Got a pair of these today at a local store. I was a bit worried about them. Out of the box, they did have a lot of bass, but it was fairly well controlled. On some songs it felt a tad bloated, but not enough to bother me too much. I've listened to some songs with bass I've heard hundreds of times before and it didn't seem to change them too much from how I remember them.
The strange thing is that this seems to vary between songs. On some Radiohead tracks the bass is a bit overkill (yes, Radiohead!), but maybe that's how it's supposed to really be.
Pretty impressed with the comfort. I absolutely hate the comfort of the DT-880 because the cups are not deep enough. I don't know why, but those don't play well with my head at all and hurt my ears. Why is the DT-770 so much more comfortable?! Up to 5 hours and extremely comfortable. Does the DT-990 have the deeper cups like the DT-770 Pro 80? Or do I need to get the DT-990 Pro?
Now this could be my brain adjusting to the sound, but after 5 hours of listening to them the bass seems to be even better and the mids are now a bit less recessed.
The mids on these at first were randomly kind of distant depending on the song. Other times the mids are good and other times quite recessed. Overall I'd say the mids are "relaxed" and this is nice at times. Pretty similar to the mids on the M50 in terms of how forward/recessed they are. I'd say they're less forward than those of the D2000 though.
I have a portable amp with forward mids to try that should be PERFECT for this headphone.
This might be a good alternative for someone to the M50 or D2000. Who knows. I was expecting extremely amounts of bass, but it's not too bad. These are bass light compared to the XB500 and D1100
So for 5 hours of use, zero complaints. I knew they'd have slightly recessed mids, but it's not too bad. Not as bad as my first M50 I had years ago. The newer M50 is much better though, but doesn't get used much.
It's funny, I seem to be so picky that I hate like 90% of the headphones I buy, but I liked these right out of the box. I guess they may be a keeper! Probably more of a "fun" headphone. I do like how their signature is very fatigue free. Now, I don't know if I could use them as my primary headphone. I love my forward mids.
BTW I got these for $167 brand new. Not super cheap, but not too expensive. Pretty happy with them for what I paid! Guitar Center price matched B&H (which is closed until the 23rd for their weekly Holiday
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