900. You will hear the sound bounching around in the wooden earcup on them so it depends if you like that or not. I thought it was really cool in the beginning but then I started to just hear sound in wooden tin cans. But I suppose I am quite anal about soundstaging.