Yes open and closed have a big difference. Typically in the world of studio headphones you’d use open back for critical listening, and closed back for recording (so the sound in the headphones doesn’t bleed back into the microphones).
I’ve used a bunch of models over the years but I didn’t realize you were asking about specific models, I meant generally open backs sounds more flat/true than closed, closed being used for practical reasons when recording. As a casual listener you may also want closed if you don’t want to annoy people around you, and some of them sound just great for casual listening!
I realize my post was vague now. The poster I replied to said they have DT 770s and DT 990s which are essentially open and closed versions of the same headphones and I have the 770s which are the closed ones.
In retrospect that requires a lot of specific knowledge on Beyerdynamics products (but in my defense I didn’t think anyone else would see it when I commented 😅)
I never owned the beyers myself but I’ve used both of them before and they were really nice, the distinctions between the closed and open versions were the same as with any other closed/open models! The DTs always seemed extremely comfortable to me and it’s just a matter of coincidence/need that I never owned them. So to answer your question to the best of my abilities, if you think that you’d like to have opened cans and like your 770s, then by all means the 990s would be a great choice.
Yes open and closed have a big difference. Typically in the world of studio headphones you’d use open back for critical listening, and closed back for recording (so the sound in the headphones doesn’t bleed back into the microphones).
You’ve used these two models or you’re just speaking generally?
I’ve used a bunch of models over the years but I didn’t realize you were asking about specific models, I meant generally open backs sounds more flat/true than closed, closed being used for practical reasons when recording. As a casual listener you may also want closed if you don’t want to annoy people around you, and some of them sound just great for casual listening!
I realize my post was vague now. The poster I replied to said they have DT 770s and DT 990s which are essentially open and closed versions of the same headphones and I have the 770s which are the closed ones.
In retrospect that requires a lot of specific knowledge on Beyerdynamics products (but in my defense I didn’t think anyone else would see it when I commented 😅)
I never owned the beyers myself but I’ve used both of them before and they were really nice, the distinctions between the closed and open versions were the same as with any other closed/open models! The DTs always seemed extremely comfortable to me and it’s just a matter of coincidence/need that I never owned them. So to answer your question to the best of my abilities, if you think that you’d like to have opened cans and like your 770s, then by all means the 990s would be a great choice.