DT 770 pros make wired headphones fun

beyerdynamic proves why wired headphones are still good

🍭 short and sweet

• beyerdynamic’s DT 770 Pro headphones are amazing for anyone looking for a good set of headphones for music

• Wired headphones still have a lot of benefits over wireless earbuds

• Even still, wireless audio still has its own benefits

I have been a long-time user of wireless headphones and earbuds.

They are super convenient since I can listen to my music without having cables tie me down, and all the controls are right on the headphones themselves!

But for a while, they were beginning to bother me.

The batteries would always die. Many times, they were dead (or low on battery) when I went to use them. Audio dropouts were common. And sometimes, they just. Wouldn’t. Connect. It was so frustrating!

I also knew that wireless headphones in general had to sacrifice sound quality since Bluetooth inherently reduces it (there’s a lot of compression going on, so the final product is lower quality than a raw file transmitted over a cable).

That led me back on the path of wired headphones.

Now, I had owned wired headphones in the past, but I had not been too satisfied. The pairs I owned weren’t all that high quality, and the cable was kind of a pain.

But there was one pair I kept seeing EVERYWHERE, and I had seen some YouTube channels recommend them: Beyerdynamic DT 770.

Beyerdynamic is a well-respected audio company based in Germany. They make a lot of popular professional headphones. The DT 770s are a pair I had seen around a lot, and a lot of people were praising them.

I eventually received a pair of my own as a gift, and I have to say:

These have restored my faith in wired headphones.

Before owning these, my daily drivers were AirPods Pro. Great sounding, good integration with the Apple ecosystem, just really good all-around buds.

But I had been using them for about 2 years, and they were starting to show their age.

That led me to get my DT 770s, and they have proven to me that wired headphones are still just as good today as they were years ago.

Not only that, but I think that they still have their place in a world where wireless audio is taking over and the headphone jack is slowly being phased out.

Admittedly, I wasn’t too enamored with their build quality—It’s good, but don’t expect AirPods Max level.

That being said, there are three things that give me confidence in their build:

1. Reviewers report that they tend to get around 8 years of use before they finally break or need replacing (try to get that out of a set of wireless headphones before the battery dies!)

2. The DT 770s are designed to be used in studios. That means they are designed to be easily repairable. And they are! (This is the first time I’ve seen a set of headphones where the headband cover can be completely removed).

3. They’ve got a good, beefy cable! I have this magic ability to make headphone cables break with absolutely no effort whatsoever, so having a strong, durable cable is very important to me.

But, of course, build means nothing if they don’t sound good or fit comfortably.

And these do both! 😄

I won’t go too much into detail on this (I’ll probably do that on my YouTube channel at some point), but after listening to music on my AirPods Pro, switching to these almost gives me a feeling of, “Ah, that’s better….”

Comfort-wise, AirPods Pro are still the undisputed champion for me. I can wear them literally all day. But I can still wear the DT 770s for hours on end (as someone whose head starts hurting from wearing headphones VERY quickly, this is quite a feat!).

“But Austin,” I hear you say. “A lot of wireless headphones sound great and are comfortable. How are wired headphones any different?”

Well, my friend, I’m glad you asked!

The DT 770s helped me realize that wired headphones are not only more reliable but also a much better value.

Wired headphones don’t need batteries, so you never have to charge them. They run out of a cable, so you don’t need to worry about audio dropouts or having to maintain a stable Bluetooth connection.

All of this comes in a package that gives you better sound for the price since there are no electrical components—no mics, no circuitry, no chipsets. So all of the cost goes into the drivers and the acoustics to make sure that your headphones sound right.

All that being said, wireless is still a great option. It’s so much more convenient to carry around when you’re away from your desk, you can make calls on it, it can block out noise or let noise in, whatever you like.

But once you’re home and want to really get into your music, wired headphones are a great, cost-effective way of doing so. If you want to pick up a pair, I would highly recommend you do so.

If you want to pick up a set of DT 770s, get the 32 ohm version. It’ll run out of your phone and the cable is a lot shorter (the 80 ohm and 250 ohm versions won’t run out of a phone very well, and the cable is incredibly long). I have the 80 ohm versions and don’t regret it, but you might enjoy the 32 ohm version a lot more.

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Anyway, that’s all for this week. Adios! 👋

→ Austin from nexgen