beyerdynamic dt 770 pro 80 ohm studio headphones

Beyerdynamic dt 770 pro 80 ohm studio headphones portable#

This is a common practice for instance, Denon (just the first example I thought of) would sell one receiver to specialty audio/video dealers, and an essentially identical receiver with a different model number to mass-market retailers. Rated sensitivity is 96dB, which, combined with the relatively high impedance, suggests these won’t be a great choice for use with smartphones and tablets.īy the way, as best I can tell, the use of the Studio and Pro names for what’s apparently the same headphone design is to give certain retailers something exclusive that won’t be blown out at a low price by a competing Internet retailer.

Beyerdynamic dt 770 pro 80 ohm studio headphones portable#

The version I got is rated at 80 ohms impedance, but the same headphones are also available in a 32-ohm version (for use with portable gear) and a 250-ohm version (for use by audio enthusiasts who are convinced that high-impedance headphones are better). A long, permanently attached 10' (3.1m) cable (tipped with a 3.5mm plug) tags them as a non-mobile product no one would want to deal with that long cable on an airplane or subway. They have a metal headband with a snap-attached pleather cover, rugged-looking plastic earpieces, and earpads covered in 1980s-looking silver velour. The DT 770 Studios don’t look expensive, but they do feel sturdy. So in my probably never-ending quest to find the perfect recording headphones, I thought I’d test the DT 770 Studios ($199.99, all prices USD), which are said to be the same as the Pros but for the name. The Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pros go back about as far as the MDR-7506es I’d used them in radio and recording studios, and always liked them - but I never reviewed them. I have a set of decades-old AKG K240s, given to me by vintage audio guru Gordon Sauck of Innovative Audio, that to this day sound really good. The Sony MDR-7506 headphones, which became ubiquitous in audio and video production after their introduction in 1991, are still winning comparison tests of affordable headphones.

With all the talk about the Harman curve and how it’s improving headphone and earphone design, it’s easy to forget that a lot of headphone designers were getting things right a long time ago. Measurements can be found by clicking this link.