Beyerdynamic - DT 990 PRO X

I have some Beyer DT990s i need to fix. My cat chewed the cable in half and so theyve been sitting in a box waiting for me to creck em open and replace the cable. In the meantime ive been using the HD599 from Sennheiser and they have also been great. 

It's worth it to save up for the DT990s. Bear in mind they are very comfortable and can be worn for long periods of time which is why I got them. They are not the most balanced (particularly spatially) and I need to use my monitors sometimes to balance sounds particularly leads or synths. But I like them for comfort and they work well enough. If your budget is low aim for comfort and balance and pick which is most important for you and lean that way. Comfort is more important than balance for me so I went with the BD 990s - as I can always go back to my monitors for balance and then back to headphones.

I have DT 990s i paired them with the fiio K11 Rdr Dac/amp and they sound Mint.

Yeah I’ve been rocking regular dt 990’s for a decade.

if there is word 'gaming' attached, it usually means below average quality with above average price and a lot of lights. Don't buy anything 'gaming' for gaming. Not chairs, not desks, and surely not headsets. Good audio headphones and a mic is the way to go. I got Beyerdynamic 990 and it is awesome. They have some version with mic attached, and as well stand alone microphone. it is German company, but I heard recently they are going to be acquired by Chinese. Still, I think the majority of their products are eu made.

BearDynamic dt770s or the dt990s, they worked the best for me. But the thing is 250 ohms sounded very good to me but the 80ohms ones had some hiss.

Beyerdynamic DT770 or DT990. If you want an actual headset with mic, Audeze Maxwell

For the price, you can't really beat them. They're solid quality headphones from a great company with higher priced models if wanted

I've been working with the 770s for about 5 years now. They're really good, but I find they make the audio "small". Not tinnie, or less loud, just a feeling of smallness. Recently, I've switched over to the 990s and they feel much fuller, so I recommend them.

Notoriously murderous treble is not to everyone state

Not really easy to EQ down, its peaks rather than broad elevation and peaks frequency depend on length mode resonance to each person. If you EQ down with big strokes you still end up with uneven treble, just lower. Not the best canvas for EQ either.

Yes it’s pretty common but DT 990 has more peaks and they are more dramatic, plus bidder in amplitude, making it way hash. Completely different ball game from.Sundara and 600 (which I incidentally both own)

True, and we have different treble sensitivity / hearing ability depending on age and hearing damage history. Not saying you shouldn’t enjoy the DT990. Just saying it is not « normal sounding » and is one that is objectively (and subjectively) bright in problematic ways compared to neutral. Of course you don’t have to like neutral. If it sounds normal to you, probably most other headphones must sound dark

Beyerdynamics 990 open backs are nice, think they’re like 180 new a few years ago. Maybe they offer a more expensive model to maximize that budget. As you’re already aware, you should drive them with an amp. At that point, willing to say almost any ‘audiophile’ option will do. It’s usually about clean signal and power than good speakers, but good speakers doesn’t hurt of course