Hi!
This is my first mid range headphone, i dont have much experience with audio products, but i have always been interested in audio and it's terminology so i will do my best.
Now, what was i looking for in a headphone?
I was looking for a headphone that had a great balanced sound, acceptable comfort, was robust enough that it would survive not to carefull use for several years, i did not care about looks, removable cables (although that would be a nice thing) and size, so i went looking.
The AKG k550's stood out to me, nice build and looked good on the head (which is a plus) but it was not very available in the Netherlands so i went in further.
I heard about the DT 770 80 and 250 Ohm, that they had incredible build quality and great sound, but that even the 80 Ohm version was not really a great solution for mobile because the bass could become flabby without proper amplification, so i was kind of dissapointed.
But then i saw the 32 ohm version, which looked exactly what i was looking for.
So i bought them.
And i love them.
These do everything i wanted out of a headphone:
They feel robust and everything can be replaced according to Beyerdynamics, so if something breaks you can replace it, this goes not for the 2 cables the headphone, there is 1 cable that runs through the headband into the second cup and that one is not replacable, so like the thick studio cable, if it breaks you either have to solder it or buy a new one, which is a shame..
The comfort is good, above acceptable, your ears touch the inside of the cup, but the inside is stuffed with a layer of foam so after a minute the feeling of your ears touching the inside dissapears and after about 4 hours you start to feel the inside of the cup again, after 4 minutes of not wearing them most of the fatigue goes away and they can be worn for a couple hours again.
These have leather pads, which have said to have better isolation and sound leak that velvet and velour while also staining less, but they are less soft and less breathing so you get warm ears, this can become annoying but i don't mind personally.
The cable is a bit stiff and keeps it's shape a bit after untangling but it feels just as robust as the rest of the headphone and I don't mind it not being replacable because of it.
The sound comes in 2 parts:
When i got them, the midrange was kind of sucked out, the bass was less tight and the treble was a bit more spikey, but after using them for more than 80+ hours the sound has improved.
The bass is now nice and tight and detailed, although the impact could be better, the treble is extended and detailed, on my pc soundcard it is perfect while on my phone it is fatigueing, and the midrange is appaerand and separates everything nicely even on higher volumes, everything can be heard through these, from the drums to the guitars and the vocals and even the bass is hearable if mixed properly, so these are great for monitoring.
The sound from my pc soundcard is incredible comfortable, the sound never gets fatigueing even on loud volumes and is very clear.
It even has a little soundstage, things don't sound from inside your head but rather a little bit to the left and right, i think this is because of the shape of the earcups.
So this is why i love them, there are things that could be improved but i am more than happy for the price i paid for them.
This is my first mid range headphone, i dont have much experience with audio products, but i have always been interested in audio and it's terminology so i will do my best.
Now, what was i looking for in a headphone?
I was looking for a headphone that had a great balanced sound, acceptable comfort, was robust enough that it would survive not to carefull use for several years, i did not care about looks, removable cables (although that would be a nice thing) and size, so i went looking.
The AKG k550's stood out to me, nice build and looked good on the head (which is a plus) but it was not very available in the Netherlands so i went in further.
I heard about the DT 770 80 and 250 Ohm, that they had incredible build quality and great sound, but that even the 80 Ohm version was not really a great solution for mobile because the bass could become flabby without proper amplification, so i was kind of dissapointed.
But then i saw the 32 ohm version, which looked exactly what i was looking for.
So i bought them.
And i love them.
These do everything i wanted out of a headphone:
They feel robust and everything can be replaced according to Beyerdynamics, so if something breaks you can replace it, this goes not for the 2 cables the headphone, there is 1 cable that runs through the headband into the second cup and that one is not replacable, so like the thick studio cable, if it breaks you either have to solder it or buy a new one, which is a shame..
The comfort is good, above acceptable, your ears touch the inside of the cup, but the inside is stuffed with a layer of foam so after a minute the feeling of your ears touching the inside dissapears and after about 4 hours you start to feel the inside of the cup again, after 4 minutes of not wearing them most of the fatigue goes away and they can be worn for a couple hours again.
These have leather pads, which have said to have better isolation and sound leak that velvet and velour while also staining less, but they are less soft and less breathing so you get warm ears, this can become annoying but i don't mind personally.
The cable is a bit stiff and keeps it's shape a bit after untangling but it feels just as robust as the rest of the headphone and I don't mind it not being replacable because of it.
The sound comes in 2 parts:
When i got them, the midrange was kind of sucked out, the bass was less tight and the treble was a bit more spikey, but after using them for more than 80+ hours the sound has improved.
The bass is now nice and tight and detailed, although the impact could be better, the treble is extended and detailed, on my pc soundcard it is perfect while on my phone it is fatigueing, and the midrange is appaerand and separates everything nicely even on higher volumes, everything can be heard through these, from the drums to the guitars and the vocals and even the bass is hearable if mixed properly, so these are great for monitoring.
The sound from my pc soundcard is incredible comfortable, the sound never gets fatigueing even on loud volumes and is very clear.
It even has a little soundstage, things don't sound from inside your head but rather a little bit to the left and right, i think this is because of the shape of the earcups.
So this is why i love them, there are things that could be improved but i am more than happy for the price i paid for them.
