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Beyerdynamic DT 770 Studio 80 Ohm Studio Headphones - REVIEWED
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May 29, 2025
Studio headphones for sound engineers need to be super expensive, right? Wrong. The Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Studio Headphones deliver terrific sound at three different impedance levels all for a remarkably budget price. You can get the DT 770 in 32 Ohm, 80 Ohm and 250 Ohm models, all for about the same price. So what's the difference and which should you get? Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ checks out the Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Studio Headphones 80 Ohm edition and finds them a great addition to any studio, whether it's pro or just your garage or basement. Check them out at http://amzn.to/2oUeQdZ
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are these the best headphones you can
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get for under $200 let's check them out
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Dave Taylor here and I'm looking at
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audio gear again this time I'm looking
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at headphones these are the Bayer
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dynamic DT 770 Pro Studio Headphones
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80 ohm now you're like 80 ohm what does
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that mean
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so that's impedance and generally if
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you're getting headphones for mobile
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devices like a smartphone or a tablet or
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even a computer you probably want to get
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something around 32 ohms but the higher
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the impedance the better the sound so if
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you're working in a studio if you have a
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high-end stereo system if you're on
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stage whatever it is if you're working
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with good quality gear you want to have
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a higher impedance headphone now the
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difference is that higher impedance
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means there's lower moving mass which
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means that the company can make tighter
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voice coils with better sound and less
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distortion so higher impedance not so
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good with portable devices because
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generally you get slightly less loudness
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and you get less dynamic range so we're
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looking at these these are 80 ohm not
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optimal for a mobile device though I
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will tell you I have plugged this
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directly into an iPhone or into an
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Android tablet or something and they
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sound really good and yeah they get loud
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but with 80 ohms it works a whole lot
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better to use something like this this
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is a DAC so this is basically a small in
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line amplifier that makes these
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headphones get even more dynamic range
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so the sound ends up being a whole lot
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better now this is unfortunately a
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discontinued product from beyerdynamic
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this is the a 200p and it's just their
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generic high-end DAC and amplifier works
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very well but the new one they have is
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really designed just for their own
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headphones but not this only for the
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headphones that have wires on each side
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so it goes but if you have other
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amplifying sources then that can be
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really good or the DT 770 also comes in
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a 32 ohm
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and 250 ohm version so you don't have to
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get the 80 own version if you don't need
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it now let's talk about it
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these are closed over ear headphones and
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they have really decent noise isolation
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there's no active noise cancellation or
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anything but when you put these on most
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everything else goes away which lets you
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really focus and be able to hear the
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nuances of what you're working on and
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again these are really designed for
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studio work they just they have a nice
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sound to them but they're expecting that
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you're gonna be sitting there and mixing
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and let's do just a little more on this
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cymbal and let's bring down that
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background vocal things like that now
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they are studio and stage ready and the
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connectin connection on it is
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gold-plated and it's both the
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gold-plated on the 3.5 millimeter as
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shown and of course there's a quarter
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inch adapter that comes in the box while
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we're talking about the box it also
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comes with a little holder envelope
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whatever you want to call it it comes
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with a little bag you can put your
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headphones in that's nice and let's see
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the soft velour earpads actually come
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off if you are so enthused I'm not going
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to demonstrate right now but they pop
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off and you can get replacements because
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I always worry with things like this
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what if it's sweaty what if I'm onstage
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and sweating a lot what's that gonna do
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so good news they're replaceable and
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like I said this is the 80 own version
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there's the 32 ohm that's better for
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plugging directly into mobile devices
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and the 250 ohm is for studio mixing and
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for work in a studio where you have
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really good amplification so not much
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else to talk about other than they sound
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really good I mean even when I plug
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these straight into a mobile device and
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theoretically I'm not at the right
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impedance they still sound really rich
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there's a lot of base the highs are
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clear and clean and not bright so it's
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not annoying there's a good soundstage
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all the things you look for in a good
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pair of headphones that's gonna make
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your music sound really good these have
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them these are really nice they are very
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comfortable they are adjustable so you
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can get them the way you want the
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headband is very soft it comes with a
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nice bit of padding
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on it I wore these for about three or
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four hours last night without any
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fatigue at all which is nice and a
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little unusual usually I find headphones
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a little fatiguing but they've done a
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nice job biodynamic with these and the
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price tag on it you're gonna be very
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impressed with but before we get there
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thank you
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now price the biodynamic DT 770 pro with
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replaceable ear cups and it comes in
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like I said in 30 to 80 and 250 mm this
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is the 80 own version and it's a nice
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price of a hundred and fifty nine forty
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six at amazon.com this is a steal for
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159 bucks now if you want to get the 32
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ohm which little better for mobile
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devices or the 250 ohm because you're
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going to be working with them in a
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studio then they're gonna run you
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honestly like five or ten dollars more
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they're all right about that same
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hundred and sixty dollar ballpark
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so these DT 770's very nice plug it into
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an amp on the way sounds even better and
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with that I think speaking of which I'm
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gonna plug it into my amp and I am gonna
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catch you in my next video
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