Thanks, that at is what I've reading, mostly curiosity as I've not heard Beyers for decades almost, good candidates for pad rolling and if can find one cheap might go the Amiron Home as I've some possible compatible pads and a balanced cable. Hobby stuff.
Was lucky, oddly as there were 3 or 4 up for sale in TO, got my asking.
Yeah I personally prefer the Amiron of the two as even though it’s colored I thought it was a slightly better headphone overall. I also found them more easily to manipulate to what sound you want with pad rolling, mods, eq, etc. In the states for the price of $360 new, I think they’re about the best you can buy from a fidelity standpoint. The DT 1990 is a lot more expensive at $530. Both were $600 on release. Professional and Audiophile Beyers are tuned differently from each other, while there are similarities also expect notable differences. Due to this, I can easily see people preferring one over the other though. Not sure about their prices elsewhere.Thanks, that at is what I've reading, mostly curiosity as I've not heard Beyers for decades almost, good candidates for pad rolling and if can find one cheap might go the Amiron Home as I've some possible compatible pads and a balanced cable. Hobby stuff.
Saw that, not shipping to Canada though..eh!
Voiced many of my concerns, but at the end of the day for my preferences I was just not drawn to them so I did not see them getting much head time.
Maybe this could help a little:
Cannot comment on the DT1990 but the Amiron Home that I did pick up have a similar stage width to the HDH30 but do not as you say have pinpoint precision... but with their extended treble the Beyerdynamic have more going on and tend to magnify the performers with more overlap while still keeping them at arms length so not great for mixing but still with good depth and layering . For me the Neumann where excellent at lining things up in a horizontal row which was great for movies which are presented in different channels. The Amiron Home I believe were obviously designed more for entertainment and that aural illusion, unlike the Sen HD660S2 for example the the Beyerdynamic are capable of keeping the aural illusion outside of the head and extending outward and so are less intimate or in the head, the Neumann were similar to the Amiron in that way but shallower.
..that I'm still working on but as I voiced previously that was one area that the NDH30 let me down.
One day you may be able to compare all your Beyerdynamics with your 2nd Neumann NDH 30 - a black one!
Interesting they would use a driver from a closed back, Neuman used the driver from the open backed HD560S for the NDH30, the NDH20 borrowed a modified driver (don't quote me) from the closed back HD630VB which was purposely designed for a closed enclosure.
The Amiron Home is a pretty smooth performer so no peakiness at all and I'd assume a lot less analytical than the DT1990, from what I've gathered Beyerdynamic focused on opening up the sound stage while keeping an easy listening headphone, not an easy task with controlled or smooth high frequencies. Wouldn't call it a detail oriented phone, but not really Beyerdynamic's objective as I noted, so differs from the NDH30 in that regard.
The part numbers of the DT 1770 and Amiron Home drivers are the same so seems like it. The DT 1990 has a different part number for its driver. The DT 1990 has a "dryness" to their sound the Amiron Home and DT 1770 don't, it stayed there even when I swapped drivers between the Amiron Home and DT 1990 Pro so not a housing thing. The T1.3 and T5.3 drivers use the same part number as well. I think Beyer have been doing that for a while, maybe some slight tweaks but their open and closed headphone drivers seem practically the same.
