If you have heard the drums on "When the Levee Breaks", you have heard a pair of beyerdynamic M 160s. Engineer Andy Johns hung them at a distance from John Bonham’s kit, and the result is probably the most sampled drum sound ever recorded. The same microphone is on most of Bowie’s Young Americans and the main riff of "Black or White". Introduced in 1957 and still in production, still two 15mm ribbons turned ninety degrees to address from the end, still doing the same job: softening sources that turn harsh through a condenser. The headphones follow the same logic. The DT series became a studio standard because it is honest rather than flattering, and because beyerdynamic will sell you the driver, the earcup, the hinge and the cable as separate spare parts. A pair of DT 770s is a repairable object, not a disposable one, which matters more in a school or a rental stock than any frequency plot does. Built in Heilbronn, Germany. Victory Musical Instruments carries the DT and Pro X ranges, the T1 and T5 Tesla flagships, the MC condensers, the M 88, the M 160 and M 130 ribbons and the TG drum kits.