So...who won?

I found that I was able to resolve the probelm of the fabric touching my ear by adjusting the positioning on my head. So play around with the cups and see if can make it more comfortable.

Any idea how much it usually costs?

Anyone have experiences with their DT880's breaking? Specifically the cable? I'm paranoid about it :/

Anyone have any experience with Beyers warranty/customer service dept?

From what I recall it puts about 500mW into 32 ohms. If that's the case I think it should drive the 600 ohms fine. I use a E10 on low gain at about 4/9 for my 250 ohms and they only put like 150mW into 32 ohms.

The tube sound from the vali should be good with the DT880. 600 should be ok but since 250 is cheaper I see no reason to get the 600 unless you reaally want them.

Got my first pair of open phones. DT880 pro along with my first amp/dac the E10.

Yea that's what I considered also. However, since there is the diagonal cardboard that holds the headphones that aren't included in the box where the cans come in the case makes it seem like it's not a returned item. Unless....they have those specific pieces of cardboard just for returns missing...

So to my suprise I am able to get perfectly fine volume straight out of my laptop with my DT880 Pros. Being 250 ohms I thought I'd only be able to get them barely audible. I've been playing around with them ampless and with the e10. So far the only really noticable difference, to me, is the...

Yup same here. Came with a carrying bag though...   Also, I've emailed Beyer and they said that new Pros and Premiums should come with a case so I don't think they change anything. Maybe just this specific batch?

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Any idea how much out of warranty repair cost?

Just received my DT880 Pros. Came without a carrying case though.....and a small nick in the cable :(

So far I have 4: 1 cheap IEM for everyday use, 1 nice IEM for when I need isolation, 1 on ear, 1 over ear open. I think I'll get one more over ear closed to complete the set.