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I went to guitar center this morning to check out some headphones since I had just ordered a pair of A900s. The sales rep said that the Beyers were "The best headphones I've ever heard.", I couldn't pass up on a statement like that. So I tried out the Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro on both my Ipod and an amp. Note that I am not an audiophile, but listen to a lot of music and know when something sounds off.
I first tried them on the instore amp to guage their potential. Note that they probably were not broken in prior since the sales rep took them out of a box.
They were very comfortable to my head and fit well with a proper adjustment. The isolated sound fairly well. With music playing, a sales rep asked me to move about 1ft from me and I couldn't hear anything at all. With no music, voices close by seemed very distant. The audio cd used with the amp was some weird ambient music with a bit of bass. The headphones sounded amazing. I closed my eyes and imagined I was in a large auditorium with no problems. The bass was pronounced but never got loud to a point of distracting from the other sounds. Overall, a great experience.
Now on my 3G 20GB Ipod, an entirely different story. I tried Hawthorn Heghts and Mae to test punk music, Tool and Metallica for rock, Tranzworld and NYC Underground 3 for trance and dance (I hear trance and dance are a strongpoint for these). All of the music was at 192kbps bitrate.
The first thing I noticed about the Beyers on the Ipod was that they didn't go loud enough. I easily put the volume up to max on the Ipod and the sound felt just comfortable. My old Sony cheapo MDR-Q22s(not bad sound quality, but missing bass) could go ridiculously too high if I wanted on the other hand.
For the punk music, the Beyers seemed somewhat muffled. I could however tell the smallest details in the treble. The bass also interfered with the vocals on some faster songs. The punk just didn't have sound like what punk music should sound like. It was too bass heavy and distant.
For the rock music, the same distant sound applied. Listening to Lateralus, the bass wasn't as much of a problem as with the punk music, but once again still a problem. The detail was again great. Listening to Master of Puppets was lacking. It felt as though the band was behind a doorway. The bass was pleasantly deep, but the overall sound quality, midrange and High were lackluster.
The trance and dance were the most enjoyable to listen to. Tranzworld has a lot of ambience and bass, the Beyers boomed in my head like I had placed a subwoofer a few feet away from each ear. The little techno high frequency noises were amazing to hear. The detail was again very present in the NYCUP3. On the Mel C song, I could actually hear a tiny bit of static in the background (probably due to a bad recording on my part), that I couldn't dream of hearing with my cheap sonies. To test the bass, I set the Ipod equalizer to bass booster. Under this setting, there was no distortion like there was with the cheapo sonies, and the bass blasted away like I had turned up the bass knob on a set of speakers. The only problem was not a problem with the sound quality, it was with the sound volume. The darn things just couldn't go high enough. They just stayed soft and low. If I had an intention of using them in an airplane, I'm not sure the sound isolation would do well enough to drown out the jets.
In conclusion, it appears that the DT770 Pros are NOT for portable players. I have no idea if my review represents a well broken in set or an amped set, but my unamped Ipod exprience left me with a negative impression. On the amp, they could go considerably higher, but only listening to that one ambient CD didn't let me test other genres. Note: Not an audiophile, just casual music listener.
I first tried them on the instore amp to guage their potential. Note that they probably were not broken in prior since the sales rep took them out of a box.
They were very comfortable to my head and fit well with a proper adjustment. The isolated sound fairly well. With music playing, a sales rep asked me to move about 1ft from me and I couldn't hear anything at all. With no music, voices close by seemed very distant. The audio cd used with the amp was some weird ambient music with a bit of bass. The headphones sounded amazing. I closed my eyes and imagined I was in a large auditorium with no problems. The bass was pronounced but never got loud to a point of distracting from the other sounds. Overall, a great experience.
Now on my 3G 20GB Ipod, an entirely different story. I tried Hawthorn Heghts and Mae to test punk music, Tool and Metallica for rock, Tranzworld and NYC Underground 3 for trance and dance (I hear trance and dance are a strongpoint for these). All of the music was at 192kbps bitrate.
The first thing I noticed about the Beyers on the Ipod was that they didn't go loud enough. I easily put the volume up to max on the Ipod and the sound felt just comfortable. My old Sony cheapo MDR-Q22s(not bad sound quality, but missing bass) could go ridiculously too high if I wanted on the other hand.
For the punk music, the Beyers seemed somewhat muffled. I could however tell the smallest details in the treble. The bass also interfered with the vocals on some faster songs. The punk just didn't have sound like what punk music should sound like. It was too bass heavy and distant.
For the rock music, the same distant sound applied. Listening to Lateralus, the bass wasn't as much of a problem as with the punk music, but once again still a problem. The detail was again great. Listening to Master of Puppets was lacking. It felt as though the band was behind a doorway. The bass was pleasantly deep, but the overall sound quality, midrange and High were lackluster.
The trance and dance were the most enjoyable to listen to. Tranzworld has a lot of ambience and bass, the Beyers boomed in my head like I had placed a subwoofer a few feet away from each ear. The little techno high frequency noises were amazing to hear. The detail was again very present in the NYCUP3. On the Mel C song, I could actually hear a tiny bit of static in the background (probably due to a bad recording on my part), that I couldn't dream of hearing with my cheap sonies. To test the bass, I set the Ipod equalizer to bass booster. Under this setting, there was no distortion like there was with the cheapo sonies, and the bass blasted away like I had turned up the bass knob on a set of speakers. The only problem was not a problem with the sound quality, it was with the sound volume. The darn things just couldn't go high enough. They just stayed soft and low. If I had an intention of using them in an airplane, I'm not sure the sound isolation would do well enough to drown out the jets.
In conclusion, it appears that the DT770 Pros are NOT for portable players. I have no idea if my review represents a well broken in set or an amped set, but my unamped Ipod exprience left me with a negative impression. On the amp, they could go considerably higher, but only listening to that one ambient CD didn't let me test other genres. Note: Not an audiophile, just casual music listener.
