Lewguitar
Old Know It All
Bought the DT 770's just now. Thanks!They're excellent headphones, and are a studio standard, especially for tracking. I've usually had a pair around in my studio, though I switched to the DT-1770 for tracking when it came out, and I like that set a lot, too.
However, it's really hard to find closed back cans with a flat frequency response, and the DT-770s are no exception.
Nonetheless, they have a nice top end that doesn't get harsh easily, and good transient response. As you mention, they're very comfortable for a lot of people, too.
I find they're a bit ripe in the bass, despite their response curve, but that could be the shape of my ears and head - it's different for everyone with any set of cans. They do goose the upper mids and highs quite a bit, but subjectively it comes across as detail, not harshness.
To make cans give the impression of speakers in a room, the frequency response is sometimes all over the place, and that's OK.
You can use Sonarworks for headphones on the mix bus to get a truly flat response; it's a great piece of software for cans. If I listen or mix on headphones, I'll often use it as a reality check.
They say don't mix on cans, especially closed back cans, but my son mixed a record on a pair of them while traveling on a tour, and it eventually went gold. And during the pandemic, I mixed audio for several TV ads on both the 1770s and a set of Audeze LCD-X, with clients who were on their computers remotely (I used cans to get an idea of what they were hearing, and in fact sent them sets of headphones so we'd all be on the same page).
You just never know what will work! But it's a good idea to 'learn' their response by using them and comparing with other monitoring sources anyway.
So I guess signing up for Reaper is next...