I find the balanced pads give certain mixes and instruments a more full-bodied feel. Also, boosting the recessed mids a bit helps fill-out the sound as well.

Nice, I almost went with the tried and true 650s but took the jump for these and I'm glad I did.

Sounds fairly odd...I remember when I first got mine, I was kinda messin around with them inspecting the build quality and noticed that the way the earcups torqued within the headband apparatus was kinda interesting. If you look inside you see theres a piece of plastic just within the headband...

Nice. O2 should be good. A lot of it will come down to your personal listening preferences. Some don't mind the sparkly treble, for what I listen to though it often gives too much prominence to things like hi-hats, so I often use an EQ. Some people also prefer the balanced pads, I would say the...

Went with the Aphex Headpod 4...Thing is pretty sweet, just the ticket. Not only does it give these babies the juice they need, making everything sound incredibly crisp and clean, opening up the soundstage and giving the bass and everything else a great deal of tightness and definition, it...

So, I'm now back home to my setup, and I'm finding I'll probably need an amp to add to my setup...The DAC/AMP I'm using right now is USB, and its real finicky trying to get it to work with ASIO and Ableton. My audio interface is a Roland Quad Capture, which has a decent but not great headphone...

Just amazed at how good these sound. Too bright for me without EQ, but man when you use EQ, these things are gorgeous sounding.

Awesome, I am loving them as well. Have to say I'm enjoying both pads, the B pads definitely sounds more musical, and gives them some of that rich tonality and musicality to them that I felt was lacking with the A pads when I was comparing them to the Utopias. The soundstage and seperation with...

Starting to burn in , man these cans sound sweet. Put the balanced pads back on, soundstage isn't as big, but the sound definitely has a bit more life and richness to it.

Wow, just plugged the Utopia's directly into my computer and they sound terrible compared to what they sounded like with the DAC. DT1990s sound very similar to Utopias when both are not DACd, Id say 1990s sound better. DACd DT1990s sound well superior to Utopias not on DAC. Has me thinking the...

In the end it comes down to preference, what you are listening to, whether you are mixing, etc... Stock sound on the analytical pads is interesting albeit not balanced, cutting the lows and boosting the highs the way these cans have give certain music a really nice airiness to the sound, what...

Im demoing the True-Fi plugin from them which does a systemwide alteration to the EQ curve to make them more or less balanced. Change in sound is significant. I also use the Sonarworks reference plugins within my DAW when producing, my mixes have translated much better balancing out the sound...

1990s just arrived, sendin these boys for their initial listening run. Coming from the MT220s which were my first pair of cans, into these, the sounds signature was initially very similar. Both have a boost around 7-8k+ which make things like hi-hats and the like brighter. Some of these come...

Tyll is good at doing measurements, his practical interpretations of sound leave much to be desired.

Yea, I wasn't inferring that EQ meant that everyone should aspire to be listening to a flat sound, just that I think there are people who would benefit from learning how to use an EQ based on their claims. Sure, there are people like yourself who just love collecting headphones, and having pairs...

There's simply many anomalies and contradictions in the audiophile world. The most confusing thing I see is how much emphasis is put on certain headphone's being bloated in one region or another, or being veiled in another. Learn how to use an EQ!!!!!

Have you heard the Interesting...the soundstage was my biggest concern with the DT1990s, might have to look into this combo. Gettin a little expensive but very intriguing.

How would you compare the MT220s to the DT1990s? Obviously one is closed the other is open (semi-open?).

Thanks for the input, reinforces what I've been thinking in that I need to see if I can get somewhere where I can try them out. It seems like the DT1990s have everything I'm looking for, biggest drawback seems to be the soundstage isn't as good as some. Soundstage is important too because that's...

What would you say the differences are between the HD650 and the DT1990s? Both of those two I am trying to decide between for a mixing headphone.

Can't say I've heard too many people recommend mixing and mastering on those headphones you mentioned other than maybe the Grados.

I am curious about the 660S and the DT1990. I use Yamaha MT220s right now with Sonarworks plugin to mix and master, and my mixes translate pretty well. I am looking to add an open back headphone though, and these two are the most intriguing to me. Perhaps the HD600/650 would be good choices as...

I am also curious about the 660S and the DT1990. I use Yamaha MT220s right now with Sonarworks plugin to mix and master, and my mixes translate pretty well. I am looking to add an open back headphone though, and these two are the most intriguing to me. But perhaps the HD600/650 would be good...