You know how annoying it can be when you are counting and someone keeps yelling out other numbers to mess you up? It’s tough for your brain to focus on even a simple task, such as counting, if you are distracted.
If you are in a public environment, there will always be distractions around you. It’s easy for your mind to drift towards something else, taking your attention away from the task at hand.
I find that at work that if I do not have my headset on, my mind may drift off or listen in to other conversations, therefore stopping or not realizing what I am currently doing on the computer. Like reading a document, but your brain is not processing the words.
Maintaining attention to detail is thrown out the window when you are distracted, and you are left with a half-assembled job. To write these reviews, I need to be in the right mood, and it needs to be the right time otherwise entire sections can become an utter mess.
For a lot of people, me included, music has a serenity that soothes the mood and helps the mind stay focused on the task at hand. Regardless of what that task may be, the background noise is subtle, but a must for me.
To keep you focused and in the zone, Beyerdynamic’s DT 240 Pro headphones are the new lightweight, on-the-go headphones designed to eliminate distractions and to not bother others around you. With their plush padding, rugged design, and dynamic drivers, it’s time to find out how they hold up in the real world.
Welcome to my review of the Beyerdynamic DT 240 Pro headphones.
Design
Like other Beyerdynamic headphones, these on-the-go DT 240 Pros are a light-weight, ruggedly-built headset designed to withstand bangs, drops, and hits. All while maintaining a premium look and feel.
The DT 240 Pros come in your favorite color as long as that color is black and silver. The matte black design is dominant, with the silver coloring only peeping through on the headband.
Speaking of which, the headband uses a strong aluminum band and has plenty of height adjustment settings for all head sizes. During extended use, I found that the aluminum tension tends to clamp down onto my head a little tighter than I like. This may not bother you.
For comfort, the headband uses a stitched soft pleather wrap that covers a squishy foam pad. Even though the stitched pleather covers the entire headband, the foam padding is only about two inches in length. For my head size, the padded area covered my head fine, but I would have preferred more of it.
Traveling down the headband to the earcups, there are two aluminum brackets that attach to each earcup. Looking like an upside-down “U”, the brackets look and feel great.
The black aluminum brackets connecting the earcups to the headband are rotatable by 90 degrees allowing the earcups to face inwards towards your chest. I would have liked to have seen the earcups being rotatable outwards as well.
Also, the earcup rotation is loose. If you like to cock an earcup off one ear, the earcup can start to rotate and shift the headband to a crooked angle. Here, I would have preferred the rotation to be a tad firmer.
The earcups themselves are circular, but with their big ear openings, my ears can fit comfortably inside the earcups. This varies widely as others may find that these are on-ear headphones and not over-the-ear ones.
Carried over from the headband, the earcups are lined with that same soft pleather wrap, but this time there is a lot of foam padding. The padding is immensely soft and plush. If it wasn’t for the sometimes-noticeable head clamping, I could easily wear these for hours without any discomfort.
You cannot remove the earcups’ foam, but I much prefer these over other Beyerdynamic headphones that use cloth. Both, of course, have their benefits, but these feel far better on the head and hair.
There aren’t any buttons, switches, knobs, or dials on the DT 240 Pros. There is only a 3.5mm headphone jack on either earcup. You can plug the included proprietary cable into either side of the headphones. The cable is a coiled cable with a lot of length while still coiled. If you dare, you can uncoil it for a whole lot of cable length. And I mean a whole lot of cable length.
Also, seeing that these headphones are meant for those on-the-go, Beyerdynamic includes a small carry pouch. It’s nothing special and offers very little protection, but if you put the headphones into a bag or backpack, the cloth carry-pouch does prevent anything from scratching them.
The nicest takeaway about the DT 240 Pros design is that nothing is meant to be an eye-catcher. They look premium, but there aren’t flashy colors or large brandings that call for attention. Their modern and straightforward design somehow becomes the largest takeaway here.
Functionality
According to Beyerdynamic, the DT 240 Pros are specifically marketed towards podcasters, producers, and filmmakers. In my opinion, their functionality gives them the benefit of being for anyone for any purpose.
Over the past two months, I have been listening to the DT 240 Pros in a busy work environment and often taking them out in a public setting to test their ability to eliminate distractions. My source of audio was often my Galaxy S8+ smartphone using Pandora Plus.
The thing I noticed immediately was the impressively strong bass. Beyerdynamic opted out of their Tesla drivers for a dynamic driver instead and, luckily, these dynamic drivers perform like true champions.
Playing heavy bass tunes, the bass pounds against your eardrums reinforcing the oomph of the song or video.
Following that superb bass are the well-pronounced lows. Vocals and deep guitar work shine when played back through the DT 240 Pros. In fact, I found some songs to be even livelier while using the DT 240 Pros.
As for the midrange and highs, I thought these two were average level and sounded exactly as you would expect them to. Listening to a YouTube video, these two ranges were accurate and pleasing to the ear.
Beyerdynamic did not include a microphone on the DT 240 Pros as I believe they expect a podcaster to use one of their dedicated Beyerdynamic microphones. In all honesty, the DT 240 Pros did not need a microphone as that is not their primary focus.
Everything that I listened to while using the DT 240 Pros sounded flawless. Never once did they hiccup and they sounded similar, if not very close, to a recently reviewed $400 Beyerdynamic Aventhos headset.
Lastly, since the DT 240 Pros are meant to be on-the-go, I can say that they withstand light abuse and also not interfere with surrounding people’s comfort. With the headphone cranked up in volume, those sitting close to me could not hear what I was listening to.
I would be sitting in comfort and enjoying my tunes, and they could read a book without either one of us distracting each other.
My Final Thoughts
All in all, my time with the Beyerdynamic DT 240 Pros ended with a smile on my face. Like many other Beyerdynamic headphones, the DT 240 Pros will become a personal favorite amongst a long list of previously reviewed Beyerdynamic headphones.
I found their comfortable padding and enclosing earcups to be one of the major highlights on these headphones. Seeing that you will be using these outside of the home, it’s good to know that they will withstand abuse while still providing a plush feeling.
Following that, their sound signature is superb and gives the DT 240 Pros an A+ in this category as well. Music and video sounded rich, clear, and precise as it handled everything that I threw at it with ease.
Priced at $99.99, you can’t go wrong with the Beyerdynamic DT 240 Pros, and you would be hard-pressed to find a better pair of headphones in this category.
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