Beyerdynamic – T5 Stereo Headphones (3rd Gen)


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Weight: 360 g
Dimensions: 21.5 x 15 x 28.9 cm; 360 Grams
Brand: Beyerdynamic
Model: 717789
Colour: Black
Batteries Included: No
Manufacture: beyerdynamic
Colour: Black

15 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

     United Kingdom

    I have a pair of Grady GS3000E which are amazing, but there is something very special about these and they cost a fraction of the price. Yes there is detail, but its not a headphone assault so you can listen for a very long time and enjoy the music.. I love them

  2. CaseyDurrqu says:

     United States

    When they arrived there was a rattling noise coming from the right earcup. I removed the ear pad & found a small piece of loose solder inside the cup. Once removed problem solved. Although I will say for a handmade product not sure how this got passed QC. The headphones themselves seem to be pretty sturdy & are comfortable to wear, although after prolonged use do get a little hot. The sound quality is terrific, you can hear every individual instrument. My only qualm is they’re slightly bass heavy, but after listening for a while I’ve started to like it.
    I bought the T5’s as opposed to the T1’s because they were closed back & I would be listening to these in a room with other people present. There is, however, still quite a bit of noise leakage something to be aware of if you intended to use these for traveling or in an office environment. All in all, pretty happy with the purchase, with a few small issues, as noted above. I’ll definitely be keeping them as the sound is amazing. That said if I had intended to be listening to these on my own with no issue of disturbing fellow travelers I probably would’ve gone for the T1’s.

  3. Anonymous says:

     United States

    I purchased these mainly looking for a top of the line upgrade for my DT 770 80 ohms, hoping that these would be to those what the Sennheiser 800s was to my HD 580. Overall I think these are better than the 770s, though it’s hard to explain why. The main thing I like about the 770s the tactile nature of the bass – you feel it in your head in a way that not even EQ can achieve with other headphones. Well, the T5 3rd gen doesn’t quite do that, though the bass response is still very good – 2nd among all my headphones, and better than the 770s in every other respect.

    For reference, these are my other cans:
    Beyerdynamic dt 770
    Senheisser hd 580
    Senheisher HD 800s
    AKG k271
    Grado SR 225

    I listen to a lot of electronic, synth pop, and stuff on that spectrum. Goldfrapp, Royksopp, and Phaeleh make their way into most of my listening sessions.

    At the moment the T5 is my second favorite after the HD 800s. I use it mainly for listening to music at bed time so as not to disturb my wife. Reviews said they were “dark”, but for my use case – lying down and trying to be absorbed in music without any fatigue – these is perfect. They have great clarity and Soundstage for a closed headphone (or heck, even some open ones), and are a little more musical and interesting than the 800s. I believe they are relatively recessed in the mids but I actually prefer that. Going back they make the 770s feel a bit tinny and muffled in the way that higher end headphones tend to make lower end ones feel, but you wouldn’t necessarily notice this without having the two to compare against one another.

    The greatest flaw in my opinion is fairly minor – the opening in the pads is slightly to small for my ears. I replaced them with the Dekoni limited editions for beyerdynamic and foster headphones – EPZ-T50-LE – they are $70, much softer, and the only pereiveable difference is an improvement to the Soundstage. But even the $15 “standard” beyerdynamic pads dekoni sells are more comfortable. Just avoid the Dekoni choice hybrid – these are huge and make the sound thin and weak. Also someone recommended Yaxi pads made for the fostec TH900, but to me this made the lower mids sound strangely distorted (and also are hard to get on and off).

  4. ElsieBrito says:

     Italy

    Non ho parole per descrivere queste cuffie. Certo rispetto a quelle che costano 4/5 volte di piu’ un confronto non si pu fare (o forse si?) Per la qualit costruttiva eccellente si indossano senza alcuna fatica per ore, ed il sound impareggiabile bassi profondi, ma senza alcun effetto “fango” medi spumeggianti e favolosi, gli alti sono fantastici senza alcuna distorsione. Che dire, per chi ha un po da spendere e per chi un audiofilo consiglio vivamente l’acquisto

  5. Anonymous says:

     United States

    I was looking for a certain audio sound and these headphones more than met my expectations. I use them mostly on my PC for watching and listening to music videos. I heard musical instruments that before this I thought were buried in the mix but with these Beyerdynamic T5 headphones reproduced everything with crystal clear reproduction without any part being overwhelming. The bass was clear and present without booming whic is what I was looking for. Couldn’t be more happy.

  6. Anonymous says:

     United States

    I am very happy. The Beyerdynamic T5 headphones are tip/top! Everything sounds better.
    Much surprise. Of Course the expectation for good sound, but I didn’t anticipate that they would sound MUCH BETTER than my Sennheiser HD 600. That was a complete shock.

    They sound like open back, yet they are closed. Now you have to realize they are not going to close off your head and make your ears sweat!! No, they are not like back in the day Koss Pro4 A, but so much better.

    As always, you can pay more and probably get more, but the law of diminishing returns will begin to cut in.

    The Beyerdynamic T5 headphones fabulous.

  7. Anonymous says:

     Germany

    Those are great, but too expensive i would say. Tygr would be a good replacement if you dont want to overpay 800 euros for almost nothing. Travel case is so big and doesnt even has a handle. Check travel cases of focal to get an idea what they should be like. The fact that case costs 120 euro or so just outrages me 🙂
    I would prefer to buy this model without a case and for max of 300 euros.

  8. Anonymous says:

     Italy

    Molto comoda, non pesa e non stanca anche dopo ore di ascolto. Isola benissimo dai rumori esterni. Garantisce un ascolto nitido e bilanciato, ottimo su tutte le frequenze, in particolar modo le basse.
    Soldi ben spesi

  9. Anonymous says:

     Italy

    Il prodotto arrivato in tempi stabiliti, ed effettuata una breve prova sono cuffie di gran classe, con l’uso di un buon amplificatore dedicato e un cavo bilanciato sono eccellenti, restituendo una buona immagine sonora. Soddisfatto!

  10. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 2 From Our UsersI started with the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones and I thought they were great and the sound probably couldn’t get much better. But once I put on the Beyerdynamic T5 headphones with the Tesla drivers, I knew I’d been missing a lot from my music.
    With the studio recorded songs, it sounds like you are right there in the studio with the artist, and the “live” songs make you feel like you’ve got the best seat in the house. The studio songs allow you to pick up on every nuance, along with every instrument and vocal. The soundstage is very present considering the closed-back design.
    If you really want to hear your favorite songs, perhaps for the first time again, then I highly recommend the Beyerdynamic T5 headphones. It’s a treat to find out what I’ve been missing on all my favorite songs by using the T5 headphones.
    Highly recommend for your listening pleasure.

  11. PhillipF71 says:

     United Kingdom

    I have been on the hi fi journey along with many others over a number of years, decided to go the hd player/
    headphone route following Audiolab/ Dynaidio route, finally settled on the Kann Cube/ Beyerdynamic t5 combo with Shure Se 846’s for in ear listening, the T5’s gen3 are simply tremendous, they do need at least 10 hours running in but you will be rewarded sticking with them.

  12. Anonymous says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 9 From Our UsersWho knew that back in 2014, when Meghan Trainer sang, “all about that bass — no treble,” she may have inspired the Beyerdynamic’s engineers to create such an audio device that would meet her approval. In 2020, Beyerdynamic released the T5, 3rd generation closed-back headphones, with bass that rivals loudspeakers IMO. If bold, dynamic and realistic bass response is not your thing when listening with headphones, the T5 is not for you.

    Before I get into a sound review, let me remark about the appearance of the T5. It is totally unremarkable. Nobody will think you have high-end headphones over your ears with that perforated sheet metal design. But, when you touch the T5, it feels very high-end. I never thought about how often we touch our headphones until I wore the T5. It feels great and very comfortable to wear. It does a fantastic job of blocking outside noises, which is one reason I prefer this over the open-back models.

    The T5 comes with a 4-foot cable that is perfectly sized for my needs. For sound review, I will be using the iFi Micro iDSD Black Label DAC without its bass boost and all songs played from WAV files. I have uploaded a graph of the Beyerdynamic T5’s frequency response (FR) from Crinacle.com. The lower graph in gray color compensates the raw FR to the IEF Neutral Target as a method to compare with all other makes and models. This will be the graph I’ll refer to and its purpose is to give a better understanding on the strengths and weaknesses of the T5.

    Upon listening, the first thing I noticed was the power of the bass. I was taken aback by the dynamics, depth and tones that captured unique bass expressions higher up the FR that are being played on contemporary music today, but were missed by other headphones I’ve listened to. A look at the Crinacle.com FR graph shows that the T5 bass response has a huge 10db gain over the IEF Neutral Target at 100Hz, followed by a slow rollover that hits down to the same line around the 280Hz. One would expect the extended bass output of the T5 would muddle up the lower mid-range vocals, but I did not hear that. What I did hear was an accurate reproduction of bass expressions that were similar to my own sub-woofer and near six-foot high loudspeakers, all driven by Bryston Audio equipment. I didn’t expect that, but credit must be given to the quality of the driver system developed by Beyerdynamic.

    For example, Twenty-One Pilots explosive bass opening at 21:25 seconds on their song “Chlorine,” has bass levels that would awaken the dead if one played it loud enough at a graveyard. Tyler uses DSP to shape that bold, unique bass expression with distortion heard in the upper bass frequencies. The T5 reproduces it much like a great loudspeaker system. When compared to another elevated bass headphones, the popular Audio-Technica ATH-M50X, in which I also own, I found it misses on depth, dynamics and fails to nail that full distorted bass sound.

    Another example comes from Lana Del Rey’s “13 Beaches.” At 42:19 seconds, the dark, haunting bass hit comes in with two peaks together shown on a spectrum analyzer (see uploaded screen shot). One at 125Hz and at the same time, another at 225Hz. It’s the cord composition that creates this big dark sound that causes the two spikes. If the typical headphone bass FR dropped below the neutral target line at 180Hz, you would not fully experience that important upper bass expression to the song. The T5 nails it perfectly as one would have heard it on a great sound system.

    I’m a big fan of trance and EDM. The M50X doesn’t quite capture the right tone, size and dynamics of EDM bass. Also, EDM is noted for its bright high frequency and with the M50X, you get that along with a very thin, brittle treble. When listening to ILLITHEAS “Breath of Life,” the track sounds gorgeous, rich and deep with the T5.

    In songs where the bass is not a dominate instrument, the T5 correctly places it in its proper order to the music. As I’m writing this review, I’m listening to Dion’s Blues with Friends, with Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamasa, Samantha Fish, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, ZZ Top and others. Nowhere is the bass dominate on this album. The lead guitars are the stars and the bass propels the blues forward without intrusion on the vocals or guitars. However, play The Police’s “The Bed’s Too Big Without You,” where Sting’s bass is the lead instrument, holy Moses, you are in for a treat.

    When it comes to dynamics on the T5, just play the first two notes from Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times, Bad Times.” I literally ducked for cover! It was the depth of the dynamics that surprised me. Also, play The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.” When Meg hits her drum, your jaw will drop because the dynamics are that good. This is the case of just not hearing the music, but experiencing it.

    So, what’s not to like on the T5? Meghan Trainer said, “no treble,” but what the T5 really needed is a .5db rise at the 1kHz and 2kHz FR levels. Without that minor Eq adjustment, I found the mid-range to be slightly dark. You can see it on the uploaded graph. There is a substantial dip at the critical 2kHz area, which can be heard. So, a minor Eq should be done to bring out the best in the vocals. On brightly recorded songs, Eq adjustment won’t be needed. You will find the vocals and instruments to be rich and immersive with a lot of depth. Acoustic and electric guitars are phenomenal with the T5, because of its ability to allow guitars chords to resonate both wide and deep with their complex harmonics.

    The T5’s offset drivers create a soundstage which is much like what one hears at a live performance in a moderately-sized theater. The vocals are in front of you, the guitars are behind the vocalist and the drums are further back. It’s a wall-of-sound with depth and superb imaging of vocals and instruments. The open-back headphone designs are more expansive than closed-backs, but the T5 presents a very realistic soundstage.

    Not everyone will like the T5’s bold and dynamic bass response. For classical and jazz, I would select different headphones that expands the mid-range and exposes more micro-details. And that is why an audiophile owns multiple headphones to match the mood of music one wants to hear. When the mood is “all about that bass,” the Beyerdynamic T5 will deliver great music for you.

    "It's All About That Bass"

  13. LeonidaShanks says:

     United States

    Golden Review Award: 4 From Our UsersTL;DR: Fantastic headphones when driven from a competent source. If you are a discriminating listener who likes closed-backs, just get these; you will be glad that you did!

    Long form: For over a year have had the DT1770 Pro. The 1770s are exceptional: very comfortable with good build quality, but what really stands out is the superb Sound (clear, high definition, inaudible distortion, without over-boosted bass, spacious) – but to get these outstanding qualities you need to drive them with really good components: a high-quality DAC & wide-swing Amp to really make them sing.

    After reading various reviews here and elsewhere decided to go for the T5 3rd gen. Relative to the DT1770 Pro: The build quality is even better, comfort is higher; but what really matters: The Sound.

    After a 24 hour burn-in, listened to them one-after-another using high def recordings (Chesky!) through same excellent DAC / Amp. The T5 is a definite step up from the DT1770 Pro. There is more clarity, depth, and a more spacious sound (*especially* for a closed back).

    Conclusion: Overall very excellent headphones: Sound, quality, comfort. To me, the T5 is better than the DT1770… but, is the T5 worth the $400 price increment over the DT1770 Pros? Unless you are a really discriminating, focused listener, that is up for debate. Will I keep these T5s? Absolutely!

  14. DawnRuggiero says:

     United States

    Balanced but slightly warm sound. Not so analytical as my old akg k712 pros, but very fun for music listening. The closed-back design is perfect for working from home. Sound great with a dac/amp, but also not bad when directly plugged into mbp 2019.

  15. Anonymous says:

     Germany

    Golden Review Award: 16 From Our UsersSo nun habe ich mich auch mal zu einer Rezension hinreien lassen .
    Nach 20 Jahren dachte ich mir ein neuer Kopfhrer mu her.
    Die Wahl fiel auf den Berdynamic P5 (3.Generation)
    Klang : berragend
    Verarbeitung : Hervorragend
    aber nun kommts : Was bitte schn soll dieses kurze Kabel ?
    Ich glaube nicht (Ausnahmen besttigen die Regel) das jemand einen Kopfhrer in dieser Preisklasse “nur” an einem Portabelgert betreibt, alle anderen ( Annahme die Mehrzahl ) betreibt ihn Zuhause oder im Tonstudio.
    Da ist das Kabel eindeutig zu kurz.
    In dieser Preisklasse ( von fast 1000 ) htten die Schwaben ein zweites lngeres Kabel beilegen knnen.
    In Grunde ist an dem Kopfhrer sonst nichts zu bemngeln.