At the moment I have a Sennheiser HD 6XX, I am not very happy with them for music and mainly gaming due to their sound and imaging. So I am thinking about buying a Beyerdynamid DT 880 and my doubt is which one to buy. Right now I have an e10k amp/dac and I can hear the 6xx perfectly and the wheel is below half. From what I’ve seen the best version of the DT 880 is the 600ohms version, my idea for now was to keep the e10k fiio. Should I go for the 250 or 600ohms version? Thank you
Yep the 600ohm is the one to go for but the E10k will struggle to drive them fully so the 250’s would be the smart choice even that could do with a bit more tbh.
I have the exact same two headphones and I like the 6XX a little better. I agree that I think you might not be happy with the way the e10k will drive a 600ohm DT880. My feeling is that with volume at max you’ll get about 90% of where you want. I’m currently planning a pad swap to see if I can get any more bass out of my DT880s; I don’t like too much but I feel they just have none compared to 6XX.
I have the HD600 and HD650 as well as the DT880 600 ohms. I prefer the Sennheisers. The 880s has remarkable clarity and detail retrieval, but they’re a touch too bright for my ears, have less bass, and just feel like there’s less body. I respect the 880s enough to qualify this by saying I don’t think the Beyers are inferior to the Senns, it’s just a question of taste. Needless to say, while I do put on the Beyers from time to time, I always go back to the Sennheisers. By the way, I mostly run the Beyers on a Magni 2. Does the job really well.
I have the exact same opinion, at the moment about my 6XXs vs DT880-600. I drive both with the Emotiva A-100.
I am trying a pad swap on my DT-880’s though. I hope it doesn’t ruin the fidelity but I’m hoping it may add just a tad more bass and they’d be my favorites ever.
By the way, I think Z’s latest review of the 600 ohns is hyperbolic. The cans are good, but not that good, and like I said, I run them fine off a Magni 2.
Yes, the 250. But he just did a new one. I’m glad he did. He was too dismissive the first time. But now he’s gone too far to the other extreme. He’s also inadvertently revealed that the Magni can beat the fancy 789 thing he’s got. Actually, if I remember correctly, my SMSL AD18 also pushed them ok.
your talking about Z here. the man is know for his hyperbolic statements I could name a few but to be honest I think we all kinda know at least some statements already
I wish they revamped the modi, in current state it’s not really good whatsoever imo, their more recent bifrost 2 is excellent for the price, and I wish they would update the modi so it would be a viable stack again imo