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  1. Table of Contents
  2. Top
  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Comfort
    3. Controls
    4. Breathability
    5. Portability
    6. Case
    7. Build Quality
    8. Stability
    9. Headshots 1
    10. Headshots 2
    11. Top
    12. In The Box
  5. Sound
    1. Sound Profile
    2. Frequency Response Consistency
    3. Raw Frequency Response
    4. Bass Profile: Target Compliance
    5. Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance
    6. Treble Profile: Target Compliance
    7. Peaks/Dips
    8. Imaging
    9. Passive Soundstage
    10. Virtual Soundstage
    11. Weighted Harmonic Distortion
    12. Test Settings
  6. Isolation
    1. Noise Isolation - Full Range
    2. Noise Isolation - Common Scenarios
    3. Noise Isolation - Voice Handling
    4. ANC Wind Handling
    5. Leakage
  7. Microphone
    1. Microphone Style
    2. Recording Quality
    3. Noise Handling
  8. Active Features
    1. Battery
    2. App Support
  9. Connectivity
    1. Wired Connection
    2. Bluetooth Connection
    3. Wireless Connection (Dongle)
    4. PC Compatibility
    5. PlayStation Compatibility
    6. Xbox Compatibility
    7. Base/Dock
    8. PC / PS4 Compatibility
  10. Comments

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs vs Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO

Tested using Methodology v1.3.1

Updated Sep 26, 2023 02:01 PM

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Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Picture
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Variants

  • HD 598 Cs (Black)
  • DT 770 (250 OHM)

Our Verdict

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs

Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO

Full comparison details regarding individual product score sets can be found in the section below
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Main Differences for
Mixed Usage

Threshold 

0.10

Mixed Usage 

6.3
No major differences between these headphones for mixed usage. See full list of tests below.

Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Design Picture 2
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Design Picture 2

Type  

Over-ear
Over-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Closed-Back

Wireless  

No
No

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

7.5
7.5

Comfort Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Comfort Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.62 lbs
0.6 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

0.58 lbs
1.3 lbs
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Controls 
 

6.2
0.0

Controls Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Controls Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

Not OS specific
No Controls

Ease Of Use  

Decent
No Controls

Feedback  

Decent
No Controls

Call/Music Control  

Yes
No

Volume Control  

No
No

Microphone Control  

N/A
No

Channel Mixing 
 

N/A
No

Noise Cancelling Control  

N/A
No

Talk-Through 
 

N/A
No

Additional Controls  

N/A
No
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Breathability 
 

6.7
6.5

Breathability After Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Breathability After Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

5.2 °C
5.7 °C

Portability 
 

5.6
5.8

Portability Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Portability Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Portability Picture

 

7.48"
7.5" (19.1 cm)

 

6.63"
5.4" (13.7 cm)

 

3.44"
3.2" (8.1 cm)

Volume  

170 in³
136.00 in³ (2,228.63 cm³)

Transmitter Required  

N/A
No
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Case 
 

0.0
6.0

Case Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Case Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Case Picture

Type  

No case
Pouch

 

N/A
N/A

 

N/A
N/A

 

N/A
N/A

Volume  

N/A
N/A
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Build Quality 
 

7.0
8.0

Build Quality Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Build Quality Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

6.5
7.0

Stability Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Stability Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Angled Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Side Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Front Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Rear Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Top Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs In The Box Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Sound Profile  

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Normalization Frequency 
 

1,400 Hz

Bass Amount 
 

-2.71 dB
-2.5 dB

Treble Amount 
 

-1.96 dB
0.6 dB
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Frequency Response Consistency 
 

5.8
6.9

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

1.01 dB
0.65 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Profile: Target Compliance 
 

9.2
8.7

Bass  

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Bass Profile: Target Compliance  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

1.11 dB
3.3 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

14.14 Hz
20 Hz

Low Bass 
 

-1.48 dB
-3.37 dB

Mid Bass 
 

0.01 dB
-2.4 dB

High Bass 
 

1.17 dB
-1.18 dB
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Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance 
 

8.3
9.6

Mid  

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Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

2.26 dB
0.7 dB

Low Mid 
 

0.17 dB
-0.6 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

2.71 dB
0.18 dB

High Mid 
 

2.33 dB
0.02 dB
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Treble Profile: Target Compliance 
 

7.8
5.6

Treble Profile: Target Compliance  

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Treble  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

3.64 dB
4.48 dB

Low Treble 
 

0.03 dB
-2.32 dB

Mid Treble 
 

-2.23 dB
4.45 dB

High Treble 
 

-1.88 dB
-0.82 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.8
7.0

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks/Dips Graph 
 

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Peaks 
 

1.22 dB
1.54 dB

Dips 
 

1.75 dB
2.69 dB
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Imaging 
 

8.8
8.3

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.21
0.51

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

2.84
2.03

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.56
0.81

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.78
2.09
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Passive Soundstage 
 

6.2
6.0

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

3.3 dB
4.89 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

5.4 dB
4.33 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

11.19 dB
13.25 dB

Openness 
 

4.2
4.9

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

4.7
4.9
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No

Room Ambience 
 

No

Head Tracking 
 

No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

8.1
8.4

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.100
0.091

WHD @ 100 
 

0.172
0.132
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Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

No Firmware

Power 
 

Passive

Connection 
 

USB

Codec 
 

PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz

Test Instrument  

THX AAA 789

EQ 
 

No EQ

ANC 
 

No ANC

Tip/Pad 
 

Default

Microphone 
 

No Microphone
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Isolation

Noise Isolation - Full Range 
 

5.6
4.3

Noise Isolation - Full Range Graph  

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Noise Cancelling  

No
No

Overall Attenuation 
 

-14.53 dB
-10.32 dB

Isolation Audio 
 

Bass 
 

-0.29 dB
1.92 dB

Mid 
 

-12.77 dB
-11.42 dB

Treble 
 

-31.68 dB
-23.95 dB
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Noise Isolation - Common Scenarios 
 

4.1

Noise Isolation - Common Scenarios Graph  

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Airplane Noise Attenuation 
 

-7.54 dB

Airplane Noise Isolation Audio 
 

Office Noise Attenuation 
 

-9.21 dB

Office Noise Isolation Audio 
 

Street Noise Attenuation 
 

-10.71 dB

Street Noise Isolation Audio 
 

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Noise Isolation - Voice Handling 
 

Female Voice 1 
 

Male Voice 1 
 

Female Voice 2 
 

Male Voice 2 
 

ANC Wind Handling 
 

ANC Wind Handling Graph  

Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO ANC Wind Handling Graph

ANC Wind Noise 
 

N/A

Leakage 
 

6.3
5.7

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

43.68 dB
46.44 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

No
No

In-Line 
 

Yes
No

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

N/A
No

Mic  

Yes
No

Recording Quality 
 

6.9
0.0

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Microphone Frequency Response

Recorded Speech 
 

N/A

LFE 
 

285.09 Hz
N/A

FR Std. Dev. 
 

2.11 dB
N/A

HFE 
 

2,560 Hz
N/A

Weighted THD 
 

0.105
N/A

Gain 
 

18.85 dB
N/A

Noise Handling 
 

6.4
0.0

SpNR  

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Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO SpNR

SpNR 
 

16.77 dB
N/A

Noise Gate 
 

No

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

N/A

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

N/A

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

N/A

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

N/A
Active Features

Battery 
 

0.0
0.0

Battery Type 
 

N/A
No Battery

Continuous Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Additional Charges 
 

N/A
N/A

Total Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Charge Time 
 

N/A
N/A

Power-Saving Feature 
 

N/A
No

Audio While Charging 
 

N/A
No

Passive Playback 
 

N/A
Passive Headphone

Charging Port  

N/A
None

App Support 
 

0.0
0.0

App Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs App Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO App Picture

App Name  

N/A
No App

iOS  

N/A
No

Android  

N/A
No

macOS  

N/A
No

Windows  

N/A
No

Equalizer 
 

N/A
No

ANC Control 
 

N/A
No

Mic Control  

N/A
No

Room Effects 
 

N/A
No

Playback Control 
 

N/A
No

Button Mapping  

N/A
No

Surround Sound  

N/A

Surround Support 
 

No
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Connectivity

Wired Connection 
 

9.5
9.1

Cable Picture  

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs Cable Picture
Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable 
 

Yes
No

Length 
 

10.1 ft
3.90 ft (1.19 m)

Connector 
 

1/8" TRRS
1/8" TRS

Latency - Analog 
 

0.2 ms

Latency - USB 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

Recorded Latency Connection  

Analog

Wired Latency 
 

0 ms
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Bluetooth Connection 
 

0.0
0.0

Bluetooth Version 
 

N/A
No Bluetooth

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

N/A
No

NFC Pairing 
 

N/A

Quick Pair (Android) 
 

No

Quick Pair (iOS) 
 

No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - SBC 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - aptX 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (High Quality) 
 

N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (Low Latency) 
 

N/A

Latency - LDAC 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency Codec  

No Bluetooth Audio

AAC Support 
 

No

aptX(LL) Latency 
 

N/A

Wireless Connection (Dongle) 
 

0.0
0.0

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - Dongle 
 

N/A
N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

N/A

PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio Only

Wired USB 
 

No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio Only

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
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Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio Only

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
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Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

N/A
No Base/Dock

USB Input 
 

N/A
No

Line In 
 

N/A
No

Line Out 
 

N/A
No

Optical Input 
 

N/A
No

RCA Input 
 

N/A
No

Dock Charging 
 

N/A
No

Power Supply 
 

N/A
No Base/Dock

PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC / PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

PC / PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PC / PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Check Price

Black
HD 598 Cs
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250 OHM
DT 770
SEE PRICE
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250 OHM
DT 770
B&H
 
250 OHM
DT 770
BestBuy.com

Sennheiser HD 598 Cs

Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO

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