beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro 250 Ohm

I bought the Sennheiser ACCENTUM Plus and the beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro 250 Ohm. The Sennheiser was for my wife and the beyerdynamic for my studio. Just to get it straight: from the beginning, in terms of sound and comfortableness, the beyerdynamic wins hands down compared to the ACCENTUM Plus. The byerdynamic has better sound reproduction. I can hear all instruments. Yes, it's a bit bass-heavy, but while you can EQ certain frequencies out of the mix, you can't just EQ missing stuff into the mix. The ACCENTUM lacks some frequencies. However, not all is well with the beyerdynamic either. I really hate coil leads. They are impractical. Why would anyone manufacture a headphone with a 50cm coil lead that seriously restricts movement around the recording console in the 21st Century? It's uncomfortable with the coil is always tugging at your head. Was soll dass? That said, it's still a relatively good headphone. Albeit bass heavy, it delivers clear audio and the ear pieces, for what it's worth, are comfortable. However, after using it for 3 months every day, I have reverted back to the Superlux HD681 headphones. They have a standard lead, they are almost as comfortable and they are not bass-heavy while still reproducing a good sound. The main drawback with the Superlux is that the treble sounds are always mildly distorted. Otherwise, they are very good and I don't have to EQ any unrealistic bass out of the phones. You decide whether you want to accept a coil lead and unrealistic, bass-heavy sound.

I watched and read many reviews on the DT-770 Pro headphones before purchasing, one thing that was repeated in all of the reviews was the level of comfort, but after just two days of use, I am considering returning them, honestly it isn't uncomfortable, it is downright painful to wear these headphones for more than 20 minutes, even when I wear a thick soft hat under them, it still doesn't stop the pain of them slowly digging into my skull. I have personally used a vast array of headphones, from cheap to expensive, gaming to other studio headphones, and never have I had this kind of experience, very disheartend in all honesty, as I love the sound and really enjoy how much background noise they shut out, but if I can't handle wearing them for more than 20 minutes at a time when I need to wear them for hours to work then they're useless to me unfortunately.

I have bought these headphones because they are famous and are some of the most popular headphones around. I see musicians wearing them in every other video. So I had had the assumption that they were very good given their popularity. It turns out, popularity is not a sufficient metric for skipping due diligence before buying something. I was thoroughly underwhelmed by the peculiar frequency response of these headphones. Even more surprising is the fact that this is a conscious decision by the manufacturer to make them sound like that and that is a widely known feature of this product. I should have looked it up before buying, of course. The frequency response is very far from flat. It severely lacks in the mid-range and has a somewhat unpleasant peak somewhere in the range of the sound "s". The bass is quite full, but boomy and not well defined. The highest "crystal" frequencies are missing or severely recessed. My subjective impression matches published measured frequency responses quite well. Even though the exact description of the frequency response may be subjective, but it undeniably sounds different from e.g. ATH-M50x, which are much flatter and much more suitable for monitoring and mixing.