Which Beyerdynamic headphone should I buy?

[sygyzy]

Up for any new thoughts.

 

[morsel]

I have always preferred the DT990 to all of the others, including the DT880.

 

[GlowWorm]

If it were me I would go with the DT880's.

 

[stcbr]

a bit off but

any info about these new(?) beyer cans?

dt860, dt660, dt440

found on the website in a brochure:

http://www.beyerdynamic.com/com/maer...UM_english.pdf

but not on the main site among the products

 

[lini]

stcbr: Good find! Finally it makes sense, what the Beyer lady told me almost two years ago: The DT531 would get a redesign. And this new series is apparently what came out: DT531 cups in silver colour, single instead of double sided cable, a new headband design with foldable mechanism and new 32 Ohm 40 mm drivers... very interesting...

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[morsel]

The new beyers seem to be intended to compete with other low impedance headphones for those who wish to be less dependent upon using headphone amplifiers. I hope they sound as good as the classic high impedance models.

 

[redshifter]

b&h lists their dt531 at 250 ohm. are they selling old stock, or is it the newer, 32 ohm version and they just have old info on their website?

-edit-
okay, i see the newer folding versions on the pdf. does anyone know which of the newer models corresponds to the dt531?

 

[lini]

redshifter: Afaik, there are no other DT531 versions than the 250 Ohm model - so the b&h stock should be fine. I wonder, whether the new models come close to the DT531, though - but maybe these do even better...

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[bosh]

Cheshire Audio has the DT 860, DT 660, and DT 440.

Someone should buy all three and tell me what they sound like.

Really...someone should.

 

[inthused]

Find a little extra casheroni under the xmas tree and buy the 880's

 

[Zadok]

How come the 990's are less expensive than 880's? Some serious marketing issues there =P