satpak
New Head-Fier
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Hello everyone,
Great work in maintaining and contributing to this website. Lots of information. Just wanted to say, thank you!
I'm in the market for a open back headphone since I've been hearing good things about "fully open back" providing the listener a sound stage and hence a better sound experience. I've been owning closed types, like Shure SRH440 and Bose QC15.
After some research, I came across Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro - 250Ohm Model. I chose this because, obviously it is an open back headphone and it's utmost comfort. Heard it has high clamping force but I have a gut feeling that I can get around this issue somehow. It has good reviews everywhere, build quality is good and also is affordable ($185). I want to know if this will be a good choice for me. Please let me know your thoughts on this headphone or suggest something similar. This is going to be used mainly in my home and I listen to a variety of music (just about everything) and podcasts. I may use this headphone with my MacBook Pro (late 2013 Retina model) and iPhone 5S. For now, I'll be using streaming service like Spotify to listen to most of music collection but I intend to have my own audiophile formats or versions of my music in the future.
Since this headphone (or similar ones out there) needs an amp to be driven, which brings me to the next question, which portable amp is good? My max. price range for this is $200. Unfortunately I can't go more than that however great the product is. I'm thinking of two right now, Creative SoundBlaster E3 ($129) and E5($199). Are the extra dollars worth spending on E5?
Quick links, jic:
http://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster?compare=22018
http://north-america.beyerdynamic.com/shop/hah/headphones-and-headsets/studio-and-stage/studio-headphones/dt-990-pro.html
Thanks for taking time to read and hoping to hear back your thoughts/suggestions.
Great work in maintaining and contributing to this website. Lots of information. Just wanted to say, thank you!
I'm in the market for a open back headphone since I've been hearing good things about "fully open back" providing the listener a sound stage and hence a better sound experience. I've been owning closed types, like Shure SRH440 and Bose QC15.
After some research, I came across Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro - 250Ohm Model. I chose this because, obviously it is an open back headphone and it's utmost comfort. Heard it has high clamping force but I have a gut feeling that I can get around this issue somehow. It has good reviews everywhere, build quality is good and also is affordable ($185). I want to know if this will be a good choice for me. Please let me know your thoughts on this headphone or suggest something similar. This is going to be used mainly in my home and I listen to a variety of music (just about everything) and podcasts. I may use this headphone with my MacBook Pro (late 2013 Retina model) and iPhone 5S. For now, I'll be using streaming service like Spotify to listen to most of music collection but I intend to have my own audiophile formats or versions of my music in the future.
Since this headphone (or similar ones out there) needs an amp to be driven, which brings me to the next question, which portable amp is good? My max. price range for this is $200. Unfortunately I can't go more than that however great the product is. I'm thinking of two right now, Creative SoundBlaster E3 ($129) and E5($199). Are the extra dollars worth spending on E5?
Quick links, jic:
http://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster?compare=22018
http://north-america.beyerdynamic.com/shop/hah/headphones-and-headsets/studio-and-stage/studio-headphones/dt-990-pro.html
Thanks for taking time to read and hoping to hear back your thoughts/suggestions.