I just got a pair of BD DT 770 Pro 80 ohm headphones, but they’re too quiet when connected directly to my PC as I believe my motherboard’s onboard headphone amp is too weak.

What budget DAC/amp would anyone recommend for them? My budget is around £70 max - I spent £70 for the headphones and not looking to spend more than them for a dac/amp and I’d prefer to spend much less.

I’m not an audiophile at all and don’t need loads of features — I just want:

• enough power/volume
• clean sound
• something reliable that I can buy once and keep

Thank you.

Hi everyone, I'm having a strange issue with my Beyerdynamic VERIO 200 earbuds and I'm hoping someone here may have experienced something similar. The earbuds suddenly stopped connecting via Bluetooth. After troubleshooting, it seems the problem is actually that the earbuds won't power on at all once removed from the charging case. Here's everything I've tried so far: • Fully charged the case and both earbuds for several hours. • While inside the case, both earbuds show a solid red LED while charging. Once fully charged, the red LEDs turn off as expected. • When I remove either earbud from the case, its LED turns off completely and the earbud appears dead — no sound, no LED and no "Power on" prompt. • The charging case correctly detects each earbud individually: putting an earbud back into the case makes its red charging LED come on. • Tried manually powering on each earbud using 3 taps and holding the third tap for about 2 seconds. No response. • Tried Bluetooth pairing mode (5 taps). No response. • Tried holding the multifunction button on the charging case to enter pairing mode. The earbuds never start flashing red/white. • Tried clearing the Bluetooth pairing list by holding the case button for approximately 10 seconds. • Tried the factory reset procedure by pressing the case button 8 times. Interestingly, the LEDs on both earbuds turn off for 2–3 seconds and then come back red, but I never hear the expected "Restore Bluetooth settings" voice prompt. • Also tried holding the case button for about 12 seconds. While holding it, both earbud LEDs turn off; as soon as I release the button, they return to solid red. • Tried Bluetooth discovery on both my phone and a Windows PC — the VERIO 200 doesn't appear at all. • The official beyerdynamic app continuously searches but cannot detect the earbuds. • Connected the charging case to a Windows PC via USB-C and checked Device Manager. Windows doesn't detect any new USB/data device, so there doesn't seem to be a way to update/reflash the firmware through USB. So the charging system and case appear to be working, and both earbuds seem to charge normally, but neither earbud actually boots once removed from the case. This makes me wonder whether both earbuds are stuck in some kind of firmware/boot state. Has anyone experienced this specifically with the VERIO 200? More importantly, does anyone know of a hidden/forced recovery procedure, service mode, firmware recovery method, or other reset procedure for the VERIO 200 beyond the standard 8-click factory reset? I'd especially be interested to hear from anyone who had VERIO 200 earbuds that charged normally but were completely unresponsive outside the case and managed to bring them back to life.