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So, while we wouldn't be so severe as Professor Yaffle, it is difficult for us to be enthusiastic about the Sennheiser IE 800 S's.There is the basis here for a high-quality pair of in-ears, but overall the rather disenchanting tuning, erring too far on...
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The Sennheiser HD800 S is a truly remarkable headphone, and while many people will comment negatively on the £1,199.00 price tag – in high end audiophile headfi circles this price, considering what you get … is significantly inexpensive. I say...
You may remember something I wrote here seven years ago: “These are the single greatest headphones in the history of the world.” I was writing about the new Sennheiser HD800 headphones, which caused enormous excitement in headphone circles. They pushed...
Excepting only the HE 1 Orpheus successor, the HD 800 is Sennheiser's top-of-the-line headphone: “reference class” they call them, “crafted for perfection”. Earlier this year a new version arrived, the HD 800 S, the main external differentiator being a...
If I had to sum up the Sennheiser HD 800S I would use the word ‘immense' these truly are a pair of mind-boggling amazing pair of headphones, and arguably the best out there.At USD$1700.00 a pair, the HD 800S will be out of budget for a lot of people,...
All of this leaves me somehow with confused HD800S feelings. I love the original HD800 in both SE and balanced mode but I clearly prefer the HD800S in balanced mode on solid state amplifiers. So depending on how you will use the new HD800S, I fully...
The original HD800 sent shockwaves through the burgeoning ranks of headphone enthusiasts when it was launched in 2009 as Sennheiser's flagship dynamic model. Offering unprecedented sonic clarity and dimensionality at a genuinely accessible price, the...
The HD800 S have, however, a few caveats. First, these are the type of headphones that are really just speakers clamped over your ears (and therefore only headphones in the sense that they live on your head). If you think you're listening privately, you...
It has been seven years since we first tried out Sennheiser's HD 800 , a pair of top-notch headphones that defined what the best performing cans could offer serious music buffs.This year, the HD 800 S, as its name suggests, tries to top that by tweaking...
Although many people will have doubts about spending so much money on a pair of headphones, if sound quality is your main priority, then you should consider that you'd need to spend around 10 times as much on speakers to get anywhere near the...