beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X Closed-back studio headphones with STELLAR.45 driver for recording and monitoring on all playback devices

One of the best under $500
The DT 700 Pro X (700 going forward) is an excellent headphone in the under $500 category. You’re getting excellent build quality, comfort, and sound quality that’s easy to drive and attractive.The 700 has a fairly neutral tonality overall, which is to be expected for a set geared towards music production. But that doesn’t mean they’re lean or boring sounding. You get excellent bass extension and slam, and an overall punchy and nimble bass presentation. Highs have good air and extension but don’t get sibilant. Mids have good presence, though I’d prefer them to be a touch more forward.Soundstage is very good, with good side to side and dimensional placement of the instruments. Separation is good as well, allowing good identification of different conflicting or overlapping frequencies. Overall resolution is good, but not great. I didn’t feel I was missing anything, but at the same time other headphones better resolve and isolate sounds for inspection. But the differences aren’t major, IMO.Being low impedance, the 700 is very easy to power. They scale a bit with good amplification, but it’s not absolutely necessary, unless you’re chasing maximum sound quality. And they’re as easy to wear as they are to power. These are some comfy headphones! The velour material is even softer and more supple than the older DT 770/880/990 pads, which were mighty comfy on their own. Clamping force is a bit high out of the box but dissipates after a week or so of use. If you’re really bothered by it, when you get them, leave them clamped onto a shoebox or something slightly wider than your head at night for a week or two. That will help break in the metal headband tension, and ease the clamp force.Overall the 700 is a very well balanced sounding headphone in an easy to drive and wear package. Nothing stands out as offensive, which is excellent. Headphones usually have something sonically that stands out negatively, but these don’t. They’re not perfect, and might not match your preferences well, but I don’t perceive any major frequency response flaws. In comparison the older DT 770 is brighter, more sibilant, with much more recessed mids, and boomy bass. All notable flaws, IMO.There’s strong competition in this market segment though. The two headphones that stand out to me are the Austrian Audio Hi-X15 and the AKG K371. Both are significantly cheaper and rival the 700 in sound quality. Let’s compare, shall we?Austrian Audio Hi-X15 – Tuning is a bit brighter, with a leaner presentation overall. The X15 is slightly more resolving, with a more dynamic response. Bass has more potential extension, and seems more responsive under duress. Treble and upper mids can be a bit intense at times though, especially right out of the box. The X15 needs a good 20-50 hours of run time to settle down. The driver is a high excursion type with a stiff suspension that IMO needs some hours to hit it’s optimum operational range. I thought they were pretty bad the first 5 hours or so, but now they’re a staple in my lineup. In comparison, the DT 700 Pro X is a bit darker, or less lean, if you will. Upper range extension and presence is more tame. Bass is slower and less nimble and responsive. Overall resolution is a bit less. The 700 sounds SLIGHTLY hazy in comparison. Also the X15 has more dynamic range, it can reproduce more nuance between high and low volume elements within the playback. But these differences are not huge, mind you. Do I feel I’m missing anything with the 700? Nope. I do prefer the slightly more punchy, though leaner X15 bass response, but the 700 doesn’t disappoint.AKG K371 – Tuning is very similar, with a nice even frequency response top to bottom. Like the 700, nothing about the 371’s response stands out as problematic. So why spend more for the 700 over the 371? The 700 is built much better, is more comfy, and is clearer and more resolving than the 371. Bass on the 371 can get a touch boomy and indistinct compared to the 700. Also the overall sound from the 371 is slightly hazier than the 700. I think of the 371 as the poor man’s 700. Very very similar overall, with the 700 just being a bit better.If you twisted my arm and made me pick only one of the three, I’d take the 700 as it’s the most even sounding of the bunch. I like the X15’s higher dynamic range, it’s quite impressive in such an affordable headphone, but the lean tuning is a bit annoying to me.Beyerdynamic hit it out of the park with the DT 700 Pro X. As a longtime fan it’s good to see such a great legacy company as Beyer revamp their sound to more modern standards, and do it so well. For fans like myself who soured on the older lineup with their fatiguing brightness, the 700 is a breath of fresh air.

The first thing I noticed was the build quality. They feel very premium and durable. The ear pads, headband pad, and cable are all replaceable and I believe more parts can be replaced as well. The packaging was also nice, everything was cardboard and paper and nothing was plastic. It comes with 2 nice cables, one about 6ft and the other about 10ft, as well as 6.35 mm (1/4 Inch) adapters for each cable.The next thing I noticed was the comfort. The pads are super soft and plush, but the clamping force of the headphones is surprisingly strong. I could see some people thinking it’s too strong, but I personally think it’s fine. It’s either loosened up or if just gotten used to it, but it’s still noticeable. It doesn’t really bother me personally though but it’s worth mentioning.When I first started listening to these I was immediately blown away by them. I also have the Philips SHP9500 and the Tribit Xfree Tune. Both of those are decent headphones but these were an obvious improvement over both in my opinion. I’m not great at describing sound, but these seem to be fairly neutral with a slight emphasis on the low end. That’s not to say they lack bass though. If the song itself has some bass to it, that will absolutely come through on these, just in a very clean way that doesn’t detract from the mids or the highs. So with that being said if all you want is bass and as much of it as possible these probably aren’t for you. To me they’ve sounded great for every genre I’ve tried, but I generally listen to a wide range of rock music. They’re also good for movies although I haven’t used them much for that. I also really like them for gaming. Being detailed and somewhat neutral I find it easy to pinpoint where things like footsteps are coming from. They also can be powered from anything. I’ve used a usb dongle dac, a vintage stereo, and an Xbox One controller and it sounded great through all of them. I love the sound of theses, they’re absolutely just going to replace my existing headphones for literally every use case.If I had any complaints, it would be the clamping force even though as I said above it doesn’t really bother me. I’d still prefer if it wasn’t as tight and I could see it being a problem for some people. I may update this review later on if they loosen up some more.My only other complaint is with the cables. The connector is kind of long sticking out if the headphones, it’s enough that it can touch my shoulder sometimes. It’s especially noticeable if I’m wearing a hoodie.Overall I really like these headphones. They’re maybe a bit too expensive, but I think they sound fantastic and by the looks of them they should outlive me so I’m very happy with I got here.1 Month Update:Just an update after using these for a month. I still really love them. The clamping force is still tight, although it’s either loosened up or I’m just a lot more used to them now, but I find them to be more comfortable now.6 Month Update:Yeah I still absolutely love these headphones. They’re even more comfortable now, the clamping force has gone way down. I would pull them apart a bit to loosen them up, and from that and just wearing them a lot it’s not nearly as tight, although still has some clamping force to it.. it’s just right now in my opinion.

Sono audiofilo e so quello che dico. Consiglio queste cuffie.Restituiscono quello che viene dato loro in pasto, nel bene e nel male. Non mi dilungo su specifiche tecniche o curve di risposta in frequenza, trovate ogni analisi di questo tipo su web.Sono equilibrate, cristalline, i bassi ci sono eccome, e sono dove devono stare. belli e leggibili, la sotto dove li ha messi il tecnico del suono, senza inquinare il resto della gamma dove si dipana il grosso del programma sonoro.Spietate perchè vanno trattate bene, date loro sorgenti e musica di scarsa qualità ed avrete una resa crudele, specialmente con la musica mainstream moderna, che viene prodotta per far suonare cuffie da 10/15€, scatolotti bluetooth o direttamente dagli smartphone, oggetti ai quali mancano Timbrica, Gamma Dinamica ed Estensione in frequenza – Quindi le varie playlist di SanRemo o le hit di Taylor Swift vengono mixate e masterizzate dai produttori pensando a questo utilizzo, e con queste cuffie risultano inascoltabili. (come succede peraltro con tutti gli oggetti veramente HiFi)Date loro musica prodotta con qualità e sarete felici.è poi vero che data la bassa impedenza sono facili da pilotare da smartphone o uscita jack del PC ma non fatelo, per esaltarle dotatevi di un ampli cuffie dedicato, anche entry level, non serve svenarsi.

“Beyerdynamic Makes Audible Tanks.” Yes they last forever, but not the cushions and the earpads, they have a definite lifespan to survive. That happens to almost every headphone out there.The sound signature is very good, the lows mids and highs are pretty much balanced. And most importantly the highs which Beyerdynamic lacked considerably in their majority of models, have been properly elevated in pro X. Though they sound a little bit like metallic resonating highs, but that is very negligible and hard to notice. The bass is considerable and has enough depth to feel the rumble below 40 hz. The Frequency range in Pro X is 5 hz to 40 khz which is not useless, but it does help in not being restrictive and gives the sound an extra uncompromising edge. And plenty of room for all the frequencies to work around.The material quality is rugged, design and wearability is very very comfortable, the ear pads are extremely soft and does not cause ear fatigue even for hours of wearing. The detachable cable is the best and USP for me. Best for Music production as well. Overall the top notch Headphones from Beyerdynamic if available in stock….For India – The sad part is that the ‘Beyerdynamic India’ is not co-operative and has no much to offer in terms of replacement parts. Also they deny having parts for the older models for eg. i contacted them for the headband for Custom one pro. Which has the similar headband to DT 700 pro. But they did’t reply with positive answer, saying that the model is obsolete. But that was none of their concern, as i was just asking them to send the DT 700 pro headband, rest is my own responsibility. But they didn’t respond ever after that. I did’t ask them “whether the Custom one pro are obsolete or not”. I asked them for the headband for DT 700 pro thats it, but they decided to give oversmart reply. Anyway. You’ll have to rely on aftermarket parts.