donunus
Headphoneus Supremus
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... and don't just get the 80 ohm version if the 250 ohm is out of stock because they sound different.
... and don't just get the 80 ohm version if the 250 ohm is out of stock because they sound different.
they perform exceptionally well for beer drinking whilst listening.
I can get the DT250 250 Ohm for ~166Eur through Amazon.uk... the cheapest place I can find in Europe.
But I can get a used Sennheiser HD580 for around the same price, maybe a little less.
Ironically, the main problem for me is being a closed headphone because I'm very averted to the usual detrimental echos, reverbs of this type of hps that screw up the timbre of instruments and transparency, which are two of the most important sonic aspects for me, besides neutrality. I really hate to "hear the box" and probably the DT250 has this issues to...
I like the fact that it has similar tonal balance to the HD600 but I wouldn't like the closed part to include it's usualy the inherent detriments which I expressed above, lol.
Most likely it doesn't have the midrange, ultimate timbre and transparency of the Sennheiser, but this is probably asking to much from a <200$ closed heaphone, I guess can't get much better than the DT250. It would be to good to be true.
And there's also the QC issues, which made me look past this headphone for a long time...
Seriously, how hard would it be for Beyer to improve this a little further?
This particular issue really gets on my nerves!
Why even consider the beyer if you don't need a closed phone? The dt250 didn't wow me with vocals(or the midrange in general) the way the hd580 does..
"Most likely it doesn't have the midrange, ultimate timbre and transparency of the Sennheiser,"
The hd580 was love at first listen for me. I don't recall the same feeling when I had the dt250.....but that was the 80ohm version so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
The 80 ohm vs 250 ohm comparison is like comparing the hd555 vs the hd600 just to give you an idea of the quality difference. The hd580 tramples the dt250-80 ohm IMO but cannot beat the 250 ohm dt250 overall regardless of whether they are open or closed IMO. The hd580 souds slightly incoherent and detached from the music in a direct comparison. I was actually comparing the hd600 and the dt250-250 before and just calculated the hd580 differences from there. I would rank them as dt250-250>HD600>HD580>dt250-80
EDIT: Oh yes... I have compared the hd580 and the hd600 side by side
The truth is I have been negleting the DT250 for a long time and a bit of isolation would always come in handy.
Besides, I'm looking for something close to "reference" sound which only the DT250 250 Ohms seems to have besides the Sennheiser HD600... within my budget.
That's quite a strong statement, donunus, do you really stand by that?
But that's simply subjective isn't it?
I don't think that would be the ranking taking into account my own sonic priorities expressed above...
Getting more music and talking about music is definitely the way to go after having these cans. I just like everything on them so it just opens me up to music entirely without having to think much about genre compatibility. It feels like I am back in High School where music mattered 90% and audio was only 10% of the requirement to have a good time.
I perceive my now-finalized setup as a direct connection from content to my brain/heart/soul.
Great comment!I feel the same with my set up now a good deal of the time. Not that I'd refuse some higher end gear that I won't splurge on, if it were give to me.