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- Closed dynamic headphone
- Excellent ambient noise attenuation
- Powerful neodymium system for excellent reproduction accuracy
- Wide frequency response (5-30.000 Hz)
- Capable of handling very high SPL
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Criminally underrated headphones man, I cannot stress that enough. First, let me tell you what cans I've been ***blessed*** to own, to add perspective to this review.
(In ascending order of preference)
Grado sr80; Sennheiser HD555; HD280pro; Equation Audio rp-22x; Beyerdynamic DTX 900; Beyerdynamic DT770/80--Victor Jvc HP-M1000; AKG K701, DT 880 2003 edition; DT 880 250 OHM 2005 edition; and now, DT 150-250 on top of them ALL.
What makes them better than all of these cans? I must say, in nutshell, it would be its BIG bass when needed, e.g. in genres like electronic/drum and bass; excellent, neutral mids, where vocals reside; highly extended high frequency response that gives the DT 150's sound a gloss of clarity, but remains non-abusive by eschewing any undue harshness; a very big, and particularly airy soundstage, one so well done that its quality cannot be reconciled with the fact that these are CLOSED headphones; great isolation from outside noise; very tough build quality, which, of course, is by and large idiosyncratically Beyerdynamic; and lastly, excellent comfort. Allow me to elaborate on these characteristics(*me fights back fan boy impulses this can evokes in me*).
First, comfort and build quality. Since I got this headphone last week, I've fallen asleep with them on at least 3 times. Nuff said about the comfort=p If you've already owned a Beyer can, you'd know that they are built to take some abusing and keep on persevering. However, mishandle them absentmindedly, and they just MAY give in, as I've learned from experience that even the strongest built cans cannot withstand carelessness. And why should they? They're $200 headphones...that's $200 you'd probably don't want to see going down the drain by "seeing" if they can take a pounding. As closed cans, I find the DT 150's leakage kind of poor, but isolation from outside noise is excellent, as I cannot hear the whir of my computer's fans as I listen to music.
How about the sound? Excellent. I repeat, EXCELLENT. O.K., maybe I'm being a little fan boyish, but please allow me to explain. I like drum and bass. What is drum and bass, you say? Mainly drums and bass, with harmonizing synths and other instruments to flavor the sound. As the genre's name implies, bass is a major player of the game. With the DT 150s, each bass note is clearly heard, while the bass response extends very low, and can even pick itself up from politeness to displays of subwoofery strenghts. But of course, the bass isn't always that prominent, as it shouldn't be in genres like jazz.
What really compelled me to write this review was in fact some jazz I was listening to, bossa nova jazz to be exact. Prior to writing this review, I was lying down enjoying these headphones, when this beautiful song came on. Here we move to the excellent mids performance of the DT 150's. As the first seconds of the song passed, a small group of male vocalists started singing. And man, how splendid did they sound. I heard layers of the men's voices, all clearly separated, yet integrated into each other. Their voices were full, smooth, and very detailed. All of this was clearly heard within the sounds of the accompanying instruments.
As the men's voices receded into silence, an orchestra stepped up to the forefront of the song(more accurately, to the left and a little to the back of the soundstage, more on that, later), and treated me to a deliciously airy, detailed, and rich sound of the stringed instruments. As their part of the song crescendos, the violins joyfully sing a sweet song of highs that remain light, yet present. Then the real fun begins...
...African drums to the far left of center, lead singer in the middle, piano man hitting his keys in rapid succession to the right and above all without any congestion of the instruments' sounds. Along with stunning clarity(mp3 bitrate dependent), it was a true display of the DT 150's superb soundstage(At least according to my headphone experience), one so good that I got off my posterior and said, "hey, I GOT to write a review of this headphone!"
And so, here we are, at the end of this review, a review of these excellent headphones that imo are "criminally" underrated. But I've written enough of these headphones, as the music is calling me! Peace=]
Buy Beyerdynamic DT-150-250-GREY Closed Dynamic Monitoring Headphone for use in Loud Environments Now
Blocks out ambient sound, *amazing* frequency response, and so low resistance that, if you're traveling, they can be driven sufficiently by an iPod. I keep a pair at work if I need to concentrate and a pair at home which I also travel with. I can't imagine a better pair of headphones.
I also really like the large "ear box" which fits nicely over, for instance, people with large ears (or stretched earlobe piercings). Some great-sounding other options (all Sennheisers I've tried, among others) do not fit so nicely over my ears. They are reasonably light, as well, considering how bulky they are.
