Originally Posted by borrego /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Not sure if many of you has tried the T70. But the T70 is really a "on ear" headphones with surround pads. Unless you are a 5 years old, the T70 driver baffles protrude so much from the cups that they always touch ears when being worn. One must have flat ear flaps to get a good sealing (and thus good bass response) with the T70.
Slightly off-topic, but perhaps useful for DT1770 potential buyers:
I have a different POV, coming from T70P with the gel pads. I have T70P with Beyer Gel Pads and I have bent the headband. I'm very sensitive about my ears touching the grill cloth. I wear spectacles (glasses) 100% of the time.
T70P with Gel pads are the gold standard for isolating circumaural closed headphones for me and I've tried most of them, incl. all Sennheiser and AKG models. Most of the recent closed circumaural phones (like Philips A5Pro, Sennheiser Momentums, AKG 5xx series, NAD HP50, etc) are not as deep or big in their earpads. Either the pads themselseves rest partially on my mid-sized ears or the pads are too shallow and my ears touch the cloth inside the pads, in front of the grills.
I'm not a great lover of the T70 sound. It is too bright, voiced much like many of the German loudspeakers. Too forward for my taste/ears. However, for long duration wearing, isolation and truly circumaural experience, they are the best I've been able to find (with the gel pads, of course).
I'm still waiting for Sennheiser, AKG or somebody make a true competitor to this. There are plenty of people with bigger and more protruding ears than I have and wearing headphones for long durations can be painful if the cups are not big/deep enough.
I was also interested in DT1770, but it doesn't look like a step up from T70(p), other than having a greater clamping force and serviceable parts (drivers, cable, etc).
Ah well, will wait for the next Beyerdynamic closed circumaural model then :-D
