paldepind
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I have the Amirons. I also prefer to listen at lower volume levels. Very good with my Amiron. Relaxing. No listeners fatigue. I consider them to be my best open headphone.
For lower level listening definitely get the Amiron over the DT 1990. The DT 1990 shines at louder volumes. Both do well at louder volumes but I found the Amiron really took the cake at lower volumes and the DT 1990 was a bit better louder. As to why, it's likely the Amiron's better extended treble.
Thank you for the answers! That is very good to hear.
Also thank you kman1211 for your detailed review/comparison between the Amiron Home and the DT 1990 here. That was a good write up.
I can't believe how rarely people discuss the low volume performance of headphones. For something that you use a lot it seems essential that it also excels at low volume so you don't have to crank it up all the time to get your moneys worth. I was initially considering something in the HD 6xx series but then I found some user reports that seemed to imply that they needed quite a bit of volume to shine. Grado's are apparently also very good at low volumes. But they don't seem to be good all-rounders. They are often recommended for specific genres.