At a certain air volume it would definitely act the same, and basically be open.

Closing the same design narrows the stage. DT990 is bigger than DT770, which has a rather big stage for a closed back.

So Raycon's grift is ordering cheapo, low-quality, white-label buds from China with their logo slapped on, then using the power of YouTube marketing to charge people who aren't aware of this a huge mark-up. In general, if someone is trying to sell a physical product to you over YouTube ads, you're best off saying no.

Exactly my goal, and I think I succeeded.

You're in luck, I also have both the DT770's on hand as well as the DT990's. I just spent the last 20 minutes scrutinizing all 3, and I would say the 990's are a teensy bit wider than my 6XX, but the 770 is a bit narrower than my modded 6XX. (No EQ or Crossfeed)

I would add though, that in my possibly biased opinion, my 6XX's now respond well to crossfeed in the L and R channels. I've sometimes played sound in them thinking my monitor speakers were on instead!

I’ve always wondered if you could seal an open back, but do it with a cup so large that it still acts as an open back.

Unfortunately I haven't had the pleasure of listening to abyss, audeze or high end hifiman etc. But my favourite headphones are my new focal clear OG. Vocals are insane and it's the first headphone where I think the singer is there with me. Everything is so crisp and clear. They beat HD800 for me personally.

There are no weirdos here, just different tastes. In my case my tastes are completely opposite haha.

Yes. I am one of the weirdos that prefers headphones with a bright presentation. My favorite headphones are the 800s and DT1990's. I sold the 6XX's, because they were too dark for me. I prefer the 560s to the 6XX, personally. :)

I feel like the diminishing returns set in very fast. If you have a “normal income” you can do extremely well for not a lot of money.

I love high end gear. I love reading about it and messing around with it, but never have I gone to a high end show and thought THIS room is 1000x better than mine. I’d rather have my room/headphone setup and say….a vacation home or a Porsche

Edit: but that’s me. Props and respect to the guys out there pushing the limits

Yep, turns out the balanced cable gives this setup with the TC44C just the little extra boost I needed with these phones. Didn't sound the best running flat out on single ended.

Do you actually prefer the 770 pro?

It so ugly I want it

I've got the 2017 white black Friday ones with the black screws. Honestly no clue what the tuning is on them since they made so many varients even during that time and no one really made a formal frequency chart of them. For some reason, the QC was weird so the left piece with a thinner coat of paint has a lot of paint chipped off while the right side looks like it has a second/third coat with barely any paint missing.

I got these at thrift store and love them! They are Panasonic SL-SX400 CDP and Sennheiser MX400 earphones, both in great condition. I bet most of you audio enthusiasts have tried cdp back in the days, but if you haven't, they sound very good. Most of them including mine has powerful headphone amps, and I could even rock my hd560s with 50% volume. Of course they are not hi-fi level of sound but it is very enjoyable. If you never experienced them, I highly recommend to try it out.

What fresh hell is this?

Gotcha. Thanks. I pretty much only wear open backs except for two closed backs in rare circumstances. ☺️

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DT770s are an anomaly for closed back Soundstage

I love it too. Even as sculpture alone, it’s a beauty. I want to hear this.

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Is that always true? I am honestly asking, because I feel my DT770's have wider soundstage than the 6XX's I just sold to a friend. But I have never done a modification like you did to an open back to see the difference with closing them off.

It's okay to say you like Grado masquerading as ZMF.

r/tihi

Nobody likes Raycon.