Headphones

Wondering the same

Came here to ask this. Looking to buy a closed back, curious to hear your answer!

I can answer as well because I spent a fair bit of time with both, and I kept the 700s. In short, I thought the 700s were much more effective when gaming, and I need a good all-around headphone.

I preferred the comfort of the 700s to the 770s, the pads are thick and very plush, and they have more clamp force which results in more isolation. There is more space for your ear inside the cups of the 700 as well, my ears didn’t touch the inside of the cup like they did sometimes with other classic beyer headphones.

I loved the 770s for music, the bass extension is still so unique and they have a fun tuning. When gaming however, they sounded very muddy to me. In shooters, footsteps and voice lines seemed perpetually distant and explosions and gunshots dominated. When I would EQ, they fell on a spectrum of hollow to muddy. I found it hard to enjoy my games.

The 700s addressed everything. The bass extension is still excellent, and they deal with the video game soundscape much better. I’ve found them easy to EQ, but they really didn’t need much in the end. They feel less V-shaped out of the box, but I do have an EQ preset with bass and treble boosts and I throw that on when I’m in the mood.

The word that comes to mind when I think of the 700s is that they feel more modern. The 770s are a classic and they’re bulletproof, but I found the 700s to be better all around.