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Re: Beyerdynamic DT250 - 250 Ohm
« Reply #20 on: September 05, 2015, 06:04:04 AM »
I do wonder if its a driver matching problem as all DT250's seem to be doing the same thing.
There is a large PCB inside one of the cups (for the mic. acc.) which may account for the differences between L and R in the bass and lower mids area.
Perhaps spoony could remove it and listen again ?

Tonally they (I heard and measured spoony's DT250 when it was still DF's) are correct to me.
My only gripes are clamping force and the refinement of the treble.
One has to include the price range it is in (quite low), and the fact that it isn't (marketted) as a hifi phone but intended for monitoring not critical listening.
They have other headphones for that   :)p13

It didn't seem rolled away anywhere to me.
Didn't listen to it for a long time though, perhaps other issues may have creeped up on me.
never bought one myself though.
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Re: Beyerdynamic DT250 - 250 Ohm
« Reply #21 on: September 05, 2015, 09:12:24 AM »
Quote from: Solderdude on September 05, 2015, 06:04:04 AM

They have other headphones for that   :)p13


You mean Tesla driver/series and DT48 headphones? I stay away from Beyerdynamic weirdness. Only the DT480 was worth having.

Seriously, of the weird Beyerdynamics I had the DT480 was the good one.
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Re: Beyerdynamic DT250 - 250 Ohm
« Reply #22 on: September 05, 2015, 09:27:40 AM »
My DT-150 improved when i did a dual entry direct wire mod. I seem to recall reading a response from beyer tech support that a problem with the balance on the 250 was due to a shitty cable in the headband. So who knows might be worth a shot doing it on the 250...
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Re: Beyerdynamic DT250 - 250 Ohm
« Reply #23 on: September 05, 2015, 03:56:52 PM »
Quote from: Solderdude on September 05, 2015, 06:04:04 AM
I do wonder if its a driver matching problem as all DT250's seem to be doing the same thing.
There is a large PCB inside one of the cups (for the mic. acc.) which may account for the differences between L and R in the bass and lower mids area.
Perhaps spoony could remove it and listen again ?

Tonally they (I heard and measured spoony's DT250 when it was still DF's) are correct to me.
My only gripes are clamping force and the refinement of the treble.
One has to include the price range it is in (quite low), and the fact that it isn't (marketted) as a hifi phone but intended for monitoring not critical listening.
They have other headphones for that   :)p13

It didn't seem rolled away anywhere to me.
Didn't listen to it for a long time though, perhaps other issues may have creeped up on me.
never bought one myself though.

Beyerdynamic said in the DT 250 250 head fi thread full of QC and channel imbalance complaints that it was their plastic injection molding and that they fixed it. Of course they didn't as the issues continued tens of thousands of serial numbers after they fixed it. I personally think everything is just adding up to a seriously wonky and poorly designed headphone: the PCB and cable entry preventing good sealing (the M40x and M50x have this same problem), the plastic injection problem, the lack of driver matching, and Beyerdynamic's legendarily poor QC. That with it's rattly bass and fucked up imaging, this cheap monitoring can still sounds tonally better than Beyerdynamic's audiophile and professional headphones, my response is the same as yours.
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Re: Beyerdynamic DT250 - 250 Ohm
« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2015, 04:11:20 PM »
 :)p13

I had to return my first pair of DT250-250's because the left driver would work intermittently. My current ones sound excellent to me, though.
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