Just bought an 80 ohm one(used, kinda worn pads, washed them), itās shockinglyā¦ warm? I was expecting treble murder, but itās legit warmer than 400i2020, shp9500, hd560s, etc. Did I get a weird unit or thatās just how these roll? Iām pretty pleased myself fwiw, thereās a bit of an edge at some point in the treble but nothing offensive.
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Iām pretty sure the 80ohms are less treble-y than the 250ohms, more warm/bassy than distinctly V-shaped, as well as time bringing down the highs through pad-wear.
yeh almost neutral slight V most of the frequency, I think I just singled the peak they do have but itās all the way to like 12khz so most songs donāt even touch it, and itās nowhere as annoying as some other headphones Iāve had, I think they got some 8k too but thatās one feels smaller, not bad.
Make sure you are treble sensitive or upper mid sensitive. I use Beyer all day t1.2nd, dt990, and dt1990! the treble doesnāt bother me. On another note, Hd6xx and he5xx (bright) sometimes vocals are shouty for me.
Yeah for me the really bad part to have peaks is between around 4k and 8k, I can still hear pretty high but it bothers me less, these do have an edge at like 8k but Iāve definitely heard worse.
Ok so Iāve got a big new development involving my 770s(80 ohms).
Bought these sheepskin pads from aliexpress (the no hole version) actually for my he400iās (they even came with the discs) in hopes that they would add bass, lower treble and add comfort since the pad hole is taller and yeah they did, but they massively raised mids too so they ruined the 400i sound, but I decided to try them on the 770s and man Iāve stopped daydreaming about the ebony fostexā¦
Basically, they raised bass even more and spiked mids a bit, ended up putting a layer of toilet paper below them to calm down the higher mids, and added a bit of tape to the ports to calm down the bass a bit (might be placebo ngl, tested with blutack and that definitely took away the bass but itās messy and I wanted bass monster cans lol) .
Honestly I think itās absolutely too much bass by audiophile standards, itās almost monoprice retro quantity but these are waaay better in every way and tbh I love them now, these are my dedicated metal cans now, actually got super good mids too now, treble is suuuper smooth too(kinda like 6xx), if I could reduce bass at around 150hz by like 3 db theyād be perfect but theyāre now my āfunā cans so I donāt mind it too much.
(masking tape on the ports to reduces bass a tiny bit and the black tape stops them from rotating)
Love them so much I might actually try doing the cable mod, cause 3m one is hell lol.
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So I got some Dekoni Elite Sheepskin pads, but wasnāt able to determine if the foam insert from the stock pads is supposed to stay in or not. I ended up leaving them in, but if anyone knows what I ought have done, let me know!
I bought a brand new pair of DT 770 Pro 80 Ohm off eBay. It arrived in a sealed box but when I opened the box Iāve found out that it looks quite different from the ones that are sold everywhere. It looks exactly like this but has 80 Ohm written on the headband (which they actually are).
Can you please help me to identify which era is my pair of DT 770 Pro 80 Ohm from?
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I believe that pair is from pre-2010
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Wow old model
update to this, just get the pads and leave them be. works better without the extra mods lol. also Iāve tried a bunch of other pads (brainwavz, some sheepskin for fostex, official beyer, etc) those are the best(the ones in the pic), they bring up the bass/mids and lower the treble just right.
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I completely agree, the 600 ohm 770 āEditionā circa 2005 is an exceptionally different sound, much more refined and also extremely rare to find now. Note that there is also an older 600 ohm version from the 80s. From what Iāve heard, itās missing the bass port that the newer 2005 one has, and lacks bass because of that.
Iāve owned my 600 ohm 770 since 2013, these were my first set of HiFi cans. I bought them used and I didnāt realize what I had then. After buying my first tube amp, Little Dot MKIII, I still felt like these were just OK cans. I moved on to the DT 990 / 250 and then other models and brands of headphones. I had even foolishly tried to sell these a few years back thinking they werenāt a big deal.
It wasnāt until I started on my vintage amp journey last year (thanks @JDM_WAAAT) that I realized these are the best cans Iāve owned, past and present. They just need more power than youād ever expect. Once properly driven, the presence finally compliments the unbelievable soundstage for a closed can. The instrument separation and detail is remarkable, the mids are present like the 880, bass is tight, extended, and detailed, and (despite what JDM says) the treble isnāt nearly as sharp and piercing as any of the other 770 models. In fact I donāt find it to be sharp at all, but some may. After realizing all of this, if I ever ran across another set of these, I would not hesitate to buy them.
Iāve been daily driving these for about a year now, and I still love them!
TL;DR - 770 / 600 (2005) is the best of the 770s (and the best of the entire 770/880/990 trio imo), but only when given a lot of power. If you like the Beyerdynamic house sound, these are it.
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Slapped some amiron/tygr filters into the dt770 600 ohm and threw it on and compared them to my dt770 250 ohm on the ares II and Lake people RS-08.
Initial impressions,
The filters cut back the possible sibilant highs. Much easier to listen to for long periods compared to the stock tuning but ymmv. There is an added warmth to the sound and the vocals lose that bright and thin presentation replaced with thicker mids that donāt sound as recessed compared to stock but still recessed. Bass gets a boost and sounds thicker and slams a little harder with a little more rumble.
I would say this is how I wanted the dt770ās to sound like when I bought them back in the day. Big improvement imo if the stock tuning is a bit too bright and lean sounding for the listener.
Adds warmth, cuts sibilance, mids are less recessed, vocals have weight and thickness compared to stock and maybe a little more width to the soundstage but loss of depth. Sounds forward, warm, and less v shaped.
These on the bottlehead crack really smooths out the vocals a little more, adds body, and thickness. I enjoy these with the amiron/tygr filters more than stock on the tube amp. Stock dt770ās on the crack were a bit too aggressive but the filters solved that and now I enjoy the dt770ās a lot more on crack now.
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Could you post a link to the filters you are talking about?
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Its the filters used on the tygr 300r. Earpads TYGR 300 R|beyerdynamic
Comes with new pads.
Have to email beyerdynamic for an order form to order just the filters.
The product number is
934208 - TYGR/Amiron Wireless Foam Disc - $3.50 each
Cost for a single foam disk filter so have to order 2.
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Further listening with the dt770 with the tygr foam disc filter, mids were still a bit thin and not very smooth.
Ive found switching the pads to dekoni sheepskins have gotten these closer to a pair I could enjoy more.
The sheepskins seem to smooth the sound out a bit. I like the dt770s with sheepskins without the disc filter so im glad they still help out.
Sometimes it feels like, im just polishing a turd. But I like this turd and ill keep the polishing rag out a little bit longer to play around.
Thatās exactly what I experienced when trying it out, too. The filter fixed the sibilance, which somehow bothered me the most of all beyers Iāve owned, but the mids were just not there.
I just canāt handle the DT770s various dips and spikes without EQ. I ended up with my dt770s with dekoni hybrids using oratoryās eq for that combo, its the blend of comfort and sound I found I can live with and enjoy.
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Exactly what I was looking for as well when doing all adjustments to the 770s.
Out of all the beyers the 770s hurt me the most with the sibilance as well. The 990s come in second.
Ive had the 770s for so long. Im just glad i can get more life out of these after so many years of listening to them stock.
Any watermelon headed baldies out there with these cans? These are the only closed backs I have at the moment and the pleather/whatever creates a hot spot on the top of my head that is nearly as irritating as the treble spike, except I canāt fix headband fatigue in EQ.
Iāve thought about scooping a V out some of the foam from the middle of the band to relieve some pressure or folding/cutting an old stocking cap into a yarmulke type thing, but both of those seem like kinda silly ideas. Iām not a fan of springing for Dekoni nuggets on 'phones that are about to be relegated to backup duty.