Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X review: Superb studio headphones

(Pocket-lint) - Beyerdynamic has built a estimation creating superb studio-quality headphones that present unthinkable dependable on with a durable and sustainable design. The DT 700 Pro X is the 2021 summation to the company's 'Pro' headphones line-up - and correspond an betterment connected what came before. 

These are closed-back headphones designed to get almighty and vibrant dependable transportation for creators who'll chiefly beryllium utilizing them for audio monitoring, recording, DJing, and more. We've been utilizing them for video editing and wide usage to spot however they stack up. 

Powerful dependable successful a durable shell

• Weight: 350g (without cable)
• Frequency response: 5-40,000Hz

One of the archetypal plan highlights astir these headphones is the logical mode they're constructed to beryllium long-lasting and durable. Not simply done a coagulated operation but besides acknowledgment to the removable and user-swappable parts. The earcups travel disconnected easy enough, the headband padding tin besides beryllium tugged distant with comparative ease, and determination are 2 included cables successful the container (so if you suffer 1 it's not a drama). 

The DT 700 Pro X uses a removable mini-XLR cablegram that attaches to the near earcup and has a clip to support it successful spot truthful it doesn't accidentally get tugged retired - but is casual capable to region if you want. Both cables person 1/4-inch 3.5mm adapters included arsenic standard, truthful you tin easy link to devices without fuss. Those cables are besides thick, flexible and intelligibly of precocious quality. 

Sound prime is different of the evident areas that these headphones shine. These are closed-back cans, chiefly intended to beryllium utilized by creators for monitoring, recording, and adjacent for unrecorded performances. They're perfectly suitable for mundane use, though, and we've been utilizing them for listening to music, gaming connected PC, and for mic monitoring portion crafting YouTube videos. 

We were initially taken aback by conscionable however large these headphones tin be. Like, incredibly large adjacent astatine evident little volumes. We abruptly recovered ourselves moving Windows audio astatine betwixt 10 and 20 per cent arsenic a result. So if you've recovered your headphones conscionable aren't large enough, past you surely won't person that contented here. 

Immersive sound

• Circumaural dependable coupling with closed-back operation

Our 2 favourite things astir this headset are the wide comfortableness and the cognition of soundstage width conveyed.

The sublime comfortableness is supplied partially by the lightweight plan and fantabulous padding, but comes successful the astir portion from the supple velour earpads. These are ample and heavy capable to encompass the bulk of your ear, providing a bully wraparound comfort. The accompanying tilt successful the headband besides means the earcups set perfectly to the signifier of your caput and screen your ears wonderfully arsenic a result. 

This design, on with the closed-back quality of the headphones, means you get to bask immoderate earnestly satisfying passive sound cancellation arsenic a effect too. Note: these are not progressive noise-cancelling (ANC) headphones, yet erstwhile immersed successful dependable we recovered we hardly noticed the extracurricular world. Things similar PC instrumentality noise, the hum of passing vehicles, the chatter of loved ones connected Zoom calls, each go specified whispers. This is surely invited erstwhile you're conscionable trying to ore connected thing and absorption connected what you're doing. 

It is astonishing to spot specified effectual passive noise-cancellation from this benignant of earpads too. Normally you'd expect thicker faux leather earcups to beryllium indispensable to execute specified joys, but not here. That successful itself is simply a fantastic bonus of the plan arsenic it means you get the champion of some worlds - the comfortableness of velour and the dependable blocking without compromise. We besides recovered this meant our ears didn't get unnecessarily blistery either. 

As you'd expect from workplace headphones, the dependable from the Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X is awesome too. There's affluent bass, a lukewarm prime overall, and fantabulous scope passim the frequence spectrum. They're large for euphony and movies and execute arsenic good for gaming too, providing a vibrant dependable that's a pleasance for the ears. 

Though not a gaming headset (and frankincense having nary of the accustomed virtual situation sound) these headphones inactive negociate to present large audio for gaming too. If the crippled is mixed well, you tin inactive perceive wherever enemies are coming from and soak successful the gaming satellite astir you.

Writing by Adrian Willings. Editing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 28 December 2021.