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Beyer DT880-2003 Measurement
« on: September 15, 2013, 07:44:43 PM »
Thanks to Thujone who sent these over to me. These are the DT880 2003 version with the flat surface on the outside of the cups.

Haha. These may be the best sounding headphones Beyer has ever made. They are slightly sizzly which I guess would be at 8-9khz with some glare and hardness, but hardly on the level of the horrible new Tesla stuff and slightly better than the current production 880s. I suspect a slight elevation from 7-10kHz, but the overall transition sounds smooth. In other words, less peaky, more broad.

Bass seems to gradually drop off below 40Hz.

They still have "Beyer treble", which I know some find metallic. Listening out of the PWD2/Coax -> Schiit Vahalla. Pretty darn good sounding. Even better with PEQ -3.5db @ 8000Hz Q=3.

Measurements soon after I eat lunch.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2013, 07:36:40 PM by purrin »
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2013, 08:55:30 PM »
Measurements calibrated @90db/A white noise (1kHz ~87db)
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2013, 09:14:41 PM »
Awesome! Thank you for doing the measurements. Up through 10kHz within a pretty tight 11dB range... very smooth. I have been enjoying them through my Maverick A1 which compliments them well. Downright frigid coming out of the Magni though.


Question: On the new measurements, is the THD with respect to the FR plot or can this Y-Axis be compared against the HD600/HE500/T50RP/etc.?
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2013, 09:19:20 PM »
Yeah Magni probably not a good match.

Steely treble of magni + metallic treble of DT880 = NOT GOOD.

There's a reason why Schiit always lines up their Beyer headphones with the Vahalla.
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2013, 09:27:04 PM »
CSDs. Very clean.
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2013, 09:28:46 PM »
Quote from: Thujone on September 15, 2013, 09:14:41 PM
Question: On the new measurements, is the THD with respect to the FR plot or can this Y-Axis be compared against the HD600/HE500/T50RP/etc.?


Yes, all the new plots should be directly comparable with each other.
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2013, 10:36:57 PM »
I wouldn't call a 4ms rippling midrange decay on CSD "very clean". Add some dampening and it might become that, though.
Highs look very nice though.
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2013, 10:39:46 PM »
The < ~1k stuff is usually pad / cup interactions which sound much more benign than driver ringing.
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2013, 12:27:08 AM »
Why is this set of CSDs so different from the measured FR?
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Re: Beyer DT880-2003
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2013, 12:41:52 AM »
Because I punched in the wrong numbers for something. Will redo. LOL
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