My (second) diy cable for lcd's. Neotech UPOCC/Stranded Copper, 16AWG/Teflon.

1) Audeze LCD2 r.2 vegan (recabled) / Sennheiser HD800 2) Beyerdynamic DT911 3) Audeze LCD2 r.1 early batch (stock cable) 4) Denon D7000 5) Hifiman HE4 / Beyer DT931 6) Beyer DT880S (80's) / Beyer DT990 (80's) 7) AKG K340 (bass light) 8) Beyerdynamic DT880 (ed.2005) 9) ATH AD700

I mostly used an original (black) earpads: A pair of DT990s that sound lile HD650 have had original pads, but another pair that sound like modern-880 also have had original ones. Just forgot, that I also have heard a pair of Revox headphones, which a clone of vintage DT990. And it was sound...

I've heard about 4 pairs of old DT990 and actually all of them sounds very different - two pairs had tonal balance close to newer-DT880, third pair - close to newer DT990, and another pair sound like HD650. And not only damping material was changing during production, but also drivers was...

Just got a second pair of Beyer DT911 from early run. it's was very hard to find them nowadays! The first pair (left) is from early run & second one (right) from late run (both with original earpads): Surprisingly, but even with same earpads, they sound different: DT911 (early run) has...

Well, it's not actually an all-gear-in-one-photo, but... (Weiss Minerva, Luxman P1, Audeze LCD2 Bamboo/Leather Free w/Metal Headband & DIY Cable)

nice impressions, Baten!

I'm also find K340 (ibass light version) treble is a little hot/sparkle. stax lambda (507, for example) has a a little smoother treble. But overall, K340 bass light is not so easy to compare with Lambdas. One pair has original pads, and the other has pads from 880 ed.2005. I didn't like how...

I didn't hear ET1000, I've seen it on ebay this year (http://www.ebay.de/itm/Beyerdynamic-ET-1000-Beyerdynamic-N-1000-/350530503033?pt=Kopfh%C3%B6rer&hash=item519d3f0179). DT880S reminds me some Stax Lambda 'phones (like 303, 407, 507). old DT990, on other hand, kind of 'fun' headphone (more...

Won it on ebay this summer. I will try to write mini-review about some vintage Beyers (880S, 990(x2), 911, 931, revox 3100) soon. ;)

not a balanced 880, i mean old 880 - from 1980s. you can buy it on ebay.de in good condition. they sound airy & natural and better than newer 880 2005. Old K500 sound more lifelike and less analytical than K701 & has even wider soundstage. MA900 is also very good as an upgrade of AD700. But...

probably, old beyers 880/931 & akg k500 - you can buy/win any of them within 300USD tag on ebay. ad900 is upgrade, but not worth 2x price of 700s.

Beyerdynamic DT880S (1980)

+1 for D2000. AKG K550/Roland RH300 also would be good choice.