KaptenKanna
New Head-Fier
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There are no official distributors in sweden, and all the places that sell them don't have the right picture, or specify which edition it is. So I ordered them straight from Beyer in Germany. It turned out to be a wise decision, the price with shipping was the same as in sweden (305 euro total). And they delivered in 4 days, straight to my door! Awsome.
Now I've heard alot about how they come in this fancy aluminium box everywhere, but as you can see in my pic, I got a nice leather case instead =D
As for my a slightly shoddy picture of the actual phones, they look like no picture I have ever seen anywhere, except on Beyer's site. Allthough my pic makes it look like crap, there is a very nice plate on both sides that brag the fact that they are indeed DT-880's.
First impressions.. It sounds crap! =P My poor X-fi can't power them at all, I tried the headphone out on my Videologic Sirocco Spirit speakers (integrated amp), while the speakers are awsome in every way, the headphone out is not, it can power them to a very high volume, but it sounds turd. Spikes and distortions and whatnot.
I gave up on the PC and moved out to the livingroom, and plugged them into my NAD C315 BEE amp, which as it turns out has a very adequate phone out. I shoved in DIO - Holy Diver in my old trustworthy Pioneer DV-525 DVD (from the early DVD era, a very capable cd player, unlike many other dvd's).
It gave me shivers all over my poor body, all of those here I've seen saying the 880's are not good for rock, you can please cup your hands and prepare for landing.
I won't say much more about the sound, I haven't really gotten used to them yet, the sound is extremely neutral, which is something I like, and that I'm used to because of the abovementioned Sirocco's, who are more or less studio monitors.
The stock cable seems extremely shoddy to me, it's quite thin, and if you bend it, it stays bent. That sucker is going to be replaced real soon. Suggestions? I'm not interested in those expensive 'named' cables, just a sturdy one that lasts forever. And that fits the phones physically.
A cable with four parts might be a good idea, if I want to make them balanced one day, just replace the jack with a xlr. I have my eyes on the balanced Harmony Design EAR 90 amp =P
And the reason I decided that these were the phones I wanted, they are so comfortable you forget them 5 seconds after you put them on. I can imagine wearing these all day. I want to cuddle them at night.
Now I'm gonno rush down to the local hi-fi store and buy myself a Argon HA1 headphone amp, so I can use my PC properly =) I doubt any of you have ever heard of this amp, maybe I can be the first to review it harr harr. It's priced at about 140 euros.
Now I've heard alot about how they come in this fancy aluminium box everywhere, but as you can see in my pic, I got a nice leather case instead =D
As for my a slightly shoddy picture of the actual phones, they look like no picture I have ever seen anywhere, except on Beyer's site. Allthough my pic makes it look like crap, there is a very nice plate on both sides that brag the fact that they are indeed DT-880's.
First impressions.. It sounds crap! =P My poor X-fi can't power them at all, I tried the headphone out on my Videologic Sirocco Spirit speakers (integrated amp), while the speakers are awsome in every way, the headphone out is not, it can power them to a very high volume, but it sounds turd. Spikes and distortions and whatnot.
I gave up on the PC and moved out to the livingroom, and plugged them into my NAD C315 BEE amp, which as it turns out has a very adequate phone out. I shoved in DIO - Holy Diver in my old trustworthy Pioneer DV-525 DVD (from the early DVD era, a very capable cd player, unlike many other dvd's).
It gave me shivers all over my poor body, all of those here I've seen saying the 880's are not good for rock, you can please cup your hands and prepare for landing.
I won't say much more about the sound, I haven't really gotten used to them yet, the sound is extremely neutral, which is something I like, and that I'm used to because of the abovementioned Sirocco's, who are more or less studio monitors.
The stock cable seems extremely shoddy to me, it's quite thin, and if you bend it, it stays bent. That sucker is going to be replaced real soon. Suggestions? I'm not interested in those expensive 'named' cables, just a sturdy one that lasts forever. And that fits the phones physically.
A cable with four parts might be a good idea, if I want to make them balanced one day, just replace the jack with a xlr. I have my eyes on the balanced Harmony Design EAR 90 amp =P
And the reason I decided that these were the phones I wanted, they are so comfortable you forget them 5 seconds after you put them on. I can imagine wearing these all day. I want to cuddle them at night.
Now I'm gonno rush down to the local hi-fi store and buy myself a Argon HA1 headphone amp, so I can use my PC properly =) I doubt any of you have ever heard of this amp, maybe I can be the first to review it harr harr. It's priced at about 140 euros.
