Actually there are people who prefer a DAP at home too. Not everybody likes to have an audio altar at their home.

T1.3 is described as open headphone. I remember about T1.2 they have been talking as semi open headphone. Is this just different marketing approach or a real change?

The Elear to my ears.is not a good headphone. To compete with the DT1990 you have to take at least the Clear if you want to give Focal a try.

... it might be an alternative to close some holes of the Balanced pads with isolation tape.

If you like the DT1990 Analytical Pads you will probably prefer the DT1350. I stretched my DT1990 for a more relaxed fit.

Beyerdynamic DT1350 pro Beyerdynamic Xelento for iem

The exchange of earpads could actually be easier. If you really want to change the earpads regularly, you better get a second pair DT1990. :)

Yes, there are very huge source dependent differences. Dave can sound from good to exceptional great. Sorry I can not help with PC or Mac setup. I use dedicated melco as source. Average PC with Dave is inferior to 2qute with melco. Usb cable is of importance too.

I recently had the chance to try the Pass HPA-1 in my chain. To make it short. Fairly disappointing to my ears. I did the comparision to V281 with different headphones but always the V281 showed more dynamics more clarity more subtleties in the music. This was absolutely not what I expected...

I use Isotek Aquarius with Isotek Elite cable. For me this shows the quality of V281 even better.

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Just have the Utopia here for a few days for testing. I don't hear what they objectively speaking should do better than the DT1990. Tonally Utopia is nice but not 3D-sounding, rather flat.

@Scutey @kelly200269 Thanks for your impressions of 1990 and T1.2. So I am not the only one thinking that having both might be a good idea. T1.2 to me is sublime for Vocals, Folk, Blues, Jazz. I prefer it to Utopia or HD800(s).

Is there anybody who uses T1 and DT1990? I love and own the T1.2. I listenened to DT 1990 and liked it too, but I had it not on my amp. Too my ears T1.2 have a better resolution but the DT1990 more slam. Now I wonder if the DT 1990 might be the better choice for rock and metal music than the...

The casing is still the prototype. You can expect the final version to look better.