| Originally Posted by miscreant it is all about expressing yourself. you do want to express yourself, don't you? |
| Originally Posted by jpelg X3! Actually, Beyer understands that it is equally or more important to have quality recordings & sources behind your headphones, and that you should allocated more funds toward that. I can't understand why people will spend $$$$ money on a pair of Grado GS-1000's or even Stax O2's, and use them with a sub-par source. |
| Originally Posted by alex_cs My DT880's came in a leather case.... What exactly are these sorts of threads acheiving (lumping AdamCalifornias output in)? I mean discussion of headphones is great, but it really seems like a decent percentage of posts on here are for the sake of themselves these days. Spend your time listening to great music, not postulating about meaningless stuff. |
| Originally Posted by coolshot heh seems there would be a lot less k701 and hd650 users if they had a $500-1k Uber Dt880 for fans of nuetral/dry sound. Prolly be headroom's #1 choice. |
| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus For a $1k (ish) incarnation of the DT880's, I'd hope that they would keep the neutral part of your description, but add a little water. That would be my expectation anyway. I'm sure (if they cared to give it a try) this would be what Beyerdynamics would be gunning for as well. More of the R10 type of lushness, musicality, warmth and wetness, but without the wood and fancy case. |
| Originally Posted by J-Pak Oh god that would be so hot. Especially if it was fully closed and didn't leak too much. And wood...must have wood. |
| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus What I was really meaning to communicate in that post was that I think the one thing Beyer should really try to reduce or eliminate if they were to attempt to tweek the DT880 sound would be the "dry" factor. If they could add a little sparkle and 'life' to the DT880's, they would have the perfect reasonably priced headphone on the market today (and here I'm talking about their current DT880 sound, not what a new $1k model might sound like). |
| Originally Posted by Carl So, basically, bring back the ET1000s.
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| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus If they could add a little sparkle and 'life' to the DT880's, they would have the perfect reasonably priced headphone on the market today... |
| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus I guess so! I've never had a chance to gve them a listen myself. Do you know of anyone on Head-Fi who owns a pair? |
| Originally Posted by jpelg X3! Actually, Beyer understands that it is equally or more important to have quality recordings & sources behind your headphones, and that you should allocate more funds toward that. I can't understand why people will spend $$$$ money on a pair of Grado GS-1000's or even Stax O2's, and use them with a sub-par source. |
| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus Huh! I should have picked a different example. I don't think you'll see anything that will remotely remind you of the R10's for $1k. JVC sort of kind of tried to do it, but R10's the DX1000's are not! What I was really meaning to communicate in that post was that I think the one thing Beyer should really try to reduce or eliminate if they were to attempt to tweek the DT880 sound would be the "dry" factor. If they could add a little sparkle and 'life' to the DT880's, they would have the perfect reasonably priced headphone on the market today (and here I'm talking about their current DT880 sound, not what a new $1k model might sound like). |
| Originally Posted by audiomagnate If there were any more "sparkle" and "life" to the new DT 880s, I would have no more hearing. They are BRIGHT. |
| Originally Posted by alex_cs My DT880's came in a leather case.... |
| Originally Posted by audiomagnate If there were any more "sparkle" and "life" to the new DT 880s, I would have no more hearing. They are BRIGHT. |
| Originally Posted by Kirium beyer made it and called it the DT990 Edition 2005...
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