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Beyerdynamic a200p DAC review
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May 30, 2025
Beyerdynamic introduced a Digital Analog Converter, the a200p. Easy to hook up to iOS devices, Android devices and computers, the real question is how's it sound? Dave Taylor -- of http://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ -- explains how it works and what's good, and not so good, about the product.
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hey Dave Taylor here again and this time
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I want to talk to you about this little
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device what is it it's the Bayer Dynamic
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a20p digital audio converter now it's
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not very big but what it has is it has
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lots of audio circuitry that basically
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replace the built-in amplifier system in
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your devices what does that do makes
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your music sound a ton better in fact it
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makes all audio sound better so the way
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it works is you have something like
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these Bayer Dynamic t51p headphones I
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love these things I listen to them
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pretty much like four or five hours a
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day so instead of plugging this into
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your device you actually plug it into
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the little 200 unit and then there's a
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bunch of different wires and this is
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sort of the weak link on this device
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because on the one hand it has these
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specialized wires that on this one for
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example it's a micro USB so I could plug
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it in and just a moment of
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fiddling maybe plug it in let's try this
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second time there we go so now I could
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plug this into even an Android phone and
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instead of having it be the okay sound
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you get out of Android phones this
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suddenly becomes far richer and far
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better in audio experience or if you
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want want what I use is there's one with
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a lightning connector so I actually have
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used this device with my iPad on
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airplanes to listen to movies while I'm
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flying and literally use this exact
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combination and it sounds terrific I
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mean this gives you more volume than you
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would out of the iPad or an iPhone or an
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Android phone normally anyway but the
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fact that it not only gives you more
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volume but it sounds better is really
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cool
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and you want to use it with your
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computer I got you covered there too
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this longer cable is just a regular USB
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on the end so again you plug it in you
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plug this into your computer and now
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instead of having your headphones or
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your earbuds plugged into the little
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Jack on the computer this is actually in
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line and this makes everything honestly
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it makes it sound a lot better so it's
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also kind of expensive this is a 2 $99
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device now if you're using the earbuds
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that you got with your um iPhone or with
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your HTC1 or with your Nokia Lumia then
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you know this probably isn't going to
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make a huge amount of difference but if
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what you do is you actually have some
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really nice headphones and something
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where you really are looking for some
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audio quality this significantly
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improves it this will make it sound
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better so 299 bucks is a fair amount of
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money but if you're looking for
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something where you have really Sublime
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audio quality and I mess with my friends
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so if we're like at a cafe together
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working I will give them my headphones
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to listen to and ruin theirs
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forever I'm not very nice that way but
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they'll listen and they'll go oh my God
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this is amazing so it really sounds you
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know even mediocre headphones sound a
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lot better and if you have really good
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headphones like again the t-51 PS then
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it makes them sound superb really really
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nice so it's a really nice device it's
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really welld designed the only complaint
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I have is just sort of the clunkiness
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factor where you have all these
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different wires so even when I had it in
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my bag on the
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airplane it was the device and that
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special little adapter you know as yet
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more stuff I had to worry about and
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carry with um it does come with a little
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case but I just feel like the whole
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thing there's there's sort of a
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usability piece here where it works
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really well if you're sitting at your
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desk desk or if you have somewhere where
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you can spread things out but in terms
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of portability I'd sort of give it maybe
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a B+ on portability versus some other
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stuff I've seen some other digital audio
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converters where they're just tiny
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little devices with no extra wires the
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downside on those is that they have to
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be designed for a specific purpose so I
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have one that plugs into the USB on my
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laptop but it doesn't help me at all
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with my phone or my Android devices or
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my tablets so there's the tradeoff so so
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Bayer Dynamic
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a20p digital audio converter and by the
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way the thing in the middle is a volume
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control so that's pretty cool and I'll
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give it a really nice positive review if
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you are okay and willing to handle all
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the complication of all the different
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wires and everything you you can master
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that which is not huge task if you can
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figure that piece out for yourself then
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I will promise this is going to make
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whatever you use to listen to music
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sound better in including by the way if
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you plug in external speakers this will
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make your speaker sound better too cuz
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it's a better amplifier than the
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amplifier in your computer or in your
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Android or iOS device so this is Dave
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Taylor saying check it out and for me
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I'm going to be plugging this in and I'm
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going to tune off and be listening to
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some great music
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thanks
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now
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