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I had a pair these a while ago. The problem with them is that the cable is too heavy for them to be portable but for home use you're better off with open phones. I got a head-fier to make me a custom shorter cable but it was still too heavy.
Depends entirely on needs - for some home and studio/practicing use, the small bit of isolation they offer is worth it. Just enough to cut the sound of picks, fingers, and frets, some of which can be very loud with an electric bass. Similarly, they will cut the sound of fans, HVAC units, and rude neighbors.
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At the time I had the dt250, the k240DF was my reference phone. Since I got hold of an hd580, I'm finding the treble of the DF to be a bit over the top....and the k702 is also over the top bright compared to the Senn. So I guess it's all relative....depends what you've been accustomed to. At the moment I'm much more comfortable with the treble level of the hd580 than the treble of the DF, so I imagine that I'd find the dt250 more to my liking if I had them now.
Several years ago I used to use a pair of Sennheiser EH-2270 headphones for practice/light mixing/rehearsal, and I went with them because they were mostly neutral, but a bit thin and nasal. Around the same time I gave a pair of EH-2250 to a bandmate and changed his life (he had be using MDR-v600s!)
The DT-250's in either rating does a much better job of sounding neutral than either Sennheiser, has more isolation, and much
much better deep bass. In that it's there and you can hear it. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a headphone for less than $200 that does a better job at that task than the DT-250, though I'm sure many of the more recent $100-150 monitor oriented headphones are quite good in their own right. Had they been around when I was in the market, I may never have spent as much as I did.
would you say that there are significant changes in sound with the pleather/vinyl earpads?
...and how is the overall isolation of the stock velour pads?
There's a significant change in sweaty ears, but not sound. I've never used the pleather for more than a few minutes (on any phone where I had the option - k271, k241, HD-25-1, etc). But I hate the feel of pleather pads.