--- title: "How to pronounce \"closed back\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"closed back\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/6RskGkGYtgg/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/closed-back" --- # How to pronounce "closed back" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/klɒsɛdbæk/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **clo·sed·back** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "closed back" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "noise and separate the inside from the outside a couple months ago I did a video on my top five favorite headphones under 200 bucks those were all closed-back headphones and I still stand by the list by the way that's still like some of my favorite headphones for the price so you've probably heard by now of one of the headphones on that list which was the Audio Technica at m50s m stands for Monitor and they are closed back headphones so they will isolate your" - **Watch at 0:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RskGkGYtgg&t=52s) ### Example 2 > "the same price you can see right through these headphones here showcasing that open design and you know headphones like the Beats By Dre and the Vota cross fate LPS closed back they create a seal they're noise cancelling or isolating open back headphones have a much bigger Sound Stage which means you can hear the symbols behind you the trumpet to your right the saxophone to your left and you can snap to the beat just like you're in the room with the musicians recording so" - **Watch at 2:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl7lC1PYor4&t=148s) ### Example 3 > "headphone with all the benefits of an open back design or as close to an open back pair as a closed back pair can get if that's making sense basically a typical high-end pair of open-back headphones has the classic trade off because they're open the upside is a much wider soundstage things sounding like they're coming from across the room and a variety of areas a very dynamic" - **Watch at 3:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6axJnv3jpQ&t=200s) ### Example 4 > "but just as someone who's listening to things in a studio where I want to block out high-end sound but I still do want that vibrant wide soundstage experience the open / closed back design of these actually delivers that and that's pretty so I'm definitely a fan of using out they are certified dope tech also a color where if you ever plan on supporting me is like you did with the HD 800 either way that's been it thank you for watching talk to you guys the" - **Watch at 8:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6axJnv3jpQ&t=523s) ### Example 5 > "either a pro or a con Is that real world sound gets mixed in with your audio since it's open back you get room noise as opposed to just a totally silent isolated noise from closed back so you'll feel like uh you can snap along with the music and hear yourself snapping you can have a conversation with the person next to you as if they're sitting in the room and they can't hear your music but you can still hear them if they talk to you it's" - **Watch at 2:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RskGkGYtgg&t=135s) ### Example 6 > "so they promised a couple of things with these actually first of all the super wide soundstage similar to the legendary open-back Sennheiser HD 800 s and 800 s but with all the benefits of closed back thanks to the glass here so you know what we're off the bat let's start with the price there are two thousand four hundred dollar headphones so ya know this isn't a buyer's guide personally I don't really care pass a certain price if they're two thousand three thousand" - **Watch at 0:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6axJnv3jpQ&t=56s) ### Example 7 *Accent: AUS* > "huge number of those have closed back down because they weren't able to get" - **Watch at 1:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyb8mFI6uuc&t=108s) ### Example 8 > "open-backed headphones there are only really two types of headphones and if you're in the market to make a decision it's a pretty good idea to understand the basic differences between the two so there's closed back headphones and open back headphones so most headphones you'll see are closed back and that's because most of us listen to headphones to just hear our music and not anything else so whether we're on a commute or we're working out or whatever we're" - **Watch at 0:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RskGkGYtgg&t=20s) ### Example 9 > "sound is from these sub-$200 cans. You know, these M50x don't need an amp. They can sound great with your phone. They're very portable because they fold just like the M50s, and they're closed back and have a great noise isolating seal when they're on their head. They're very comfortable. It checks pretty much all the boxes. And if you're going to spend any sort of serious money on headphones, this is definitely something to look at, for sure. So, I guess what we're trying" - **Watch at 3:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5DyEYuvF3o&t=194s) ### Example 10 > "Look, 20% of world global oil supplies go through that strait and it is absolutely critical. Now, once the strait was closed back in February, what we saw was that a lot of countries were depending on their oil reserves. A lot" - **Watch at 7:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_PRD8ReHc&t=427s) ## How to Pronounce "closed back" - **Syllables**: clo · sed · back - **IPA**: `/klɒsɛdbæk/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [closed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/closed), [back](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/back) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “closed back”? “closed back” is pronounced /klɒsɛdbæk/ (clo · sed · back). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “closed back”? “closed back” has 3 syllables: clo · sed · back. ### How can I hear “closed back” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “closed back” with synchronized subtitles. 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