I agree with you. For me the HE-500 is good, but I prefer my DT880/600. The HE-500 is good for music listening, though a bit hit and miss for me, sometimes they sound a bit muffled. For movies they are good, and for gaming they don't work at all, especially in FPS games you just can't hear where...

With my replacement set, both left and right channels measure at exactly 47.7 ohm, so I'm very happy with that.   Good and fast support as well.

I just measured mine.   Left channel 15 ohm Right channel 38 ohm   Is my left channel broken? I've noticed it's a little bit more quiet than my right.    

I was excited to receive my Asus Xonar Essence ST last week, but that has all turned into frustration now and finally today I decided to put my old Auzentech Prelude back in the case.   I just can't get used to the Essence ST, before with the Prelude I could listen to music for hours without...

Got in contact with their manager for technical support, he was very helpful.   He told me that they do a 100% check on each Manufaktur they ship out, so guess I just got unlucky somehow. He told me how to measure Ohm's with a multimeter and turns out the left channel is dead somehow, so...

Shipped to me straight from Germany I received my DT880 Manufaktur 600 ohm today. Which is awesome! Until I plugged them in and realized there was only sound coming out on the right side. Which sucks.   Left side, no sound at all, not sure how that happened since I was under the impression...