These are the legendary headphones. Technically there is no match for this in its price range or beyond. Only thing people have to decide according to sound signature.Please go for 32ohms if you use for mobile or portable players. It just perfect with portable players.Design- These are classic with bigger earcups for comfort. The velver pads are very good. All parts replacable and mostly metal used. Headband pressure is light and comfortable .These are not for portable use.Sound- superb transparent sound with powerful precise lows and highs and very very natural mids.Bass/lows- just amazing. It can produce superb precise deep bass. There is no mid bass emphasis like in sennheiser or like sub bass emphasis on sony. Bass is just natural with slight emphasis on sub bass.Mids- very very natural mids. Its some what slightly U SHAPE.Highs- very very much extended and powerful and energetic. Its somewhat fatiging if the recording has sharp highs. Otherwise its very good.Imaging, instrument separation and sound stage are just awesome and I can say these are among the best you can find in any price range.Overall the sound signature is nearly flat with no attempt to make sound fat or pleasing like other manufacturers do. Technical capability of the driver is just amazing on how fast frequency response is.Finally these are for people who are very serious about the audio quality and have tasted the audiophile grade headphones before. Directly coming from commercial headphones may find it difficult to appreciate or understand the sound superiority these legend has. Also these are not for people sensitive to highs because these are on brighter side with extended highs. But you can compensate by using better recorded flac or higher bitrate music files or using equlizer. Also these are open back and so no sound isolation.Always remember to listen them or any open back headphones in quite place with low volume to save your ears. Happy listening.

Great sound at this price point. I purchased it @ 15896 inr. The large sound stage, instrument separation and imagine all are excellent.I am not found any ear fatigue. 32 ohm version is perfect for portable devices. Previously I have used ath m50x headphones. Both are v shaped sound signature but dt 990 have great detail and imagine and great comfort because of valour earpad. Cloutail India packaging and service are excellent.

My first open back cans and I now truly understand what the fuss about soundstage is all about. It's not just clarity or depth or even the fact that you can hear each instrument on a particular number. The only thing better than this would be to actually be in the recording studio. Even with the 32 ohm version a portable headphone amp is a prerequisite if you're going to get the best experience out of these cans. Needless to say, the music source should be cd or flac. Lossy mp3s are wasted on this headphone and will leave you wondering if you spent your money well.