Here it is everyone, the most 'un'secret secret weapon, just arrived in from Vancouver, Canada on Friday night, rested and watered and waiting for me at Pancake House, LG, Megamall (lol.. airwax did you guess right or were on the roof?)
Beyerdynamic T50pUnboxing shotsThe box itself is much smaller than I thought, the cans are certainly more discreet and smaller than say the HD25-1 II or anything in the same class. I would call it the equivalent of an Onto type design only classier, stronger and about 30% bigger.
ContentsWill true to the German spirit of austerity and brevity, when you open the box you get right to the point. No messing about with flaps, plastic encasing or delicate Mexican food type folding - yup open it up and there is the case in the box with cans and accessories inside ready to take out. I guess Beyer really don't want us to marvel at their origami skills because they simply do not have any in the packaging department.
Open up the beautiful case, (held together with a velcro strap and not zipped but contoured in such as way that both top and bottom mesh together real nice), and you get the star of the show, the cans and the accessories which are:
1/4 adapter (gold plated)
airline adapter (gold plated also) - I think I have about 3 of these now lol
little green wire holder (great idea)
and the.....
Headphones!
The Cansbecause it is all about the cans, right?
The brushed metal feel is awesome, more business like and spartan than the andriod feel of the HD25-1 II, little more 'complete' in that case, more contoured.
Would I say it is as durable as say a HD25? Not sure on that, the metal is very thin but very durable looking and is unlikely to snap that is for sure! The weak points in these cans might be the rivets.
The rivets allow the cups to swing flat and in position giving that mobility signature you come to expect from this class of cans, but I suspect if there is a potential stress point, as there are in any set of cans, it is likely to be there.
Not that I will go looking to test that
In all for durability I will give these a potential 8 out of 10, will reserve the extra 2 after a month of use to see if the rivet connection is just me being super careful
The wiringSeparate wiring (super small y junction and very discreet) to each cup is giving me confidence
Super thin though and not detachable so whilst still going for that integrated feel which gives it more streamlined and sexy look than the HD25, it does feel a little less durable than the sturdy wiring of the HD25 and of course re-cabling upgrades on this unit are likely to be a specialist job rather than a quick change for HD650 wires.
Unboxing conclusionIs there one? lol.. This is a German manufacturer so don't expect frilly bits, multiple manual booklets, free mp3 offer from emusic (yeah you get them also??) and other stuff, you get exactly what you bought it for plus a damn nice case.
OK so that is unboxing - off now to listen to themWhich by the way will not be straight out of the box sounds as the store in Canada very kindly did 10 hours of burn for me before my friend picked them up - cool customer service or what??
