Some people may be wondering why I am making this claim, basically everyone says the DT 770 Pro are good, that's why I baught them and was disappointed by them.

My first pair of headphones were AKG Q701 that someone was selling used local, and I love them and are still my favorite headphones. I enjoy bass, it makes music fun, so a few months later I considered getting some good closed back headphones. The DT 770 Pro were the most popular model, reviewers on YouTube, people on this subreddit. And I thought they wound be perfect for me, the AKG would be my primary critical listening headphones, and these could be my easy to drive headphones with bass.

I got them and when trying them out I was disappointed. I couldn't find a good used listing so I baught them new on ebay for $150, and I only spent $100 on the AKG, so when these sounded worse than the AKG I felt some regret. The bass was nothing too extraordinary and the raw quality couldn't compare to the AKG. All the songs I tested didn't sound as good, I actually thought these might be defective because I got them as a new listing from ebay from someone selling it $15 lower than anyone else. But then I played In Da Club by 50 cent and they sounded good for the first time. So at least I knew they weren't defective. I tried other bass heavy songs but the bass didn't sound how I expected it to. I used them from time to time, primarily when I don't want to bother others. At some points I had considered to sell them to some family members, but no one wanted to spend that much. At this point I was only keeping them for their name, they have such a huge impact and are globally respected, and lots of celebrities use them.

Very recently I got Hifiman Sundaras because they were selling at like new quality in Amazon with a good discount. I was looking at these for a long time and was waiting for a good pair at a reduced price to become available. One the weekend I was comparing all 3 of them, it was mainly to compare the AKG to the Sundara but I thought to include these as well. I was listening to a few songs and when I played Low Life by future, the bass sounded amazing on the DT 770 Pro, I couldn't believe these are the headphones I didn't like. The bass felt amazing and I rad to replay the point when the bass kicks in around 30 times because how good that sounded. Yes I was comparing them to open backs, but the bass was good in general, not just when compared to them. Then I played Take me back to London by Ed Sheeran (yes he's in my top 5 British rappers). In that song the bass also sounded good, I was Also replaying the part when the bass is introduced over and over again, I was starting to like these headphones. And I realized when people said different headphones are for different types of music, there is truth to that statement.

Could this be just because I was listening to open backs right before wearing them, because I know I tried some bass heavy hip hop tracks on them before, but didn't think they were anything special. I already know some people will say it's because of burn in.