First Impressions of the new Beyerdynamic T70p

[JGOelfke]

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What the price for these?
 

Street price is around $570 sounds like kinda spendy for my budget right now
 
 

 

[Twinster]

Thank for the review Drew!  Can you comment on the T70p versus the DT1350?  I currently own the DT1350 and enjoy them  for work and I'm patiently waiting for a better close headphone to replace my Denon D5000. Hopefully the T70 will be it.
 
Thanks! 

 

[krameriffic]

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Street price is around $570 sounds like kinda spendy for my budget right now
 
 

 
That is disappointing.  I was hoping for something around the $200-300 range from the Tesla line.

 

[rhythmdevils]

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That is disappointing.  I was hoping for something around the $200-300 range from the Tesla line.

Why would they price them the same as the DT line?  That would be a stupid business decision.  It's likely these are intended to be a new line, to reach for new market in that new price range and performance level, not just a refresh.  That way they keep selling the DT's in the lower price range and sell these as well.   At least until their price comes down after a couple years. 
 

 

[krameriffic]

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Why would they price them the same as the DT line?  That would be a stupid business decision.  It's likely these are intended to be a new line, to reach for new market in that new price range and performance level, not just a refresh.  That way they keep selling the DT's in the lower price range and sell these as well.   At least until their price comes down after a couple years. 
 

 
I was hoping for a replacement to the DT line rather than something falling between it and the uber high-end.

 

[Deep Funk]

570 Dollars, it better be good. I mean if a K240 DF can sound just as 'clear' as a HD800 I am not going to buy that HD800. 
 
Picky with amplifiers, annoying to say the least...

 

[drubrew]

I would not say they are a forward Bright phone but they are also not laid back and lush like an HD650 or LCD-2. I guess it comes down to your sensitivity to HF. Otherwise I would say it makes sense. I find it to be a good at all things phone but not perfect in any one area. They are definitely a very fun headphone if you get my drift.
 
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Thanks for the review, Drew.  I'm actually in the market for my first truly high end cans and the DTs were interesting to me because I love me some bass (some might even call me a basshead), but I'm pretty sensitive to HF and I literally enjoy every genre of music, from dubstep to motown to metal. I like a nice, warm, musical signature, with enough bass to rattle my teeth when I listen to dubstep but musical enough to deal with double-bass drums.  From the reviews, I felt like the DTs would be a little harsh and the recessed mids put me off.  
 
Considering I'm planning to spend around 500 on the cans alone, and I don't have any way of demo'ing them, I'm forced to base my decisions on reviews exactly like this one.  That said...what's the sound signature on these like?  Given what I just said, do you think it's worth me waiting for?  Have I finally found my perfect set of 'phones?

 

 

[drubrew]

Sorry for delay, was on Vacation. Here is internal pic.
 

 
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The new T70p has this dampening inside the cup and I have a feeling the outside pad works in a similar fashion....I popped open the cans to take a look at the new drivers and like the T1/T5p they use a much stronger magnet system.

 


Any internal pics of the driver & the dampened cups?

 

 

[drubrew]

Still waiting on the first batch of DT1350's to arrive
 
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Thank for the review Drew!  Can you comment on the T70p versus the DT1350?  I currently own the DT1350 and enjoy them  for work and I'm patiently waiting for a better close headphone to replace my Denon D5000. Hopefully the T70 will be it.
 
Thanks! 

 

 

[drubrew]

Beyer T1
Beyer T5p
Beyer Moon Audio Dragon Series V1 DT770 and DT880
Audeze LCD-2
HifiMan HE6
Senn HD800
Senn HD650
Grado PS-1
JH Audio 13Pro
UE 10Pro
FitEar
 
This is my current line up. All recabled
 
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Can I ask which ones do you own Drew?

 

 

[raizetcity]

hi drew,when you say you are waiting for a new batch of dt 1350,does that mean i can hope for a recabling of my dt 1350?

 

[.Sup]

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All recabled
 


 

Obviously
 
Thanks for the reply, nice collection!
 

 

[drubrew]

We should be able to recable. Just waiting to see whether we can do a split mod.

 
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hi drew,when you say you are waiting for a new batch of dt 1350,does that mean i can hope for a recabling of my dt 1350?

 

 

[jpelg]

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Sorry for delay, was on Vacation. Here is internal pic.
 

 

Thanks Drew. Any shots of the dampened cups?
 

 

[drubrew]

Poop. Forgot to take that picture. And sent back the phones to Beyer. Will have the 250ohm soon and will take a picture of that. It is basically a foam circular pad that is glued to the back of the cup.
 
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Thanks Drew. Any shots of the dampened cups?