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These are planar magnetic headphones that I've heard good things about their sound quality. But they are pretty expensive. Anyone who has tried them?

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I've been using this famous pair for 3 months. And I gotta say, these are the type of headphones that grow on you when you use them long enough, even if they don't beat the open backs in performance. But as for closed backs, these are still some of the best on the market.

My first impressions for DT770 were similar to other people. I was impressed by their technical performance. They've got soundstage and imaging that's almost on par with some intimate open backs, but obviously not as open sounding. It's easy to hear different sounds and their directionalities.

The sound signature is bright and detailed, with a slight v-shape tuning that doesn't make the mids hard to hear. The bass response is what I would call perfect in Harman terms. It's got presence and doesn't bleed into mids. The mid response is flat as it should be for studio headphones. The treble is definitely bright and sharp at stock, but I found that it does get softer with enough wear. It's easy to EQ the treble region. I went with the the DIY paper layer mod. It gets rid of sibilance and harshness for good. But even without this mod, treble is not so rough that it's a problem with modest listening volume.

I'll be keeping my D770. They're the only wired closed backs that I need. The sound of them is so good, and even if the treble bothers you, it's easy to reduce it with either EQ or DIY mod. And yes, I recommend these headphones over M50X and K371.

I know many of you don't believe that cable swapping is worth it for sound quality unless switching to balanced. Considering that HD6XX is a rebranding of 650 and costs 200$ less, the cable would be an obvious compromise. So I ordered the HD650's official replacement cable. I was not going to expect any massive changes to sound, but was still curious to try out. I tested with FiiO K5 Pro and 320kbs mp3 files (not a high end setup, but certainly not bad).

The 650's cable determinates to 6.5mm jack instead of 6XX's 3.5mm without the adapter. I don't know if using the adapter could affect the quality of signal.

As for the sound difference between 6XX and 650 cables: As expected, the difference was not dramatic, but noticeable by trained ears. The bass response sounded tighter and punchier with 650 cable. This made music in general sound slightly cleaner and more dynamic.

But realistically, the cable switch is not at all necessary with 6XX. But if you want a tigher bass to improve clarity, the 650 cable could give you just a tiny improvement.