Which Beyerdynamic headphones?

[revvy]

We should all post pics of our dusty, chocolate-covered HW.

SG's pic is a total winner! Love the Karaoke Move Hits Collection CD too

[Constructed Identity]

These forums are f**king hysterical

[_leras]

As I said I am now a Neumann user but to say Beyerdynamic is not high quality in my experience is a false statement.

Well it isn't a false statement, when i have a broken one after just a couple of years of normal wear and tear.

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Normal wear and tear? Both your headphones and keyboard look really filthy... That's not just some dust on them...

I don't believe that you can say you are looking after these things.

[Spring Goose]

As I said I am now a Neumann user but to say Beyerdynamic is not high quality in my experience is a false statement.

Well it isn't a false statement, when i have a broken one after just a couple of years of normal wear and tear.

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Normal wear and tear? Both your headphones and keyboard look really filthy... That's not just some dust on them...

I don't believe that you can say you are looking after these things.

It is normal wear-and-tear, in this room, with my ability/s and education. Anyway it isn't my fault, i'm disabled.

& anyway i already said the repair is a known about thing because they sell the repair kit for it.

[LoveEnigma18]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far.

That's really good to know, thanks. Your and cryophonik's suggestions are leaning me towards trying DT 880 Pro 250 Ohm, which is a good thing since that reduces a lot of confusion between two 7xx and two 9xx options.

I have the DT 880 Pro 250ohm and the 990 version.

They are both comfortable. I find the open back 990 gives me less ear fatigue after few hours of use. My studio is very quiet so I use open backs most of the time.

Okay, that's good to know. I am still deciding on one, especially not sure about going with open back or semi-open back. It's not urgent, but I would like to buy a new pair at the soonest.

[Spring Goose]

I just think that Beyerdynamic's German engineering isn't as great as it's made out to be, for the price. I mean its not like i pissed on the headphones or kicked them around, i just used them normally, for a lot of hours every day. & its an old keyboard i got out of storage with nicotine stains on the keys! OMG

[Spring Goose]

We should all post pics of our dusty, chocolate-covered HW.

SG's pic is a total winner! Love the Karaoke Move Hits Collection CD too

singing Grease musical is my secret pleasure!

[revvy]

We should all post pics of our dusty, chocolate-covered HW.

SG's pic is a total winner! Love the Karaoke Move Hits Collection CD too

singing Grease musical is my secret pleasure!

My family took me to see the musical Grease in London a few months ago. Brilliant!

[Spring Goose]

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[Vortifex]

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Bruh...

[kritikon]

Can't beat a pair of these:

[cryophonik]

Nooooooo!!! Those are thought-control headphones!

[Spring Goose]

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[LoveEnigma18]

So, I have concluded that I am OK with either semi-open or open back headphones. Since I have a separate studio bedroom, I think it would not be very different than listening to on speakers with the same ambient sound/noise around.

For semi-open back, I have DT 880 Pro 250 ohm as my choice.

For open back, based on comments here and elsewhere, I am hesitant about going Beyerdynamic route, and so thinking about one of the Sennheiser headphones - HD 560S, HD 600, or HD 650. I am not able to decide which one of these if I go for fully open-back. HD 560S would be probably the easiest of the three to drive using my audio interface and then HD 650 as it has better sensitivity. I don't want to buy a dedicated headphone amp outright as based on my research Komplete Audio 6 MK1 has one of the best headphone output specs I have seen for any audio interface and should drive any of these fairly well.

I listen to alternative-pop/rock, hip-hop, R&B, and electronic (not EDM) music.
I aim to produce beat-driven music (with/without my vocals, male) blending the same styles of music I listen to.

While I think it boils down to personal preference now, any last suggestions on which one would be the best as my first "open" type headphones would be appreciated.

[LoveEnigma18]

Kept it simple and ordered Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro 250 ohm headphones. Arriving tomorrow. I will get back with my first impressions soon.

If needed in the future, I can go fully open back between one of the Sennheiser or Beyerdynamic ones.

Thanks once again for your time and suggestions.