Treble: Linkin Park – Shadow of the Day (03:24-03:42), very similar tonality but a bit cleaner on the DT200. Hiroyuki Sawano – Pretenders (01:18-01:47), speed, tightness and texture are in another league on the FH3 but similar quantity. Overall: The FH3 has better resolution, technicalities and much better bass. But the DT100 is a better tuned iem, considering that it only has 1 BA and that timbre makes it overall a more natural sounding iem. Both are great though. Go into any top recording studio and the chances are that you'll find not one, but numerous pairs of Beyerdynamic DT100 headphones. DT100s are tough, they're loud and you can replace almost all the parts in the field, but to be honest, they aren't the best sounding headphone on the market. They're fine for musicians monitoring while recording, but less good for making value judgements on a mix. In recent years, Beyerdynamic has extended the DT series considerably, each time bringing about an improvement in sound, and the latest in that illustrious line is the DT770 reviewed here.

When I had been investigating the DT-100s before buying them, I had noticed that the cable for connecting them to your audio interface or guitar amp, or anything you like was a little bit new to me. Treble: Linkin Park – Shadow of the Day (03:24-03:42), a bit more relaxing and non-fatiguing on the DT100.

Alas, they only lasted a few years. As ever, you get what you pay for, and they didn’t survive the multiple accommodation moves that one goes through in their early twenties. Due to its closed and robust design, the DT 100, which is well-known in recording studios worldwide, is ideally suited for monitoring and ENG/EFP applications. With its soft, circumaural ear cushions, the headphones offer a high degree of wearing comfort and convince with their closed design with excellent isolation from external noise. This 400 Ohm version is perfect for monitoring in the studio. Key Features Technicalities: Shiro Sagisu – Hundred years war (02:24-02:57), similar soundstage, but details, imaging, instrument separation and timbre are better on the DT100.

Mid-bass: Metallica – fight fire with fire (01:11-01:52), quantity and speed is good but could be tighter and have better instrument separation because it is a bit bloated and texture could be better as well. The (02:55-03:01) section with the chopper is hearable but a bit bloated. Mids: Hiroyuki Sawano – OldToday (01:25-01:52), Instrument and vocal tonality are better on the DT100 (a bit wonky on the T2) as well as the timbre, details and clarity. A high level of ambient noise attenuation is achieved with the concave ear cups design and they are exceptionally comfortable with a soft microfiber layered headband and ear pads.Treble: Linkin Park – Shadow of the Day (03:24-03:42), more relaxing and non-fatiguing on the DT100. Hiroyuki Sawano – Scapegoat (00:57-01:17), much more natural on the DT100 due to the tonality and timbre, cleaner and more detailed as well. Evanescence – Bring me to life (01:18-01:35), more relaxing and non-fatiguing on the DT100 and also a bit more natural sounding due to the timbre and tonality. I think you’re better off getting professional headphones earlier rather than later in your home recording career, just so you get a better idea of what good sounds like, and you don’t get too comfortable with cheap being the standard you expect and become comfortable with. Overall: The T180 Pro is very different from the DT100. While the DT100 is a warm bass-boosted neutral iem that sounds closer to a DD iem rather than BA. The T180 Pro is a n-shaped iem with more vocal focused sound. Although they both have a single BA, the DT100 is more technical and higher resolution.

Hiroyuki Sawano – Pretenders (01:18-01:47), quantity is very good and is fun. Texture, speed and tightness are very good as well. So, it is both clean and fun. Undoubtedly, this is one of the strengths of this IEM on how mids are very appealing to its listeners, its naturalness, with some added warmth, transparent and accurate tonal colour. Bass: Djuro – Drop that bass (01:15-01:30), extends and rumbles more on the DT100. Punch quantity is also more on the DT100 and is more textured but a bit faster and tighter on the DT200. When I first got into home recording, I had a pair of Sennheiser studio headphones. I can’t remember the exact model, but it was the lower end of the range, but I was pleased as punch with them, because they were from a proper brand name like Sennheiser.I did quite a bit of research. If I was going to spend this money, I was going to spend it right. I started researching what actual recording studios use. The DT-100s look exactly what you see in documentary films about recording. Thanks to the soft circumaural ear pads and padded headband, the DT100's offer incredible levels of comfort. Hiroyuki Sawano – Scapegoat (00:57-01:17), very good instrument/vocal tonality and with a very natural timbre. Although clarity and details could be better. The treble of DT100 is more on a relaxed and smoother in delivery, It still has sufficient detail retrieval on its definition and harmonics value. Us musicians are an aesthetically-conscious bunch, so as I’m sure you appreciate, that was half of it!

Technicalities: Shiro Sagisu – Hundred years war (02:24-02:57), soundstage, details, instrument separation and imaging are much better on the FH3. Mids/treble timbre is better on the DT100 while bass timbre is better on the FH3. Hiroyuki Sawano &Z (02:18-02:57), better tonality, details and clarity on the FH3 but better timbre (mids/treble) on the DT100. Anyway, I had been aware of the weightiness of the DT-100s in my hands, so I was perhaps a little apprehensive about putting that weight on my head – would it bother me? And honestly, it didn’t. It’s too comfortable. It’s like putting your head inside a pillow. A really weird pillow.Hiroyuki Sawano – Scapegoat (00:57-01:17), cleaner and more detailed on the FH3 but more natural on the DT100 due to the tonality and timbre. In use, these phones are a comfortable, snug fit and offer a useful amount of isolation from outside sound. The headband grips the yokes tightly, so there's no tendency for the size adjustment to slip once the phones are in place. The overall weight is 270g, which though not featherweight, is reasonably low for a quality closed phone. Mids: Hiroyuki Sawano – OldToday (01:25-01:52), instrument tonality is a bit better on the DT100 but better vocal tonality on the FH3 as well as more forward vocals. But timbre (mids/treble) is actually better on the DT100, although overall sound is cleaner and more detailed on the FH3. In terms of comfort, it wasn’t actually the weight of the headphones that caused any problems, it was actually the leathery padding. Man, it gets sweaty after a while! But, to be fair, it makes you take them off for a little bit, so it could well be helping your hearing. Conclusion