This is something Beyer’s most popular headphones I find to be decent to be great at. As a big beyer fan it’s always nice to get that confirmed with new releases
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are they hard to drive? I want to use them on the go with my BTR5
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^ there you have your answer, plenty loud for me
48 Ohms Resistance with 100db SPL, very efficient set of headphones
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Well, sort of kudos. It’s recyclable, not recycled. Sorry, I’m a true pedant.
I’m loving the way these look and would be quite excited if I didn’t have a new pair of 880 600s waiting for me at home right now. Been in the damn hospital and found them being mentioned on here as a tube lovers favourite, so I had to have them. Saw a few tube amps in photos next to the new versions so please let us know how they tube.
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They better be good. The DT900 pro x is playing in Sundara’s zone, and we all know how capable the Sundara is. Can’t wait to see if they still tune it based on diffuse field or Harman or what
I will be interested to hear any comparisons to the 880/600. I’m just 2 weeks into mine, lol. And wondering, as others are, if a new version of That is coming too.
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debating on whether or not these are just a alternative to sennheiser at this point… I should have some pretty initial thoughts in order tomorrow though… The top end is still a bit up there but not even remotely close to say the 990… Curious as to others thoughts so far.
Really curious to see what you think about these. Especially compared to the TYGR / 880 for gaming .
Also , how much do they scale with better and more powerful amps
If it helps, so far I am loving this headphone so the review will be fairly positive. Though, whether it holds up on its current price tag, how it fairs to its competition, how it scales, among other things I need to definitely sit with… however, there really doesn’t seem to be much scaling with this one(was doing brief switching a/b between my different units earlier)… I notice some changes but this thing is so ridiculously easy to drive and sounds good while being this easy I don’t see it as a bad thing in this case unlike the T1 3rd gen where I expected a hell of a lot more this isn’t bad so far.
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I know… When I think beyer… I want those high impedance drivers
quick question have you tried running them balanced? (if its even possible without mods). I’m assuming there is no real benefit since their are so efficient but just wondering
not possible without modification due to the usage of a 3 pin mini xlr instead of 4 pin just like the DT 1990 which uses the same plug and cannot be balanced without the same modification.
Bummer… probably not a big deal, but still would have been nice
Not sure why they are veering away from the high impedance… perhaps they think they no longer need it? No idea, I would love to see a higher ohm variation to this or something down the way… but, lets be real they won’t even make variations to the 880 over there… I am not completely convinced they fully pay attention to consumers wants in a few areas… This headphone definitely addressed a lot of problems though… the overly bright nature of the headphone(gone), high impedance relying on powerful amps(gone), overly thin pads that become flat after roughly a year or less depending on usage(pads are like twice as thick now and plush as hell), detachable cables not being seen in lower models(now uses 3 pin mini xlr), mids being a sore spot in quite a lot of beyers due to V signature(they seem to have taken one from sennheiser in these… the mids are a lot more present now and quite clear so far)
I was extremely bummed out by the 3rd gen T1 if I am being quite honest when I realized the scaling was practically gone, whats the point in having higher end equipment if it does practically nothing for my headphone that costs over a grand?
well the fact these are so low impedance really kills out Tube amps which have been a very good pairing for a long time in most of their lineup. No balanced either so some amps that really have changed signature or better traits in those balanced ports can’t really make use of that here… I made that remark that I was annoyed by this decision previously as I find it an oversight personally.
It does appear they want to appeal to a much larger audience with low impedance headphones though
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Well what matters in the end of the day is how they sound, if they are decent set for the price i can mange without balanced, but it is a real shame. I wonder if anyone tries to mod them how hard is it
I am fairly curious if perhaps they plan to release a “premium” variation to these much like they did with the dt 770 880 and 990… that would be quite interesting in my opinion. Would give them the possibility to add balanced and high impedance drivers since the others in the DT series for pro was only 250 ohms tops but the premiums were the 600 ohms. I think its something I will be keeping an eye on just incase…
as for these, modding doesn’t look like itd be too complicated… I wonder if that guy on Etsy will offer a modding service for these.
That’s great to hear and I agree. Looking at most recent releases on the lower end MMX300, Tygr 300R seem to have a few winners and I hope they keep the streak going.
Pads and the detachable cable awesome to see. On all my beyers I’ve replaced the pads and it’s a must they’re so sensitive to pad choice… I know this sounds funny but I find their headphones are more sensitive to pads than tubes… [theyre affected by them but not as dramatic]
Would like to read a comparison between the dt 1990 pro vs. dt 900 pro x vs. tygr and also 700 pro x vs. dt 1770 pro
The Dt 1990 is the next hp on my buy list. I would like to compare it with my sundara. I am still mussing the crazy imaging of the tygr sometimes, but for gaming i took the zeus a few months age and have sold the tygrs