Brilliant Headphones, which is suitable for all kinds of music (a matter of taste!)

The Beyerdynamic DT 880 (250 ohms) has proven to be in all the candidates I tested as the best model for my personal taste. Because although I need a closed headphones, but get too hot ears, and an open, unfortunately, is not optimal for ausdringenden noises at night, I decided for the half-open variant. I also did not want a completely neutral studio headphones, but not pure-bred, distinctive, idiosyncratic headset is only suitable for certain genres of music. The DT 880 forms for me all in all almost the golden mean, because I hear almost everything from brass bands, EDM, dubstep, funk, rock, soul, classical, techno, metal film music to features such as Mike Oldfield or Haindling ,

The 250 ohm variant has offered, since I mostly use the phone to my external sound card on the computer and this not have its own headphone amplifier has, but occasionally I hear sometimes at the HiFi system in the living room a plate. Thus, the 32 Ohm and 600 Ohm are excluded variants.

The packaging makes a good impression. It acts wertig, though not too exaggerated. Included in the box is only the logo-printed faux leather bag with headphones located therein and leaflet. Thus I come to the almost single flaw on the set - the packaging and the bag and the foam is very stink to chemistry. Unfortunately, the smell is also liable on the headphones and disappears unfortunately only after several days or weeks, that's a bit disappointing and a several hundred-euro "Made in Germany" product I would not necessarily expect. On the other hand - it is a well-padded case with free, which can not everyone.

The feel and the comfort are (with an average to above average thick skull) after a short adjustment and acclimatization very pleasant for me. The ear cushions are not everyone's thing, some may prefer the leather version, I find the fabric covers very pleasant to the ears. The pressure is medium to low, which is reflected in a slightly higher position, unfortunately a negative impact, because the headphones tend to slip. In an upright sitting position you sit all the more enjoyable. The cable is sufficient to almost too long and unfortunately firmly on the headphones. If here a cable break occur one has bad cards. All in all, convinced the headphones while comfort in my eyes positively.

Now for the most important aspect, the sound - which has not immediately convinced, the more you work with the headphones, the more he manages but that one falls in love with him. For reference, I have a Sennheiser HD 580 II Precision, who is now already in the years come. As a comparison, I still have a Nubert Nupro A-20 stereo PC via USB and an Audio Physic Step HiFi stereo on turntables.
After less than a week, I have much more through all the works of Pink Floyd Dream Theater to Samy Deluxe, deadmau5, Tenacious D, Beethoven, Haindling, Mike Oldfield, James Morrison, Farin Urlaub, Tower of Power, Michael Bublé. heard and the headset is reflected very well in all genres to excellent. He has a distant and relatively sober sound, but without being boring and neutral. Treble, mid and lows are very balanced present and the over all volume levels. Only in "the top 20%" act the heights increasingly pointed and you have to adjust a little EQ. The centers are not too much as it is the case with many headphones and separate the "sound" from "mush". The bass is in my opinion a bit too weak but the fall only in electronic music genres such as Dubstep, and can be easily remedied by minimal EQ adjustment.
The spatial resolution also like: you have not necessarily to be the feeling of the stage, rather middle of the action. Nevertheless, individual instruments can be very good places and distance (eg with Oscar Peterson Trio, live recordings). Even with spatially Demanding applications such as movie or video game, he can convince the spatial localization has pleased me very well.
The volume is also very good, upward much potential without feathering and / or to scratch at low volumes still accurate and detailed. Nevertheless, caution is required when you connect to a hi-fi amplifier, the 250 Ohm they are not as safe to override how the 600 Ohm model.

My conclusion: considering the price and beyond, one of the best headphones I could hear so far. With the smallest reductions in depth and pressure in the lower part (for right Bass Heads only conditionally recommended), and the processing of headphone and pocket the non-removable, long cables, a strong buy recommendation. I still recommend to test the headphones in advance, because 250 euros is a lot of money, because it should already be worthwhile.