By all accounts, the DT1770 was a fair jump in SQ upgrade over the DT770, so things look promising for the DT1990.
For you gents who tried the DT990 and DT880, which had the sharper/more irritating treble? I realized the DT880 was going too fatiguing for me to keep, but I really liked the T51p small portable and occasionally jones for it
Change, thanks for attributing supernatural foresight to me! But yeah, the DT1990 was mentioned in a few Head-Fi places and Rudyrae brought it up, and I am random. I prefer not quoting people if I can provide enough context that I'm replying, because sometimes posts get really long and I don't want to make people scroll too much. But if people need to know what I'm referring to, I try to quote then!
To Napalm's point about gaming headsets... I thought the Astro A30 was shockingly crap, the A40 was decent but not worth the price, a series of turtle beach headsets have broken for my buddies and I've never found the neoprene comfortable, and Tritton were also just "ok" and not particularly outstanding for comfort. The big three are where people's minds usually go for "gaming headsets," though brands like Afterglow and Steelseries don't help. There are some good headsets, but like someone else (Rudy?) pointed out they're often good headphones, with a mic slapped on, and rebranded (Kingston CloudX). That said, there are exceptions... I have no complaints about the Creative H7 @ $130, for example, I like the sound better and it's far more comfortable than the CAL!2. Rarely do I backtrack on my headphone upgrade path, but I do sometimes and more often than most (appreciated Change's suggestion of the K612 way back when. I need new pads for mine). Good gaming marketed headsets are still an exception rather than the norm, and even if they sound decent they rarely are a good value for the price.