beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X

Hade länge användt ett par beyerdynamic custom one pro plus (copp) då jag upskattar rejäl bass. dessa hade börjar gå sönder lite mer än det gick att laga, så letade efter nya hörlurar, efter veckor av undersökande blev det beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X.

Dessa har inte samma djupa bass som copp men i övrigt en bra ljudbild. Jag märkte direkt att det är åt det diskantare hållet även om jag märker att den KLARAR mörkare bass jätte bra, men den ligger inte naturligt åt det hållet då det känns som lurarna vill ha mer kraft.

Så, jag skaffade mig en DAC (Fiio E10K) för att ge hörlurarna den kraften som de ber om, Ljudet blev helt klart mycket bättre, hörlurarna kan släppa lös lite mer samt att jag kan nu få ljudet på det sättet jag vill ha det.

+ Sitter bekvämt på huvudet
+ bra vikt, gör inte ont då hörlurs kuddarna är underbara
+ må vara mycket plast, men känns inte som billig plast, inga plastiga ljud om man rör sig lite i dem
+ Kablen är lång nog, finns massor med kablar att beställa om nått går sönder då gummi kablar är va det är...
+/- Ljudbilden är jätte bra om man lyckas putta den lite från diskanten som annars kan vara lite väl ljus
- Känns som den kräver lite mer kraft än 3.5mm från datorn, DAC rekommenderat!
- Headband är lätt att ta loss och byta ut, vilket är ett minus för det behövs, Limmet mellan "läder" och plast är jätte dåligt och lossnar efter några månader. jag fick en ny av Thomann på garanti, men det blev samma med den tillslut. Jag limmade den sen själv istället med ett riktigt super lim (Loctite Super Glue Power Gel) och det blev mycket bättre.

At first, I tried 770 pro x. Same drivers, different tuning and housing.

After 4 days of testing, for me- the treble was too harsh and after trying to play with eq, paper mod and audio interface I still couldn't listen to them for more than 1 hour. Just didn't suit me, but overall comfort was great and better than 700 pro x, that's the only minus for me, for now.
Sound, more premium feeling, design, earpads and second cable- all of these are big pro's for 700.
Overall- really enjoying these. EQ'd them for my taste, added some lows and got a feeling- that is exactly what I was looking for.
If you are sensible to treble and deciding between the two- get these asap.

Thankfully, Thomann provided me an excellent service and quick return of 770 and new shipment of 700. Amazing work.

tldr: Pretty good headset for what it is and a price tag, clamping force on my head will get looser and then they will be 10/10

The headset is really good quality, they even include two cables in case something happens to one of them which is very nice. There are couple of things I don't like about it, but given it's price I think it's really a good headset.

First issue is that the headset has cables connecting it to the earcup, which makes it feel really fragile, especially since the cable don't feel very durable. It feels like something might happen at any point.

The headset fits my ears but I think the circle design is not a good idea as the enclosed part leaves some part of the ear hanging (not covered) and some parts of it covered giving a weird feeling after switching from hd600 which covers my ears perfectly. If I had a bit bigger ears I think it would hurt as well, so it's probably not suitable for every person.

One would also want to put an EQ for this if they are a picky listener or an compositor. The main thing I don't like about it's tuning is how much it dips down at around 4k frequency. I feel like it's a bit too opinionated and on certain types of musics it becomes really obvious and doesn't feel natural. It sounds like someone did put an EQ over the original recording (But this is just my opinion maybe there are people who prefer the sound to be that way.)

I think DT 700 PRO X is a good portable high quality headset, I plan on using this when I go to trips as it only requires 48 ohms which makes it suitable to connect it to a PC or phone directly, unlike HD600 which requires 300 ohms. It also has closed back design so it has much better sound isolation outside. So I would say HD600 for more accurate and natural sounds, and HD 700 PRO X for portable design with good sound isolation.

So my previous headphone experience is using a set of Pioneer SE-MHR5s for casual listening, and an old set of Sennheiser HD 380 Pros for Mixing. I was very excited to get a new pair of headphones for mixing music, as well as practical use such as voice calls and games.

Sound: This is why I ended up returning the headphones, the high end just sounded harsher than anything I'd experienced before, giving me ear fatigue after only a few minutes of listening. After applying some neutralising EQ I found music more listenable, and almost decided to keep them, but Discord Calls and Games I ended up finding equally unenjoyable, to the point of switching back to my old headphones for those activities. I want to point out that there is a great deal of clarity with these headphones, everything is nicely separated and generally I can tell that the sound quality is very good, but these headphones actively pained me to use so I can't excuse them.

Comfort: I really can't knock the comfort, I'm almost sad to see them go, they're incredibly comfortable and I wore them for a whole day with no ear irritation.

Quality: Solidly built, however they're a little inflexibile which is irritating, great for removable parts though, should become an industry standard practice!

Side Note: As these are quite new headphones, you will have a hard time finding good profiles for EqualizerAPO or Peace EQ, they haven't been made yet it seems.

Overall: Honestly I'm disappointed I have to send these back, they're very comfortable and good quality, but the harshness of the high end and the general heavy-handedness of the bass left me feeling fatigued and depressed about even listening to music, maybe you'll have a better time with them if you're used to high end sound but both of my previous headphones were more bass-oriented and the transition was too much! I'm thinking about making my next pair a set of Audio-Technica M50Xs, as I've heard the bass on those is great and the highs are more muted, which suits me just fine.