johnzz4
500+ Head-Fier
After reading what many people had to say about the various phones on head-fi, and thinking the DT-770 pro 80's were excellent (ignorance is bliss), I decided to see what Beyer's higher end had to offer and gave the DT-990 premium 250's a try.
I was initially amazed at the difference, and somtimes putting the 770's back on and wondering if they were defective... After quite a bit of listening, there was one thing that was concerning me about the 990's; their highs were VERY strong, with sibilant recordings being painful at times. After a while, I started wondering if these were the phones for me and started reading up on some higher end models from various manufacturers.
I questioned my source (Presonus HP4 running off a M-Audio Audiophine 192 card) and thought that maybe I needed something a bit higher end... or at least something that has a better synergy wih the 990's.
I was also curious about the burn-in which I heard so much about, but figured that if some people considered it a myth, then it must have a minimal (if any) audible effect. Regardless, as I did my research on some other phones, I was burning in my phones with pink noise at night. I hadn't really listened to them between about 10 hours of burn in and now after about 60-70 hours of burn in. I put them on and listned to some of the recordings that were particularly offending, and I was shocked to hear the highs tone down quite a bit. They went from 'harsh' and 'painful' to 'strong' and 'detailed'.
For those who are skeptics, I can say with certainty (at least for the 990's) that the effect was substantial and obvious.
I shall be keeping them, but may spring for the T1's and eventually the A1 amp to complement them after hearing more from those lucky enough to have a pair.
Happy New Year!!
John
I was initially amazed at the difference, and somtimes putting the 770's back on and wondering if they were defective... After quite a bit of listening, there was one thing that was concerning me about the 990's; their highs were VERY strong, with sibilant recordings being painful at times. After a while, I started wondering if these were the phones for me and started reading up on some higher end models from various manufacturers.
I questioned my source (Presonus HP4 running off a M-Audio Audiophine 192 card) and thought that maybe I needed something a bit higher end... or at least something that has a better synergy wih the 990's.
I was also curious about the burn-in which I heard so much about, but figured that if some people considered it a myth, then it must have a minimal (if any) audible effect. Regardless, as I did my research on some other phones, I was burning in my phones with pink noise at night. I hadn't really listened to them between about 10 hours of burn in and now after about 60-70 hours of burn in. I put them on and listned to some of the recordings that were particularly offending, and I was shocked to hear the highs tone down quite a bit. They went from 'harsh' and 'painful' to 'strong' and 'detailed'.
For those who are skeptics, I can say with certainty (at least for the 990's) that the effect was substantial and obvious.
I shall be keeping them, but may spring for the T1's and eventually the A1 amp to complement them after hearing more from those lucky enough to have a pair.
Happy New Year!!
John