đŸ”¶ Beyerdynamic DT880 600Ω

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It could be a power issue. The headphones shouldn’t do that unless there is something wrong with the driver. It could also perhaps be something with your dac as the noise should not increase or decrease if it was a power issue with the amp, but if the dac had an issue like that, the volume of the noise changing on the amp would make sense as it would be receiving a signal with noise.

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Hmmm, I don’t think (and hope it’s not) a driver issue. Right now they’re loud and sound great. I didn’t notice this noise in only one ear, it was an identical sound from both channels. Had it just been one I would have immediately thought driver as well. Still, it’s rare so I’ll keep an eye
er, make that ear, on it.

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Do you know what days and time the noises occurred? And were you doing something different those days regarding using equipment or something? That doesn’t sound like the headphones are the issue. And with it happening on both setups it doesn’t sound like a dac or amp issue

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I thought it might have been when the furnace was running in the house. But if you saw my location post, the furnace is almost always running where I live. In fact it’s running right now and I’m not noticing the issue. It’s possible that another appliance like the dishwasher or laundry was running. Otherwise, no. But Just working on a computer in each case - Surface Pro 4 in one case and custom built PC in the other. But I’ll make it a point to test this out next time the dishwasher or laundry runs.

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Well, we can rule out dishwasher. It was started while I was listening - with the furnace also running - and there was no change in the sound. Huh.

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You also have to consider that it might not be you, and you neighbors instead. On the atom vs sp200 thread, Riya was having ac issues, and then also went to a friends house and had the same issues, but then went to return it and it was dead quiet at the store, so he just happened to have dirty power. You could have someone else also on your power lines affecting your power, just like how internet can slow down at certain times as it’s being used more

You can read from this on for the power issues if you are curious about that

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Yep. This makes some sense. We are in one half of a duplex. Even though both sides are metered independently the incoming line is probably shared.

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That’s way overpriced lol

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Oops, good catch

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Review is live

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Nice review :ok_hand: very thorough
 they look pretty sharp in black

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Thanks. yeah. I prefer the black. I feel like the ear pads on the silver would get dirty looking faster.

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Are there sound differences here with the premium from the pros or just physical differences? Pros seem to be mia

Edit: After reading the thread the black pads sound different apparently 
 how about premium vs pro?

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I think the only difference is the headband, the cord and to your point some are saying the pads are slightly different. I don’t have the other pads to test and verify.

Also the headband style can vary depending on the model. Apparently BeyerDynamic makes like 4-6 DT880 but I believe they all have the same earcup and driver.

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The black pads are less even and not as good imo, stock 880 pads are my favorite so far

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Yeah a lot of people say the treble is actually harsher on the black version, and it is less refined overall than the regular silver color. So actually the silver color is better in almost every case.

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To be fair they were very slightly bright as first but that went away. Now they are probably the most well rounded headphone in the arsenal.

Maybe I should try different pads just to see. :thinking::face_with_monocle:

Does Dekoni make any, if so are they any good?

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Personally I would pick up the stock grey silver 880 pads, but I can’t really say anything regarding aftermarket as the stock pads were my fave imo

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Nice review, @epic225. I enjoyed the read. IMO the 880’s treble is tuned to walk that line between “bright” and “sibilant.” It really depends on the recording whether it’s just a tad treble focused in its signature or just a tad sharp. My ear detects just a hint of that “metallic” treble character that the DT990 often has, but not to the point where it can regularly affect overall tonality (like the 990 does, IMO). However, the 880 mids are really good, the imaging strong, soundstage above average at this price point. I also don’t think they are bass “lite”. They have that reputation but I don’t think it’s deserved. I like my bass, and the 880 doesn’t leave me wanting.

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Thanks!

Yeah, they are definitely not bass lite. I’m used to the Hifiman HE4XX sound stage so that is my bases for comparison.

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