beyerdynamic DT 990 Edition 600 Ohm Hi-Fi- Headphone

Sounds good, fit well and are comfortable for long use. Not too heavy. Cable is a good length and well made. As this is the 600 ohm one, you need an amp that can drive it properly.

The final upgrade to my system - see my other reviews. My old Beyerdynamic DT990 Pros (250 ohm) are 35 years old and the cable connecting the two headphones has become stiff, has split and is held together with insulation tape. They still sound great....I decided to buy the 600 ohm version also because this model is less tight on the head and doesn't have the coiled cable. To be fair, when the pads are new they are quite stiff and so they are not as comfortable until they are broken in a bit. Having said that with the other improvements to my system these have a wonderful sound, much sharper and defined than my old pair with a less pronounced bass end but still plenty of it. They will need some "running in" but very pleased with thr sound which is no doubt significantly enhanced by the cable choices on my system.

I have been using dt990 600 ohm edition for a month now, so i am able to give my opinion in an honest way. Prior to dt990 i was using hd650 and neumann ndh20. These dt990 are in a different league alltogether. They have massive soundstage compare to 650 and even neumanns, detail, treble,sparkling top end and even bass are on different level. They are so spatial, that i could not listen back to hd650 at all. There is no sharp treble as sometimes mention in the others reviews. They are very very balanced soundwise and very light and comfortable too. I am thinking now of buying dt 1990 pro as my ultimate set of headphones, knowing how good dt990 is and thinking about those tesla drivers of 1990. I also need to mention, that my audio source is of high quality, bryston bda-2 DAC and SPL phonitor 2 headphone amplifier and also yamaha a-s1100 integrated amp. All of these parts plus dt990 premiums give me audio nirvana, i can listen to my music non stop and i am in my music heaven. From Mark Knopfler, through Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cheryl Wheeler, Celine Dion, Koto, all the 80s hits between others, sound terrific if, of course, it has been mastered proper way in the studio, without any clipping and distortions. Any mistakes from the mastering will be very easy picked up by the headphones too. In a few words,top quality sound.

Coming from a semi professional background in gaming, with a small Interest for listening to music, these headphones are great! For an affordable price, you get quality sound, ultimate comfort headphones that you forget you’re wearing. They fit perfectly and are very adjustable. If you’re looking for something tried and tested that won’t fail you and will last beyond the scope of simple “gaming” headsets or cheap IEM’s I couldn’t recommend them enough. The audio quality is simply amazing. I am hearing things I’ve never heard before and the experience is just exceptional. The clarity and fullness of the sound is awesome and I wish I had made the switch sooner.

I've never been into Audiophilic headphones, or got what the buzz was about getting expensive headphones. But these DT 990's really make me appreciate what it's all about, I can now hear instruments in some of my music I wasn't even aware of, it's almost like I'm listening to some songs for the first time again, but this time, they're are being heard the way they were meant to be heard. The base on these is clean, not too overpowering, but just enough to give you that oomph. The vocals and strings on these also sound pretty amazing, I have a feeling I won't be touching my old headphones ever again. I'm using the Creative G5 AMP/DAC, though not the best out there for these cans, they are adequate for now, but I'd say if you've got the cash and want the best experience, I would recommend the Schiit Modi and Magni DAC and AMP. They're American made, and they are top quality for their price. Just make sure you pick the UK plug before you order them. Playing games on these is also pretty incredible, the directional audio is on point. I've played racing games, FPS shooter (BF4) and these headphones are so much better than those "gaming" headphones, and without the fake 7.1 virtual surround feature, these headphones are best experienced in stereo. EDIT: I've had these for a few months now, and like a few others, I've begun to notice my left cups have a little rattling to them, and the right cups crackle sometimes. None of my other headphones exhibit this, so it has to be exclusive to these. I'm a bit disappointed to be honest, as the DT 990 Editions are the best headphones I've used otherwise.

Quite honestly these are the most comfy headphones I have ever owned, its like having your ears cupped by angles who then sing to you. Build is excellent, very solid, cable is just the right length. Comes in a nice soft carry case. The sound? Literally breath taking. I am hearing things in songs I've listened to for years that are new to me, the soundstage is like being there. Very happy across all genres of music, and this has also shown me that I don't need excessive amounts of base to enjoy music, in fact I have discovered a whole new world where everything is clear and every instrument is discernible. In short amazing value for 170 pounds. Make your ears happy and buy a pair.

I bought the 600 ohms version, once connected to an amp, they sound fantastic and build quality is metal not cheap plastic they are so comfortable, you know you're getting great headphones with build and sound quality 100% great, with this brand you know your getting a good pair of headphones, i love this brand, they've been around for years

muy comodos , muy llevaderos en tiempo y sonoridad de un agrado excelente , se hecha en falta quiza un poco mas de efecto cristalino , no obstante ofreciendo un amplio abanico de buenas tonalidades en lo amplio de su espectro . necesita un amplificador de 600 omhios si o si por que si no no lo escuchas adecuadamente, idoneos para musica heavy metal , rock , y acustica , no tan bueno con graves fuertes, eso si no te los querras quitar , muy muy comodos

Beyerdynamic 483966 DT 990 Premium 600 ohm HiFi Headphones I own this headphone AND the DT 990 PRO 250OHM headphone. I really think in my opinion these are the best OPEN CAN headphones for the price range. I bought a bunch of other ones in the price range before and ended up very unsatisfied. Example: Philips Audio Fidelio X2HR, Audio-Technica ATH-AD500X , Sennheiser HD 599. None of those were acceptable to me. My ears just really gravitate to BeyerDynamics GT990 series headphones so why not just buy it again ? I bought this one because I wanted to use it for just dedicated music listening on my hifi stereo. I use the 250ohm "pro" for computer usage for mastering multitrack recordings (note not for actual recording since they leak a LOT due to openback design, but for mastering songs). HEre is my main obvservations between these "premium 600ohm" vs "pro 250ohm": 1. These are lighter on the head 2. These have straight cord rather than coiled 3. The obvious GREY vs black open back look 4. These are 600ohm , and require a good headphone amp to drive them -- my stereo has a really good discreet headphone amp and they sound amazing -- without an amp, you will find them somewhat quiet. The 250ohm require less power to drive them and actually can be used direct to phones too 5. This 600hm version sounds just a TOUCH crisper than the 250ohm version --- if you dont like clinically crisp sound, then you will not like them. 6. To be honest, I find for some reason the "airyness" or "open" "wide" sound stage is better on the 250ohm version (?) It 's likely i have not broken them in enough but at first listen, thats my gutt feel. After a good 50hours maybe i'll feel differently. 7. This comes with a very nice case If you dont know what the DT900 series sound like in general? I will describe them as extremely open and "airy" , very wide 3D sounding headphones. They are not the flattest response but thats not what i want in music listening. It's an exciting musical headphone, very forward treble crispness. Not heavy bass but very well balanced bass and just enough mid end presence to make vocals sound right up there. Comfort-wise, I've yet to ever complain wearing them for an entire 8hour work day!! NEVER gets hot around the head. Never fatiguing because it is very light. Portability isnt the forte since it doesnt really fold. It's too bad the cord isnt replaceable though. I'm really happy with this and i highly recommend giving this a shot if youre around the ballpark of ~250-350 price range and looking for an openback set.

Um es gleich vorweg zu nehmen: der offene 990er war für mich Liebe auf den ersten Beat. Er hebt sich klanglich von den beiden Modellen 880 und 770, die ich ebenfalls zum Vergleich hatte, deutlich ab da er den Bassbereich - insbesondere auch sehr tiefe Bässe - viel stärker in den Vordergrund holt. Dabei wirkt der Bass aber trotzdem noch relativ präzise und "wummert" nicht planlos durch die Gegend, ist aber auf jeden Fall recht dominant bei diesem Modell. Ein weiterer Pluspunkt ist das breit aufgestellte Klangfeld. Der Ton ist nicht direkt im Kopf, sondern kommt irgendwie von überall - als wäre man in einer Blase aus Klang in die man am liebsten noch tiefer eintauchen möchte. Insgesamt wirkt die Musik auch "sphärischer". Damit meine ich aber absolut nicht, dass diese hallt oder ein Echo hat, sondern irgendwie mehr vor sich hin schwingt und lebendig wirkt, was vermutlich dem starken Bass zu verdanken ist. Ich finde es zudem recht erstaunlich, dass der Klang so offen und gleichzeitig doch irgendwie gezielt am Ohr ist. Das ist wirklich schwierig zu beschreiben, hört sich aber sehr angenehm an und verleiht der Musik das gewisse etwas. Durch die Betonung des Bass wirkt der 990er zudem sehr warm und wie schon erwähnt auch lebendig. Die Höhen geben sich im Vergleich zum 880 und 770 nicht wirklich viel. Die Mitten sind leicht schwächer aber fügen sich noch relativ harmonisch ins Gesamtbild ein. Vielleicht könnten diese geringfügig stärker sein. Dieser Mix aus starkem Bass, leicht nach hinten versetzten Mitten und wieder relativ normalen Höhen ist auf Grund der daraus resultierenden Frequenzkurve die Badewanne von der man auch an anderen Stellen immer wieder mal liest. Im krassen Gegensatz zum 770er ist die Musik unabhängig von der Trageweise immer identisch. Selbst wenn man den Kopfhörer langsam von den Ohren wegzieht merkt man keine übermäßig starke Veränderung in der Klangfarbe. Es wird einfach nur leiser. Sehr schön ist noch die sehr differenzierte Klangdarstellung über das gesamte Spektrum. Während viele gerade günstigere Kopfhörer gerne dazu neigen alles in einem Einheitsmatsch auszugeben kann man hier wirklich Bass und Höhen deutlich getrennt voneinander wahrnehmen. Ein Hi-Hat behält also z. B. auch bei einem starken Bass noch das typische Zischen und wird nicht nach unten gezogen. Der Tragekomfort ist sehr angenehm und man vergisst nach einer Weile förmig, dass man Kopfhörer trägt. Das Anschlusskabel ist mit 3 Metern ausreichend lang und wirkt robust. Am Kabel selbst ist ein 3,5mm Klinkenstecker; ein Adapter auf 6,3mm liegt allerdings bei. Ebenso gehört zum Lieferumfang noch eine praktische Transporttasche mit Lederüberzug, die innen mit ausgeschnittenem Schaumstoff den Kopfhörer hält und beim Transport vor Stößen etc. sichert. Mit seinem ausgeprägten Bass und dem vergleichsweise weiten Klangfeld, dass hier einfach das gewisse etwas liefert, ist der 990er meiner Meinung nach das Spaßmodell aus dieser Reihe. So mancher wird ihn wahrscheinlich als viel zu basslastig einstufen. In dem Fall ist er dennoch eine Überlegung Wert wenn man ggf. den Bass leicht rausdreht, denn die anderen Eingenschaften bleiben weiterhin erhalten. Wer sich jetzt fragt wo die Vor- und Nachteile der 600 Ohm Variante liegen - hier ein kleiner Ausflug in die Technikwelt: an der Membran, die den Ton erzeugt, befindet sich eine gewickelte Spule aus Draht. Dieser Draht ist bei Kopfhörern mit geringer Impedanz von z. B. nur 32 Ohm relativ dick während er bei Kopfhörern mit hoher Impedanz sehr fein ist - so wie bei dem hier rezensierten Modell. Der dicke Draht besitzt also einfach einen geringeren Widerstand als der dünnere Draht. Für den Klang ist der springende Punkt, dass der dickere Draht "schwerfälliger" ist da mehr Masse bewegt werden muss, wohingegen bei einem hochohmigen Kopfhörer die Spule leichter ist und feinste Signaländerungen besser herausarbeitet. HiFi Enthusiasten greifen aus diesem Grund lieber zu hochohmigen Kopfhörern. Falls jemand jetzt denkt "super, da nehme ich doch direkt die 600 Ohm Variante", der hat die Rechnung ohne seinen Zuspieler gemacht; womit wir dann beim Nachteil der 600 Ohm Variante angekommen wären. Auf Grund der hohen Impedanz benötigt der Kopfhörer vor allem mehr Spannung um sein ganzes Potenzial entfalten zu können. Geräte wie normale MP3 Player oder auch einfache Soundkarten im PC verfügen jedoch nicht über eine derartige Leistung. Der Klang wirkt dann in seiner Dynamik stark beschnitten (durch Versuche selbst ermittelt) und auch die maximale Lautstärke ist sehr begrenzt. Wer mit der 600 Ohm Variante liebäugelt sollte also einen geeigneten Kopfhörerverstärker sein Eigen nennen. Wer erst jetzt realisiert hat, dass er möglicherweise noch weiteres Equipment benötigt, muss das Portmonee aber nicht unnötig strapazieren. Den DT990 gibt es auch als 32 und 250 Ohm Variante, wobei vor allem letzteres ein interessanter Kompromiss ist, den man z. B. mit einem preiswerten Verstärker vom Typ Fii0 E11 kombinieren kann. Wer das ganze nur am PC nutzen möchte kann auch zum Modell E10 greifen. Ich selbst verwende übrigens den Verstärker Corda Jazz von Meier Audio.

The Beyerdynamics DT990/600 is a work of art. The only mar to this construction is the metal arms that go into the headband can twist and make a popping noise, makes me wonder if they slip out of the track. But no worries so far, just don't twist the cup, it does not turn sideways or anyways but up and down. On the inside of the metal adjustment band there are dots to line up and once adjusted the headband doesn't come unadjusted easily. Set it and forget it. The velvet sleeves fit over my ears but do rest on my earlobes. They cause me no discomfort but YMMV. I can wear these headphones forever and have forgotten they are on my head. The headband is very comfortable for me. The sound quality of these are just fine. They are not flat sounding, they have a u shaped curve that accents the bass and treble. Some say this leaves the mid's recessed. I knew this coming in. Personally I find I can hear the mids just fine but if you want in your face mids, get Grado's. Some say the highs are too in your face, I'm 53 and have average hearing loss so I knew I needed the bumb in highs, you may not like the highs coming from these cans, but they are great for me. The bass is the best thing about this set of cans, but I may be a bass head. At Head-Fi.org there is a how to EQ your headphones that works for any headphone, it may work wonders for all your headphones (for some ear canal resonance distortion?) I find that I can hear every sound with great separation and detail. I don't find a great sound stage in these cans, no matter to me, when things are suppose to warble between left and right it does it well. This is where the cans get good to me; they make my head bounce, my feet tap and make me want to dance, but I'm scared the headphones would fly off. No headbanging with these, they will come off. I listen to prog rock mostly and the DT990/600 do some serious rocking, you won't be disappointed. IF, big IF you amp the DT990/600. It must be amped to realize it's potential. It needs a FiiO E9 at least. I have my set amped by my Pioneer receiver. Just coming out of your computer or mp3 player you will be disappointed. Even out of the headphone amp on my Auzentech Forte 7.1 soundcard, which is supposed to handle 600 ohm headphones, the volume will not satisfy me. So I connect it digitally to the receiver and let it amp it. I can recommend the Beyerdynamic's DT990/600 if you use an amp with it, and like bass and treble. The mids are just great, but if you don't like treble these might not be for you. Ditto if you don't care for bass. I understand they are great for classical, but I have no experience in this. But if you like music and want to rock, or want to 'dig into' the micro sound and hear every separate note, then these are the headphones for you.

I bought the 600 Ohm version since my headphone amp can drive it. Buy a 250 Ohm version for other home hifi. The detail I hear is unsurpassed and the soundstage is vast. Made a great choice.