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(30 customer reviews) 172 of 183 people found the following review helpful
Dream the music,
October 15, 2009 Timothy Barrow (Auburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sennheiser HD800 Over-Ear Circum-Aural Dynamic Premiere Headphone (Electronics)
I am not a golden ear audiophile. I don't know what it means to hear "the air between the strings" and other such audiophile descriptions. More power to those that can -- I am simply not able to do so. I do however know that music is and always has been my greatest entertainment, and that as I have grown older, my ability to pay higher dollar for my equipment has also grown. No way could I have had these headphones in past times. No way could I have justified their cost. Other priorities would have always taken precedence over these. But now that I can afford them, I still debated and agonized over the cost, but in the end decided I would go for them. Am I glad? Absolutely. They are without question the best sounding headphones I have ever heard. I could hear the difference straight out of the box, I did not even do "A to B" comparisons to know how good they sounded. I did do comparisons with my HD600 to HS650 upgrade and was never sure I heard much difference. Not so with the...Read more
181 of 214 people found the following review helpful
Effortless, powerful, and supremely musical; one of the best!,
June 7, 2009 R. Thompson "sixseven" (Novato, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sennheiser HD800 Over-Ear Circum-Aural Dynamic Premiere Headphone (Electronics)
SHORT VERSION:
The Sennheiser HD800 sets a new metric against which every other serious headphone or transducer must be judged. I've heard too many "breakthroughs" that just couldn't deliver the goods. This product is different.
It's hard to describe a piece of gear which, upon first listen, sounds different than anything you've heard, yet sounds so completely effortless and musical that you're left with the singular impression that the previous way you've listened to music is somehow incomplete, a wrong path if you will, and that this is clearly a better way.
I can't imagine anyone buying these and not being thrilled. They are a rare product indeed -- one that adds a significant new dimension to recordings you may have owned for years and thought you knew.
LONG-WINDED VERSION:
First some background. Music is very important to me; I played the cello for many years, currently sing in a gospel choir, and now do my own audio recordings of...Read more
37 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Headphone Nirvana!,
August 1, 2009 D. Macnaughtan (Polmont, Stirlingshire Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sennheiser HD800 Over-Ear Circum-Aural Dynamic Premiere Headphone (Electronics)
I believe I am the very first person to have the pleasure of owning these phones in the UK (Scotland). They are not available yet via Amaxon UK, hence my review on this site. It took 10 weeks of very considerable pressure (via my good friend Mark, at HiFi Corner in Falkirk!) to persuade the powers that be in Sennheiser to ship me a set. These finally arrived on Friday 24th July. All HD800's are uniquely set up and have their own serial number engraved on the head band (mine is 01327). The come in sumptuous packaging!
To get the best out of these phones, you are well advised to invest in a serious headphone amp (I use the Lehmann Black Cube Audio) and some decent interconnects (Chord Anthem 2) to whatever your source is (Sony CDP - 3100 broadcast player). The sky's the limit to the kit you can connect. These phones will not win you friends on the bus or plane - they are open-backed, so very noisy. You need to get away from the world! These are man-size phones. They...Read more
