what kind of crazy distorted listening preferences do you have?! (B&W px8 or apple apm or skullcandy, lol?) https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/headphones/measurements/brands-a-i/dt-1990-pro/

the DT1990Pro have formidable bass extension and somewhat boosted bass (certainly not neutral with the balanced pads)

try some HD6** if you want to experience a real lack of bass…

I totally share that mindset!

I guess, this is a generational and cultural thing, though.

Wasteful consumerism is something that was born in the United States (watch my comment disappear in downvotes) and chinese manufacturers quickly latched on to that to maximise profits. (Wish, Shein, etc.)

In Europe, free returns haven’t been a thing for most of my life. You ordered clothes, you better hope they’d fit, because sending them back was 10-20 bucks. That was fine, because driving to a store and standing in line in front of the changing rooms took time, too. (and time and gas is money!)

Then, certain brands came on to the market and offered free returns. People started to go crazy, because receiving parcels somehow releases endorphins (they reported about a woman ordering a 500kg europalette full of Zalando boxes!). These stores only wrote red numbers at first, because the cost of taking back opened boxes, folding clothes and wrapping them up again, was so high. But in the end, they all but completely eradicated all the “traditional” online stores that refused to implement the same “free returns” strategy. And they started making money. A saddening number of those clothes end up being incinerated, because it’s just too expensive to pack them up again for re-sale…

consumers? ignorant… don’t care… don’t know?

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This sickening behaviour has spread across Europe like a plague in the last 10 years. Of all the things, I’ve ever ordered, I maybe returned 0.01% (unless it was a warranty case, of course), but that’s my upbringing, my culture… and my awareness for the ecological impact of returning goods that don’t stand a chance of being re-sold.

When I buy electronics, I want to test them, hands-on… I travel to a city where I can do so… I meet with people that own them, so I can try it for myself, etc.

Maybe this is the time where Millennials are “the boomers”… but the hypocrisy of Gen Z people pointing fingers at big companies for damaging the environment, polluting the oceans, etc. all the while enabling them through their consumerism… it annoys me like hell!

Head-Fi is such… argh… I wanted to love it, but it’s just so infuriating! The Voodoo is so incredibly strong with the majority of people there!

get ready to receive a dozen comments about people who have no stores within at least 1’000 miles.

You could always… you know… see if there’s a group of hifi afficionados in your state… meet and talk, discuss music, exchange headphones, chill, drink beer…

I prefer going to a store (even if it means I have to turn it into a day-trip) because I don’t like strangers too much.

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Social media allows you to find like-minded people more easily than ever before. Go and find them. Discord, instagram, tik tok… whatever!

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Return policies are fun, so long as you refuse to see the truth behind returned goods! Gen Z pretends to be all about “responsibility, sustainability, equality”, etc. But the wasteful consumerism has reached a level like never before in the past century! (Shein, Wish, Amazon, etc.)

Most people refuse to accept that big retailers such as Amazon will quickly scan your returned goods and VERY likely BIN them if they are not 100% mint anymore. Some might end up as “open box”, but the majority, unfortunately, ends up on landfills. If you want to blame Amazon for that, fine by me. But don’t pretend you’re free of guilt. You enable that behaviour with your own consumer decisions!

To clarify: OP put them on the wrong way, then broke them when he tried to rotate one earcup out of the way for a phone call. (this got lost due to being a -100 score)

Beyerdynamic DT990 Edition (much more premium feel and less clamping force than the Pro edition, also, apparently less expensive for whatever reason)

Still my favorites to this day

Apple products have struggled with the cold as far back as I can remember…

not sure if their new phones are doing any better, but I’ve heard so many friends and relatives complain.

that said: why waste money on beats? and why don’t you just use a WIRE to power them from your phone? or is that useless out in the cold, too?

I love my Grados at my desk… listening to tons of trash (aka pop), some latin (Shakira, Camila Cabello), electric pop nu-metal stoof (30 seconds to mars, linkin park), singer songwriter (sade, norah jones, etc.) and even some soul (joss stone)

I guess I like them with any genre of music that’s not too bass-reliant (some music just sucks without bass) the DT990 Edition are more “immersive” to listen to, with loads more bass, but they don’t feel as light on your head.

you don’t buy these for sound quality… they are decent at best, although no competition for common 100-200 bucks wired headphones.

you buy these for their outstanding ANC quality, nothing else.

most music is badly mixed/wasn’t mixed for a soundstage with headphones in mind

having large drivers that make it seem as if the sound is coming from further away from your head is really not what actual staging is all about… but you do you

female or male vocals?

the Sennheisers definitely have a ton less bass, but the female vocals are also less clear…

if it’s about male vocals, then yeah, the Sennheisers might be a bit more neutral.

if it has a 3,5mm output, sure

connect your headphones to your AVR (or soundbar, lel) with an extension cable…

FiiO M11s … barely used it in 5 months since I got it…

what a waste of my money, lol

now, all the IEM ppl can go to r/iems or whatever its called

and all the “what should I buy?!11111” posts can go to the stickies…

the mobile app should get reworked, then!

bc it’s really hard to even find the sticky posts when on mobile!

1. they should be at the top, no matter how you filter and sort… always

2. on mobile, you should not be allowed to post to a sub without first going to that sub’s starting page (where the stickies should be at the top!)

maybe I’m just too old and too used to Web 1.0, but making everything easier to use does not mean people will get smarter at using it.

If someone cares about a topic, we can expect them to take a couple of hurdles…

Beyer DT990 Edition (250 Ohms)

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impeccable build quality, ultra comfy, great clarity, nice bass for open backs…

and at that price, they are just a steal. (I paid 150 USD brand spanking new 6 years ago and have used them almost exclusively while working)

headphones don’t have soundstage… unless it’s a binaural recording…

large drivers with thick pads will sound further away from the ears (makes sense, right?!) and create “space”, but that’s not a soundstage at all!

you clearly misunderstood when ppl told you they needed burn-in… /s

sorry for your loss, but that’s (battery combustion) a warranty case 👍🏼