Beyerdynamic

Explore Beyerdynamic vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Models

DT 240 Pro — Beyerdynamic DT 240 Pro (2017) — compact, closed-back studio headphones with 34Ω impedance and detachable cable. Warm tuning, strong isolation.
DT 990 PRO X — An open-back studio headphone designed for critical listening, featuring a 45mm dynamic driver and 48 ohm impedance. With production years.
DT-770 — Beyerdynamic DT-770 closed-back studio headphone with bass reflex system — the sealed member of the DT 880/990 trio, later a broadcast and surround-platform.
DT-990 — Beyerdynamic DT-990 open-back headphone: 600-ohm, diffuse-field tuned, 5 Hz–35 kHz rated response. A studio reference that needs a real amp.
M260.80 — Beyerdynamic M260.80 ribbon microphone — an obscure model documented mainly through a 2001 Pro-Audio-Review test.
M500N — Beyerdynamic M500N mic, documented in Audio (Feb 1978): pressure-gradient hypercardioid, 40–18,000 Hz response, built-in Switchcraft connector.

MCD-100 — Beyerdynamic MCD-100 cardioid digital condenser mic — 24-bit A/D inside the body, 48 kHz, AES/EBU out, $2500 in 1998. A bold early digital-mic experiment.

M 160 — Beyerdynamic M 160 — a double-ribbon hypercardioid mic used on guitar cabs and acoustic sources, prized for condenser-like transparency in a compact body.
M-260 — Beyerdynamic M-260 ribbon microphone: little-documented pro mic, in 1980 ads and still reviewed in 2001 as the M260.80. Covers when it was made.
M-500 — Beyerdynamic M-500 pressure-gradient microphone, documented in a 1978 Audio review with 40-18,000 Hz response and integral pop filter. Little else is known.
M-69 — The Beyerdynamic M-69 is a mic that working engineers knew well but the paper trail barely records. The VTA fact sheet for this model is essentially
M-88 (1963–1997) — Beyerdynamic M-88 dynamic microphone, introduced 1963. 30 Hz–20 kHz, hypercardioid, brass body. Handmade in Heilbronn; 1997 Classic Edition limited to 999.
MC-740 (1985) — Beyerdynamic MC-740, a 1985 West German dual large-diaphragm multipattern condenser; five patterns, ±2 dB 20 Hz–20 kHz, $1,699 original.
MCE-83 — Beyerdynamic MCE-83: a mid-'90s back-electret mic known from period reviews for its open, accurate sound and solid build. Little else survives.

DT-880 — Beyerdynamic DT-880 — semi-open circum-aural studio headphone in Studio (1990) and Pro (2003-onward) variants. 550-Ohm Pro, 5Hz–35kHz, semi-open design.
M-380 — Beyerdynamic M-380 — brass-barreled large-diaphragm moving-coil kick mic that engineers also trusted on upright bass.
MC-930 — Beyerdynamic MC-930 small-diaphragm cardioid condenser — 40–20,000 Hz, 71 dB S/N, 250 Hz low-cut, -15 dB pad. A practical studio and stage workhorse.
Opus 69 — Beyerdynamic Opus 69 — $299 supercardioid dynamic vocal mic, 35 Hz–16 kHz, tight pattern, midrange-forward live sound.
OPUS-88 — Beyerdynamic Opus 88 cardioid condenser drum mic with patented clamp, integrated preamp and XLR — a snare/tom tool in the M 88 tradition.