all you could ask...

case as gorgeous as it is a guaranty for scrstches.I use mine to store odd bits.

These blow away the top of the line sennheiser,s,grado 1,s-I have tried them all with 40+ years as an engineer.Spend more-get less. Be my guest.I have a 2nd pr at home which i power with a single ended triode Musical Fidelity v3 cans 2nd series.Yummy............

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The bandwidth is very wide. It is very comfortable to wear for long periods of time. Very good build quality. Comes with carrying and storage case.

On music that has lots of treble response, the sound may get irritating and tiring. Sibilants seem to be a bit pronounced. Midrange can seem a bit recessed at times.

Overall, I like these headphones about as well as AKG K601 that I also own. Bass extension and quality is about equal in both. The midrange is a bit better in the K601. The treble is more extended and more pronounced in the DT880. The overall sound quality is about equal. If music has a lot of upper level information, the DT880 may be the best. If the music is midrange based, such as female vocals, then the K601 wins.

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K301 XTRA, K601, HD 450, HD 414, HD 450-13II/600R, SR60, SR80, SR200

Accuracy, clairy, right balance of all frequencies, great construction, can be upgraded with Cardas cable. Also, great presentation as they come in an atractive aluminium box for storage.

Not as comfortable as the Sennheisers, takes a while to get used to the 'different' geometry of their headband. None in respect to sound

Upgrading from Sennheiser 565 Ovation, it was quite an eye opener to see / hear, how far has headphone technology advanced. The 565's, a very acomplished pair of cans in their own right, sound by comparison coloured, and somewhat confused when the Music gets complicated. The 880's on the other hand are articulate, neutral and convey the spirit of the Music exactly as it has been recorded, without any artificial additions of their own. This of course, exposes poor recordings, and sadly, there's many of them. On the issue of bass, it's tuneful, deep but not exaggerated or overblown, so in other words if it's there you will hear it IN THE RIGHT SCALE and not over emphasised as with some other less accurate h/phones that tend to cover their inadequacies with excesive bass. Treble is crystal clear without being 'edgy' and on vocals the listener can follow the score word for word, a difficult task for many h/phones, especially on Opera or Choral Music, where often, instruments and voices can get in to one anothers ways ( due to poor miking / mixing). Before I bought them, I had an A - B comparisson with the Sennheiser 650 and, in my view, the Beyers won purely on the accuracy issue, the 650's being more euphonic but less accurate. These cans are a "must listen" to listeners of Classical Music, where accuracy is paramount, and their sound quality is not far below, electrostatic h/phone quality. One very happy owner here.

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Few worth mentioning. The only criticism of worth is that these phones are quite inefficient - you'll need some electronic muscle to make them bloom. But when you have it, wow!

An extremely likeable set of cans are the DT 880's. All the usual audiophile adjectives apply: clean, excellent bass, great delineation of voices and instrumental detail. (Some have said they have a tendency to brightness-I do not find that to be the case.) I have a nice stable of headphones, including: AKG 501, AKG 1000 w/dedicated amp made by SAC in Germany, and the Sennheiser HD 600's; taken for all in all, these may be my favorite because they first pass muster in audio. A bonus is that they are remarkably comfortable and non-fatiguing. One can curl up for an evening of comfortable, high-quality sound, confident that no stress or fatigue will set in. I'm fortunate enough to have the Placette Audio dual-mono linestage, a preamp that has a stunning headphone output! Any cans sound good through the Placette, but the Beyer sounds exceptional. I also use the SAC as mentioned above, and a Corda headamp made by Jan Meier. The sound through the Corda is quite respectable, however through the Placette it's on a different level...marvelous! BTW, purchased from HeadRoom out there in BFE, and they were delivered next day via standard UPS, a journey of about 2,000 miles overnight. Extraordinay service.

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none i could reasonably defend.

Ive used mostly Sennheiser since the late 60's,the most recent being the 570's 4 years ago at the time of purchase.I tried briefly Prestige from GRADO but sold st a loss as i could not abide the comfort level.These are the best i have ever used.Better than Sennheiser build quality with fine leather and solid aluminum and with all do deference to the reivew above the semi-circumnular cans are covered in real silk.With extension from 5hz-35hz its got it covered.Detailed highs.VELVETY mid-range esp on female vocals)(cole,krall etc)and more taut powerfull bass than i thought possible thru any cans.They are tantamount to wearing air.Besides the standard 3m cable, another 5m cable oF SIMILAR QUALITY is included and invaluable if your in a good sized theater and 20' from your controller.I could not ascertain a difference WITH OR W/O the extension.I RARELY REVIEW anything but these are as good as it gets and may finally push me to buy a good headphone amp.Nuff said.

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Sennheiser 570.Grado prestige,many studio units both for playback and for editing.

+ Smooth, heavenly, euphoric sound + Sexy and powerful vocals + Huge soundstage + Highly organic and natural sound + Excellent dynamic abilities + On the right system, these display good speed (PRaT) + Not analytical + Extremely comfortable + Not Fatiguing at all + Open and airy sound + Well built + Included extension cable + Competitively priced for the sound quality offered + Works well out of a hifi stereo speaker amplifier

Weaknesses are few and far between but... + Bass isnt the deepest around + Headband can burn head after a while, minor flaw + Needs a powerful amplifier to sound its best (otherwise will suffer lack of volume, bass) + Standard cord too short (only a problem if you dislike extension cables) + Will make no attempt to hide sibilance where it exists on a recording, but nowhere near as bad as some other cans.

After having used the Beyer DT770's, I was looking for something of a change. I went to a shop to pick up some DT250-250's, but they had none in stock. However, they had a pair of these to get rid of, for a very cheap price (£130). Although it was more than I wanted to pay for headphones, I felt these really nice looking headphones would be a decent enough gamble. The headphones come packaged in an aluminium box, a nice touch which makes you feel like you've bought something special, although I sometimes question the need for such expensive packaging, but I guess its to reflect its "high-end" status. The cable is the usual Beyer coiled cable, and seems even shorter than other Beyer cables I've used, so an extension cable of 15 feet length comes packaged in with it. On using the cable, I can notice only very minor degradation of the sound quality, only enough to be noticed if A/Bing with or without the cable. They come across as very well built, the cable is thankfully a single sided cable, and the headphones are beautifully finished, with aluminium coloured cans and connecting forks, and the headband is a removable leather one. In terms of comfort, these things are definetly the most comfortable headphones I have ever worn. The soft, velvet pads are really cosy on the head, and the clamping force is just right. They stay on the head very well. The only slight problem i find with the comfort, and it does not occur all the time, but sometimes the headband seems to cause a burning sensation. However, a quick adjustment fixes it every time. The headphones are currently in use on the end of a Rotel RA-01 speaker amplifier, through its headphone jack, connected to a PC with a Terratec EWX24/96 soundcard by a pure silver interconnect with Eichmann Bullet plugs on. The headphones have also been trialled on the end of a Pioneer DV-350 transport and Cambridge Audio DAC3 Digital to Analogue Converter, connected to a Corda HA-1 headphone amplifier. My main listening interests are in electronic music, mainly trance, house, hard house, techno, ambient, psy-trance, but also pop music and rock. The first thing that strikes me with these headphones is their smooth, heavenly sound. Female vocals sound "sexy" and lush. They have a huge soundstage which makes them deeply impressive and natural to listen to. These headphones are as close as I have ever heard to listening to a great pair of speakers. They are detailed, but are not analytical and highly musical. Being a listener mainly to electronic music, bass performance and dynamics are obviously important, and these headphones give a natural and tuneful bass, which is not exagerrated, and therefore may not be enough for a bass head. The DT770's are a better choice for sheer bass energy, but for quality of bass, I give the nod to the DT880. The dynamics are as impressive as you would expect from a Beyer product. These cans are quite difficult to drive, and to be honest, the sound out of the Corda HA-1/DVD/DAC combo was not the best. The bass was far too lightweight, and the amp could struggle at times to provide enough volume, but always seemed to struggle to provide enough bass. The Rotel RA-01/Terratec combo is far more satisfying, emphasising its strengths at being heavenly, whilst providing some punch to the bass, a less analytical sound, and being more than able to provide the volume needed for all but the most psychotic listeners. The treble is very sweet on these headphones, and there is undoubtedly some emphasis towards the treble that makes this unmistakably a Beyer, however, the treble is less harsh than on other Beyer models, like the DT770 and DT931, and I have listened to this headphone for many, many, many hours at a time without an fatigue. Despite its tendency towards brightness, its still essentially an easy going, unforced headphone, which does its thing without undue aggressiveness. Its still an enjoyable and involving headphone.

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Sony MDR-CD280, Technics RP-F200, Sony MDR-EX70, Sennheiser HD497, Grado SR-80, Beyer DT931, Beyer DT770 Pro.... Comfortably beats them all, and then some. Would like to try MDR-CD3000, as I believ