These Headphones Have Bass Like a SUBWOOFER!?

The year is 2026 and Ber Dynamic have

made a pretty competitive headphone. I'm

a little bit confused, but let's talk

about it.

This is the DT270 Pro. And all jokes

aside, I think a lot of people have

called me a Bearamic hater over the

years. And you know what? In some ways,

they wouldn't be wrong. But it's because

I've seen what Bayer is capable of and I

know that they are better than a lot of

the things that they've put out. In

fact, this headphone is direct proof of

that because in many ways it competes

with this, the AKGK371

and this, the Atom H200. Full

disclosure, I bought this headphone with

my own money. If you want to support the

channel, that happens via Patreon or

float plane. Let me pull my sleeves up.

Let's talk about building comfort. These

are pretty well built. They are

definitely one of the more inexpensive

Bayers, so they're not life-changing in

terms of their build quality, but when

you compare it to things like the K371,

there is no contest. The Bayer is built

significantly better. The pads are more

comfortable. The headphone as a whole

just feels more sturdy. The mechanism

for folding them is just straight up

better than what Bayer is doing because

we know from experience, this right here

falls apart. In fact, I've rebuilt this

headphone several times uh during the

time that I've owned them. They even

have fresh wires because the wires gave

out of them. That said, these AKGs do

sound pretty good. We'll talk about that

later. The Atoms definitely have more

clamp force, a bit harder metal yolks

here on the side, and more padding on

top. That's probably the biggest weak

point of these Bayers is the padding on

top is like many headphones, a bit thin.

It's not as bad as on the AKGs, but it

could be a little bit thicker. All

things considered though, they're not

super uncomfortable. I get a bit of a

hot spot here after a while. Uh it would

probably be worse if I got the haircut

that I desperately clearly need and

removed some of this padding I have up

here. But they're not bad. They do have

a dual entry setup on the bottom, but

it's not for using a left and right

cable. It's for using one cable on

either the left or on the right. And

unlike headphones like the Road NTH100,

uh you do not have to plug up the

opposite side to stop there from being a

weird bassy channel imbalance. Good job,

Bear. They articulate. They swivel. They

adjust pretty far up and pretty far

down. These going to fit a good variety

of head sizes. And all things

considered, build and comfort, not bad,

but I expect that from Bayer. Bayer

usually builds things that feel pretty

decent in the hand. I'm not here to talk

about that. I care about how they sound.

So, I'm going to talk about sound

quality, then we'll go over measurements

on all three of the measurement

fixtures.

Look at this guy. He works so hard.

These sound like an IM. What the hell do

you mean by that DMS? I mean they sound

U-shaped, so incredibly strong subbase.

Probably some of the strongest subbase

that I've ever heard in a passive

headphone. I've heard some active

headphones that can have really strong

subbase. The Nothings come to mind,

especially when you're using their EQ.

The Momentum 4 and the HGB 630

definitely both can have some pretty

strong subbase or things like the Sony

WH1000XM6,

but those are all active DSP controlled

headphones. And these are completely

passive. It is wild how strong the

subbase is in these. It's not overkill.

It's definitely on the higher end of

what people are going to like, I think,

but it is very tight. It does not bloom

or bloat or get muddy in the mid-range

at all, which is also very impressive.

So, they just somehow bumped up that

subbase on like a perfect shelf. We

transition into pretty clingy mid-range

after that. There we get a little bit of

ups and downs, though. And the upper

treble, like with many bears, is

emphasized on these. Not nearly as much

as things like on the DT770, 9990s,

880s, DT1990s, DT770s. In fact, this is

a headphone that I would say from most

perspectives, the treble on these is

going to be notably better, notably more

tame than a lot of those headphones

despite still being a bit bright and

sparkly. But it's very much on the two

extremes. So you have your elevated

upper treble and your elevated deep

subbase and then a bit of just

relatively even mid-range and a few

scoops throughout the treble uh in

between. Now I would say the treble is

better done on the AKGs. That's just how

it is. But the AKGs are a little bit

warm in comparison. The upper mid-range

and vocals is definitely stronger on the

Atoms. And I find the bass of the Atoms,

at least in the subbase, to be a little

bit easier to deal with when I'm

listening to bassy tracks, because

sometimes the DT270 Pro is just too much

subbase. But the Atoms suffer from

problems with shout, especially around

like the 2 to 3 kHz range. And we land

on this that feels like it is doing

something right in between these

headphones. It's doing a great job of

producing a good mid-range. is doing a

great job of being very articulated,

very tight, not really leaning into

warmth despite having very strong

subbase, and just being an overall

pretty decent headphone that I think

sounds like the 64 Audio U12T if you put

it into an overear headphone. Now, that

isn't to say that I don't have

complaints about it. I find that upper

treble to be sibilent at times. In fact,

I would almost always go for slightly

less treble than this. I would also go

for less subbase personally, but it does

really stand out for its strength in

that subbase. And I'm kind of harping

about it. This is a headphone that I

would purchase for the sole purpose of

using it with EQ just to pull down that

treble range just a little bit and maybe

pull down the subbase range a little

bit. Doing those two and this is an

incredibly compelling closedback

headphone that I personally believe then

punches far above its price point. Now

again, it could use more padding up top.

It is a closeback, so you're going to

get variation from person to person. The

HPTF isn't insane. We'll get to that in

frequency response and measurements. But

things like sound stage, they really do

benefit, I feel like, from something in

this design, and it could be the fact

that these pads are a velour pad. It's

going to be a little bit more

breathable, slightly lower acoustic

impedance. We have some ports on top.

But despite this having some elements

like velour pads and ports, this does

isolate quite well. A lot like legends

like the DT770 Pro. I would take this

over the DT770 Pro any day of the week,

by the way. Uh, and that also goes for

the 1770. I would take this over the

1770 any day. Let's talk about the

measurements on all of the various

fixtures. We'll talk about channel

balance and the impedance curve. Here is

the frequency response. This is taken on

the Brolinkare 5128, the Brolinkare

4128, and the Meer microphone in a real

human ear. These are all compensated to

their individual diffuse field head

related transfer functions. So, we can

see how this will vary from person to

person. That's this filledin yellow

area. For the most part, this stays

within the average listener preference.

Again, very strong, very, very

impactful, very deep subbase. Uh, crazy

impressive that they were able to pull

that curve out of a passive headphone

without wonking up the mid-range too

much either because the mid-range looks

pretty good up until about 1.4 1.3 kHz.

Uh, then we start to elevate up reaching

the highest point at about 2.4K.

It's going to vary depending on who you

are and how your ears respond because

you can see some people will see a

pretty sharp dip after that whereas

others are going to stay more within the

preference bounds. After that, things

start to rise back up. If you're on the

upper end of this, you'll see that

you'll get a sharp peak around 13 14

kHz. But there are people, you can

clearly see that will be on the lower

end of this range. And if you're on the

lower end of this range, this is going

to respond really, really nicely on your

head. I happen to be on the upper end of

that. And that's why I get that siblance

in the upper treble. But even with how

sharp of a peak that is up top, this is

definitely the least trebleheavy bear

that I've tested in a really long time.

And that is so encouraging. I'm so

excited by that. Here is the channel

balance between the left and right

channel on this headphone. Now, I want

to note it was kind of hard to get the

channel balance just perfect because

these do have a fair bit of positional

variation. So, it really was a little

bit closer on head doing left and right

sweeps than I could get it on the test

fixture. This was on the Brolinkare

5128. I probably could have gotten the

channel balance a little bit closer if I

was doing it with an oscilloscope. Uh,

but this is what we've ended up with.

pretty solid channel balance up until

you get to maybe 8 n kilhertz. Then

we're seeing a bit of a difference

there, but not massive overall. This is

kind of within the tolerance of what I

would expect for a headphone in the

price range. And it's pretty decent,

especially in the low frequencies.

That's pretty good seal on both ears and

pretty solid channel matching,

especially under about 400 hertz, which

I want to note, channel imbalances in

the bass is definitely an area where I

personally find it easier to tell the

difference between the left and right

usually. Here's our impedance curve.

Now, on the low end, we're around uh 46

47ish ohms. On the high end, around 58

ohms there in the very low frequencies.

It makes me wonder if they're maybe

using a passive analog filter in this or

if that's just what the natural resonant

frequency is of the driver and it's that

low. Either way, uh something like an

OTL 2 amp would bring up the bass a bit

more. I personally wouldn't recommend

doing that. You would have to have a

pretty high output impedance OTL2 amp.

needs like 300 plus ohms output

impedance. I would just use this on like

a solid state amp on a laptop on a

dongle, a FA11 or an Apple dongle or a

MacBook. Or if you really want to use an

amp, you could use something like an

Atom, but I would probably avoid things

with higher output impedance. So, let's

get into the conclusion. I've said a lot

of good things about this headphone, uh,

but clearly it's also not perfect. And I

think the choice stands that these three

are the ones to pick from. Overall, the

DT270 Pro is an easy recommend if you

are not overly sensitive to those higher

treble frequencies and if you want

something that just has a straight up

excellent powerful deep subbase

performance. I find overall as far as

tambber is concerned, the K371 still

outright wins, but loses in terms of

that sort of technicality feeling, that

that sharpness, that articulation, that

detail sort of feeling, and definitely

loses in terms of build quality. So, do

you care more about having a uh very

articulated, very powerful in the bass

kind of U-shaped IM like sound, or do

you want something that's going to have

uh much smoother treble response at the

expense of having uh such articulated

subbase? Then there's the Atom, which

feels pretty tight across the board, but

is notably more elevated at like the 2

to 3 kHz area, kind of like the Odyssey

uh MM500 or LCD 5. 2026 is truly a wild

year. But here it is, a bear dynamic

that I am giving a recommendation to. If

its faults are ones you can live with.

That's going to wrap up this video.

Remember, good audio is getting cheap.

Cheap audio is getting good. Price does

not correlate with sound quality. And

vote with your wallet. Till next time,

guys.

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