DT 990 PRO

beyerdynamic

DT 990 PRO

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What is the best headphone I can get for mixing, I can't choose.

HD 650/ HD 6XX (same headphone, but a cheaper special edition from drop.com) are legendary for mixing and mastering. And for good reason. Check out this review that includes independent measurements by Sonarworks https://www.sonarworks.com/blog/reviews/sennheiser-hd650-review And then if you compare

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raistlin65 in r/musicproduction

October 13, 2025 12:49 PM

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Headphone Lab and Minimeters

You’re supposed to turn it off when you export. When you apply EQ, crossfeed, or room simulation to headphones, it’s only for monitoring. The goal is to work against an EQ target that translates better to other systems, or to have a stereo image that behaves more like speakers. So yes, it does chang

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OAlonso in r/audioengineering

February 26, 2026 2:18 PM

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Questions About Sound Id Reference

It’s not good. The target they aim for is too flat, it lacks low end, and it’s too bright for good translation. I used to use it, but every time I kept turning the mix knob down, until one day I was using less than 50%, so I thought, what’s the point of this? Also my mixes translated poorly everywhe

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OAlonso in r/audioengineering

April 8, 2026 4:27 PM

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Headphone Lab and Minimeters

Sorry, maybe the post was not clear enough. I thought you were referring to the mix sounding different after export because the process was left on. If instead you are referring to the process altering the mix while you work, so you cannot hear the mix in its original form, then I have to say that y

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OAlonso in r/audioengineering

March 2, 2026 2:09 PM

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Concidering buying monitoring speakers for an untreated room

Mixing with even great, neutral headphones is difficult. Mixing with Beyerdynamics is next to impossible. Learning a suboptimal speaker setup is much easier. You can check and compare the low end to references even with the Beyers. An untreated room will have problems, but you can easily alleviate m

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mistrelwood in r/audioengineering

April 6, 2026 8:41 AM

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