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So, I got yet another new headphone...😅

Story time! Almost all of my headphones lack treble extension, My HD600, My Meze Silva, my Focal Elegia somewhat, My Old Fashioned and I never really seemed to notice it. Now lately I have been getting a bit into room treatment for my office and doing DSP Room correction which corrected the high end extension in my HiFi system there and then I noticed how much I was missing out on in my headphones. Me being me, Instead of trying to EQ I figured "Why not buy another pair that already does it"! And since I listen to quite alot of classical and Jazz and I always heard about Grado's being good foor classical and jazz I started digging a bit into those. I came very close to buying a pair of 225's after seeing a video from Dankpods praising the SR60E's into oblivion but then I read somewhere about their cables being very microphonic, Now I never thought about that because all of my other headphones have replaceable ones but the Grado's have a non-detatcheable cable and apparently it is annoyingly loud if you're sensitive to it, and unfortunately, I am sensitive to it. So I had to go another route. Then I stumbled upon a post here that was talking about the DT880's being slowly discontinued and looked those up since I never heard about the 880's and then I found them, On Amazon of all places, Seller being the official Beyerdynamic store, for €139 Free Shipping. What a steal, I thought so I put it in my basket while I looked a bit online what I could find about these, turns out, They're 600 Ohm O_O, Yeah that's a bit more than my little tube amp bargained for, but then I saw this video from Zeos where he was using an Emotiva speaker amplifier with these and while he claimed it was neccesary, which is BS ofcourse, It did give me the idea to use my Marantz Hifi amp with them. Quickly said quickly done I added some Banana plug to Jack adapters to my basket and I ordered these. Fast forward 2 days to today and they arrived. I hooked everything up and I have to say, I am shocked.

Now onto the DT880 Edition's 600 Ohm.

These headphones have the best imaging of any headphone I own, they are truly 3D, they don't have any dead spots or oval issues, Objects move freely in space around me, above me, Through me, behind me, infront of me, Everywhere, Things are pinpoint accurate and on certain tracks from Yello and Hooverphonic you can follow certain sounds with your eyes closed to the point you get Dizzy from all of the stuff moving around.

The balance: These are lean, top heavy but very smooth headphones, they can be sibilant on poor recordings but that is more of a matter of them revealing the flaws. They are going to become a tool i'll use while editing in the future as these are great at showing flaws, better than my HD600's. The bass is deep but not very punchy, At parts you can feel the Rumble in them but they won't punch you as there is not much 40hz energy but rather a bit of a laid back bass that albeit deep isn't like a closed back headphone. They do reach deeper than my Meze Silva's however and much deeper than any of my other open backs. With the proper amplification the 5hz claim from Beyerdynamic isn't just a claim but a fact as these will literally shake from the rumbling on extreme low notes or droning sounds. On tracks like Hans Zimmer's Chevaliers De Sangreal you can feel the subbass layer under the regular bass and clearly make out details in the ultra low regions. The mids are natural albeit not relaxed, they are accurate but they won't forgive a bad recording like for example my less accurate Meze's do. Overall I would call these high fidelity but lacking slightly in punch.

I have Dekoni Elite Velour pads on the way to see if that will change my opinion on this headphones low end as those should, if I understand it correctly, enhance its bass and midbass while leaving the Treble alone.

Comfort is a solid 7/10, the pads feel nice and the headband is comfortable even after many hours of use, i've worn it for 6 hours straight now and have not felt any discomfort. The reason why I give it a 7/10 is because it doesn't dissapear like my Meze's do, they are lightweight but you will still know you're wearing headphones as where with my Meze's i've had a couple times where I accidentally stood up and tried to walk away not realising I still had them on. Second pointer is that atleast on my head the earcups are just a tad too shallow, my left ear sticks out a tiny bit more than my right ear and thus just barely touches the inside of the earcup, making it ever so slightly more noticeable that you're wearing them. Headband adjustment system is a small trial and error but once you have it set you can just leave it like that.

The regular DT880's come with a carrying pouche but these, due to being the "Edition's", come with a sort of soft case, Its basically just a big block of foam with a giant scoop taken out of it that the headphones sit in with a soft fake leather layer around it all and a zipper. It works fine however and is very welcome, especially at this price bracket.

The cable is a 3 meter long straight cable and although I normally would like a shorter cable am very glad that its a straight cable. The regular DT880 comes with a coiled one and those for me are a no-go. Its not very microphonic, Infact I haven't really noticed any Microphonics while using it unless actively rubbing the cable against yourself by hand and even the its quiet, better than my stock HD600 Cable even. Now I would have enjoyed a replaceable cable but at this price range I think its no more than fair not to expect that and if it really is desired then one can quite easily mod one onto it.

Now, To Powah, these are 600Ω with a 96dB sensitivity. Not impossible to drive but to drive them well you need mostly voltage, I'd say a good 5Vrms is more than plenty to drive these properly and well into hearing damage regions, that being said, I drive them currently with 19Vrms on tap. Yup, That equals to 600mW@600Ohm RMS, Enough to make these smoke. Its overkill in every sense of the way (even tho it's actually slightly less than what Zeos said was the minimum) but I must say that it sounds...amazing. that amplifier is a €700 Marantz Stereo amplifier that normally is powering my Focal speakers and is an amplifier that I already have always been extremely happy with and that might add to why these image so well because my Focal's do the same and I believe it might have to do with that amazing amplifier. For a Pre-Amp I am using a Fosi Audio GR70 Tube Pre-amp with 1972 NOS Voskhod 6J1P-EV tubes rolled in and as a DAC i'm using a Topping E30II Lite, The Marantz and Fosi live at 12 O'Clock to prevent channel imbalances and my Topping DAC lives at around -30dB to -08dB depending on how loud a track is mastered. Music for now comes from Tidal but will soon be testing it with Vinyl and CD's (Nice thing about being connected to my Marantz is that I can now use my Turntable with them.).

Overall I have to say that these surprised me alot and might be my best performing headphones from a technical perspective. These are a very welcome tool aswell as a device that is great to enjoy music with. I think along with my Meze's that these will become my most used headphones in the future.

Highly recommend them, especially at this price. Clear 9/10 from me.

Thank you for reading my impressions of the Beyerdynamic DT880 Edition 600Ω headphones.

Any questions, opinions or just want to say something? Feel free to leave a comment, I'd be very happy to talk about headphones with you all!

Thank you and if I dont see you soon, see you later!

I just spent €300 bucks on an IK MultiMedia ARC Studio and it has changed my life, my setup consists of a pair of Focal Chora bookshelfs and a Focal Chorus SW800V subwoofer all powered by a Marantz PM6007, A Tube Pre-amp and a Topping E30II Lite DAC. I haven't used my speaker system in a while since i've been working mostly on headphones, however I'm stuck at home now for 3 weeks so I started using my system more, well, It didn't sound good. First I picked up that Focal sub to replace my old boomy JBL one, then I did some minor room treatment on first reflection points (More is coming in next week for the ceiling and corners) however the system still couldnt come close to for example the sound of my Meze Silva's. Now part of my job is being a live sound engineer so I've been using room correction systems for a bit but always the insanely expensive €5000+ systems that have licenses and all that just for the room correction so I didn't really think about it to use in a hifi sense, that's when I discovered this little device. It's 300 bucks, Comes with a measurement mic, takes XLR in and out and is made in italy (Not Chi-Fi), It's standalone so after calibration you can unplug everything from the box, including the pc and just use the box inbetween your signal path, It has a true bypass for when you want to turn it off, it comes with alot of customizable settings aswell to tweak everything even further and it has turned this nightmare of a room of mine into a place I can mix, On hifi speakers! Ofcourse adding more room treatment when it comes in is still essential and I'll need to recalibrate everything after that since it will change the room but what this little device can do is shocking.

Yesterday I was debating if I should even buy it since a poor room will always be a poor room without tons and rond of treatment but this is like some kind of black magic wizardry, My Focal's suddenly sound like much Higher-End ones with ultra clear voices, complete harmony and extremely natural realism.

What the thing did do however is make the system alot less bassy which ofcourse is good but for movies that's a bit of a downside but for music, man this is amazing! I can finally work on this system!

Question if you've read this far, do you use Room Correction and has it made an impact for you? Would love to hear it.

Peace.

What do you all think about HEAVN? My Tidal recommended them to me and I must say they sound amazing, On my system it sounds like i'm sitting in an orchestral hall but with actual bass. Its like a pop song merged with audiophile music.

Its just very relaxed and chill, quite like it. Very nice to just chill with. Same for songs from them like "Great Mother" and "One Day".

First off, One thing no reviewer or sales person lied about is comfort, These things fit unlike anything else, Completely dissapear with 0 sense of something being in your ears. I have an S eartip on my left and M on my right ear and they feel good without causing pressure. They also are in very securely.

Onto the sound, Well they sound like a €169 Meze Product, Not as good as my €500 Meze Silva's but that isn't expected for the price. I dont have other IEM's to compare except some cheap KZ's but these are I think best described as a Meze headphone with wooden cups that has a V boost added to it. More bass and more treble but still quite balanced and controlled. Currently I have it on a tube amp and it sounds clean and surprisingly spacious and wide, Got a good 2 heads width of space on either side. Treble is sparkly but controlled without much sibilance, Mids are relatively flat and natural, Brass sounds great on them. Bass is a bit boosted like I said earlier but still well controlled with good lunch rather than Rumble, I dont think these go very deep as in room my Focal subwoofer goes deeper but they do have good punch and dynamics.

Overall I'd recommend them just for the comfort alone. These things rock! Cable Is a little tangly tho but that's an easily replaceable part.

Overall for the money 9/10 for me, Would be a 10/10 if it had a slightly thicker cable and perhaps a bit less bass and slightly more 800-1khz as it seems to dip a little bit there based on what i'm hearing. I could be way off tho so that's that.

Hey everyone, I bought a new to me sub today! The Focal Chorus SW800V, An 11 inch sub! Never heard of an 11 inch sub before! Plays great and makes for an excellent extension to my Focal speakers. Finally some real extension and depth instead of just "Boom" that my old JBL sub gave me.

Its not a home theater sub as it really does not have that BOOM that a theater sub gives but man my bookshelf speakers now feel like giant tower speakers and more, Extension down to 27hz with this thing sounds and feels great.

Love it! Bought it for a r/BudgetAudiophile kind of price too!

Currently in a temporary position as I need to get a longer cable tomorrow to put it in it's official spot. Can't wait!

Just picked up this Focal Chorus SW800V! Have to say it's a big upgrade over what I had before (Old JBL SUB200/230) what do you think?

This is what i'm currently using but I still need to do some fine tuning.

This is the standard EQ from Android btw.

Would love to see what you all are using!

Hey all, I bought some Bowers & Wilkins Pi8's today to use while laying in bed where my headphones would be uncomfortable and while initially not very impressed with the sound over bluetooth I had a, some may say, Silly idea. What if I plug them into my tube amp? See, these earbuds have a transmit mode that if you plug a 3.5mm to usb-C cable into the case the case can then connect with the earbuds, so I put them in, started up Tidal and plugged them into my Fosi GR70 with NOS 1972 Voskhod 6J1P-EV's and man, i'm shocked. These just went from basic consumer earbuds to proper audiophile IEM's. Fuck android for ruining sound, these are freaking amazing on proper gear! Everything is alive, balanced, coherent and musical, Man I love these things now! Not sure how this can be so much better since my phone does have all the fancy codecs and such and Tidal but I guess it is androids mixer messing with things or its just tube magic. Whatever it is this sounds freaking amazing and make them completely worth their price! Connection is extremely stable too, I can walk through the entire house with these connected to the case sitting on my desk rig and I haven't had a single drop out, not even currently sitting 10m away from it with 2 walls inbetween.

Love these!

P.s. Not exactly headphones but close enough because i'm using my headphone gear to power these.

System used right now: Harman Kardon AVR in 2.1 mode with "vintage" (1977) Jamo J70's and a JBL Synthesis Sub. Music from Tidal.

The album that's accompanying me this morning is Sting's The Nightwatch (Live at the Rijksmuseum) (I'm Dutch so it's fun knowing this album was live recorded in one of our museums.

Found the Jamo's in storage, Didn't picture then because they look awful since the covers are rotted and the nameplate is gone on 1 but the woofers are fully intact and the tweeters look basically brand new somehow. Sound great, not as good as the Focal's that I use at my desk with a Marantz amp but they definately sound better than the little Jbl's surround set I normally use here.

What are you listening to this morning?

Finally got my 5000K W5050SQ5 Convoy T8 Brass in today and man, It's amazing. On a 14500 it Outshines my custom SFT42R@8A build in a Brass T6 and many others in this size class and on a AA battery its the perfect backup light (picture is with the AA) that's bright, focussed and super easy to carry while also being durable. It'll shorten some screws tomorrow to give it a Pocket clip but besides that it's perfect in my opinion. Prefer it over the C8+ which I gifted away recently.

Highly recommend it as a Daily Carry or Backup light, especially with the stellar AA performance!