What is the opinion of Reddit about the
beyerdynamic DT 990 Premium Edition 250 Ohm Over-Ear-Stereo Headphones. Open design, wired, high-end, for the stereo system?

When you say DT990’s

Do you mean these?

https://www.amazon.com/beyerdynamic-Premium-Over-Ear-Stereo-Headphones-high-end/dp/B00193FT26?th=1&psc=1

I thought you said those hurt after a while due to the treble?

I also thought you said the HD58X > DT990?

Aaah I really like the sound of AKG’s (altough some of them do have too much treble imo) but i honestly have never been a fan of the aesthetic.

I’m much more of a Beyer Dynamic guy myself.

Io ho queste in wishlist da un po’. Uso previsto: PC con scheda audio Xonar DGX. Gaming, prevalentemente. Per tutto ciò che ha a che fare con il PC aborro il wireless.

You can get very high quality headphones for that price yeah. I have these from Beyerdynamic and I love them. Super flat response so they don’t color the sound like some Bose would. You can also get some good Sennheisers at that price that would basically be professional quality studio headphones.

Beyerdynamic DT 990

DT990 Premium 250ohm is 170$ on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-250-Ohm/dp/B00193FT26 I know it’s 30$ over but the build is much better. I’ve had issues with the pro’s adjustment brackets. Anyways they’re really good for movies and games.

For an amp, you could start out small with an FioE10k or MiccaOrigin+. Or buy a magni and run it off your computers’ DAC for awhile and buy a modi later on. Up to you.

edit: Also dont get the 32ohm 990. I heard they aren’t as fast as the higher ohm.

My father recently tried my Beyerdynamic DT990 Premium headphones with some tunes from his iphone, and loved it.

I pretty much want headphones as close to these, but for $100 instead of $230.

Things he seemed to like in particular:

• All the songs sounded “very crisp” or “sharp”
• He loooved the stronger base on these (vs his usual headphones)
• The open headphones were definitely a like. I think it gave more of an encompassing sounding music

Any suggestions?

Hi,
You may want to lower the price a little bit as we can find them new for 8$ less at Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-HiFi-headphones/dp/B00193FT26?th=1

I got the BOSE Soundlink Headphones about a year ago and I can’t really hear the difference between them and my DT 990s.

Yes they’re 250ohm, Here’s their store page

beyerdynamic DT 990 Premium Edition 250 Ohm Over-Ear-Stereo Headphones. Open design, wired, high-end, for the stereo system https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00193FT26/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IZyDCb67KK6FZ

There are several 990’s that are also on sale. Not sure how they compare, but bigger model number means better?

Beyerdynamic DT 990 Premium – $270

Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro Black Limited Edition – $229

Don’t get that monitor. Its 1440p 165hz, but the panel is TN which is not preferred for color representation and viewing angles. Get this one, it’s the higher end higher quality version, and it’s 27 inches.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ttnG3C/acer-monitor-xb271hubmiprz

After that you will have $300 left. I would personally spend a little extra on more internal HDD space, so I would probably purchase this HDD instead:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HPkwrH/hitachi-deskstar-nas-4tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-0s04005

Don’t mind that the brand is hitachi, the company that owns them is now Western Digital and these drives were rated to have the lowest failure rate by a cloud storage website called backblaze. They are designed for NAS server builds which means they are super durable and reliable. This drive is 4tb, which should cover all of your needs. Get this instead of the 1tb WD Drive. It’s $80 more expensive than the WD drive, so that puts your budget at $220.

With that $220 I would purchase a pair of high quality headphones. Consider the Beyerdynamic DT880 or 990 pro headphones, and the Sennheiser HD600 headphones. “Gaming” headphones are crappy gimmick products and these headphones are from reputable high quality companies that utilize the finest german engineering to create their products. Professionals in the audio industry use these brands of headphones.

https://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-HiFi-headphones/dp/B00193FT26/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1529449225&sr=8-4&keywords=beyerdynamic+dt990+pro

a little above your budget but considered one of the greatest headphones of all time:

https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-Open-Back-Professional-Headphone/dp/B00004SY4H/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1529449251&sr=8-3&keywords=sennheiser+hd600

and this final one is below budget and still very high quality. If you don’t want to buy a separate headphone amp this is what I recommend (Sennheiser HD 598):

https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-SR-Open-Back/dp/B06WRMZZ45/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1529449341&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=sennheiser+hd598

These three headphones are amazing for music, and since they are open backed they are fantastic for gaming and movies. You become totally immersed and feel like you are in the world, and hear exactly which direction each sound is coming from, as if it’s all happening in your room.

You can then attach a modmic to them. This is one of the best:

https://www.amazon.com/Antlion-Audio-ModMic-Attachable-Microphone/dp/B00R98JVVU/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1529449715&sr=1-4&keywords=mod+mic

But you can purchase something cheaper like this too:

https://www.amazon.com/V-MODA-BoomPro-Microphone-Gaming-Communication/dp/B00BJ17WKK/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1529449715&sr=1-5&keywords=mod+mic

Will be great for comms and for streaming if you plan to do that.

Good luck! I’d be glad to answer any questions, whenever you want!

Hi Everyone,

I’m looking to get the DT-990 ( https://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-HiFi-headphones/dp/B00193FT26 ) for mainly gaming use and I was wondering If I should invest in a DAC or and AMP.

Frankly, I’m not really educated in subject of headphones so maybe someone could explain for me?

Lastly, I will be using it with the Aorus K7 motherboard ( https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-K7-rev-10#kf )

It states the following under it’s features – I’m not sure if this is an alternative:

• Creative® Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 support
• Dual ALC 1220 with Front & Rear 120dB SNR HD Audio with Dual Smart Headphone Amps

Not hd600’s, but the DT990 premiums are only £130 on amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/990-250-ohm-HiFi-headphones/dp/B00193FT26/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1511271186&sr=8-3&keywords=beyerdynamic+dt990

Beyerdynamic 990s

https://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-250-Ohm/dp/B00193FT26

or

https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0042A8CW2

The Sennheiser will be easier to use in that you don’t need a headphone amp, but I the Beyerdynamic are, from my experience in owning both and a few more, a much nicer headphone. It leans much more heavily on the treble frequencies while the Sennheiser is your standard V shape. A choice between the two will rely on your preference for treble filled audio against a more balanced slightly bass heavy approach (in my HD598s the treble can sometimes get a little lost). Again keep in mind if you go for the 250 ohm Beyers you will need either a sound card capable of driving it or a headphone amp.

One last thing, any quality headphone will be just as good for classical music as it will be for rock or whatever else you prefer. They all cover the same range in frequencies. If you’d like more reading head over to /r/headphones

ok so i found this

It’s even cheaper than the m50x I found (here).

What do you think?

EDIT: I see now that the DT990’s need an amp to reach full potential.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Over view

• CPU: Skylake is the new norm, supports DDR4, 4 cores but with no hyper threading.

• Cooler: One of the best water coolers on the market, it is a great cooler to OC on.

• Motherboard supports tons of new features, lots of fan headers and I believe an m.2 sata port if you wish to get an m.2 ssd.

• RAM is RAM, faster memory scales better with Skylake offering higher FPS in games.

• The HDD and SSD are fast, great drives and reliable. The SSD is the same speed, if not a bit faster then Samsung’s 850 EVO for 30 bucks less.

• The GPU is the top of the line 980ti, VERY fast GPU and very good for 1440p. Max all games in 1440p 60 fps for a couple more years. Very good GPU, also white.

• The Case is high quality and my personal favorite. Offers lots of support for anything really, huge GPUs and space for custom loops. Also great cable management.

• The PSU is the top of the line, best of the best for an extremely cheap price.

• Monitor is 1440p, 60hz, 4ms response time. Great monitor.

• The mouse is regarded as some the best of the best, RGB, lots of mouse buttons, great tracker and more. I almost bought that but it was RGB when I was looking to buy so I got the G600, which is great.

Reviews/Bench marks

• CPU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_5p9wd2dk

• Cooler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU0BEepRZBM

• Motherboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwFXo31sYWI

• Memory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_qKCSGS4U However, expect a bit more. It has a higher clock speed then the 2400mhz.

• SSD and HDD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mZcxfbKRLw that is the SSD. This is the HDD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw2-lrHAmCI

• GPU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxzpcmvnPJU

• Case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65-pqVTykMc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNWOgbEXMI

• PSU review http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=446 got a 9.8 out of 10, only bad part is it includes 2 CPU plugs, not needed.

• Monitor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XID3splg1g

• Mouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mBEMyO7EmQ

What is

• What is overclocking? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPmDSYRKnXM

• What is refresh rate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCWZ_kWTB9w

• What are Intel CPUs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLSPub4ydiM

• What is Monitor response time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER1YV42iqrE

Mentions for help

• Linustechtips https://www.youtube.com/user/LinusTechTips For general needs

• Jayztwocents https://www.youtube.com/user/Jayztwocents Watercooling and just some general knowledge.

• NCIX techtips, just some tech tips https://www.youtube.com/user/NCIXcom and reviews

• Techquicke (As Fast As Possible) https://www.youtube.com/user/Techquickie Just some quick learning about more in depth items.

• Tek Syndicate https://www.youtube.com/user/razethew0rld Just some headphone reviews, some GPU reviews and tech talk.

• HardwareCanucks https://www.youtube.com/user/HardwareCanucks Some reviews of products and benchmarks

• Digital Foundry https://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalFoundry Most benchmarks and some reviews.

• Awesomesauce Network https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeSauceNews Just some reviews, builds and more.

• TomsHardware https://www.youtube.com/user/TomsHardware Reviews, benchmarks and more.

• Austin Evans https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXGgrKt94gR6lmN4aN3mYTg Reviews, benchmarks and more.

Pretty much covers that section.

How to build a PC

Newegg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4

Jayztwocents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Q8ksRI1Eo

Audio

Some more expensive headphones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dj5G0isn9Y

Some less budget friendly options: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fD-M1F6L4g

What I’d recommend for open headphones is DT-990 Pros http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-250-Ohm/dp/B00193FT26 and Modmic 4.0 http://www.modmic.com/products/modmic-4-0. Beats ANY gaming headphones, period. Now for headphones here is another alternative for open backed too http://www.amazon.com/AKG-Signature-Reference-Class-Premium-Headphones/dp/B004444O3W/ref=pd_sim_23_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=419PS-VvbRL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR86%2C160_&refRID=07TPVYEVH56PG7ZMY9Y9 great headphones. On www.massdrop.com these are in red/black right now for a limited time so I’d get those if you want them. Now for closed back http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-770-PRO-250-ohms/dp/B0006NL5SM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1457542572&sr=1-1&keywords=DT+770 these are great, a bit more expensive and less of a sound stage but still great.

Other notes

Go ahead and ask ANY questions. Also sorry it took my a while, I got distracted and then my dog wanted out.

As a youngster, I was always a fan of bass heavy music and installed subs into my shitty car many years ago. Fast forward many years, I’m looking for something to match that silly rattling again.

I’ve searched and searched and searched and have found the following choices, in order: Beyerdynamic DT 990 Premium 250 Ohm Headphones, Sennheiser HD 600 Open Back Professional Headphones and HIFIMAN HE400S Over Ear Full-Size Planar Magnetic Headphone

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00193FT26/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004SY4H/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y2EOI94/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2763VQ7SN6URD

Problem is I don’t think these are meant for gym use.

I do have a pair of the Shure SE215s but not a fan of the IEMs at the gym, it’s too good at blocking outside noise. I also have a pair of Portapros but they broke and am looking for something with better build quality.

I wouldn’t use these for running, just for lifting

Open to any and all suggestions!

http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-250-Ohm/dp/B00193FT26/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445894615&sr=8-2&keywords=dt+990

http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-600-Headphones/dp/B0024NK34O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1445894615&sr=8-4&keywords=dt+990

higher price = shitty product right? get out of here unless you understand what your talking about

Hey guys
I am going to be buying the Beyerdynamic’s DT990’s very soon (http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-250-Ohm/dp/B00193FT26/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1443694128&sr=8-2&keywords=DT990) and need an amp to drive them through, just wondering if you guys had any suggestions.

I am looking at the FiiO-E10K (http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-E10K-Headphone-Amplifier-Black/dp/B00LP3AMC2/ref=pd_bxgy_267_text_y)

Cheers!

I would guess Beyerdynamics: http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-990-Premium-250-Ohm/dp/B00193FT26

> Beyer DT990

There looks to be 2 versions of the Beyer DT990?

http://www.amazon.com/beyerdynamic-990-Premium-250-Ohm/dp/B00193FT26

Those are the older version, just so you are aware. These are the newer version. You might want to do some research on the differences before pulling the trigger.