Your thoughts on Sennheiser Headphones!

Surprisingly unspectacular sound. I loved the HD 25 best. Costed me 345 Deutsch Marks = 175 Euros in 93.
Used them for nearly 10 years and sold them for nearly the price I had paid all these years before...lol. Every top dj and the guys on german tv had those. Industry standard so to say. After that I had a lower model given as a gift with a new Pioneer mixer and even these sounded okay. For my iPod I had CX 300's which were okay, too.

 

I have had these for a long time and are amazing when you feed them properly and loaded to the ears. Great value. Yet to try out CX 300-II Precision

 

I love my Sennheiser HD280 Pros. I went to Guitar Center and was looking for a good set of headphones for my digital 8 track and was about to purchase a brand name $300 pair, the guy behind the counter was straight with me and said I should go on amazon and pick up the Sennheisers for a third the price and better sound. he was right =) I use them for everything now.

 

Love my HD580's. I've had them forever it seems. Must have got'em in the mid 90's. I just keep replacing the foam parts and they just keep sounding great. I have a pair of HD380Pro's that are good for blocking out noise. Oh, they sound good, too, but they are a bit vice-like on the old noggin. I also have a pair of Bose AE2's that I like real well, especially for portable use.

 

I've been wondering about these and how they compare to the Shure SRH440's, which are about the same price. I own the Shure's and they sound very nice but would love to audition these Senns.

 

Dit to the 'to.

 

Been using Sennheiser HD 414 since 1973. When I began my broadcast career. The old Koss 4A was too heavy for comfort, as I have spasmodic torticollis. My GM bought me the Sennheisers, they are comfortable and sound great. I retired them from working use and now use Beyer Dynamic 770 phones.

 

I have a hD-570 pair that I'm quite happy with, also had the HD-280 Pro at one time but didn't care for the sound on that.

 

I found a set of PC350 phones at a thrift for $1 last year. I'm sure these were built solely with PC use in mind, since they also include a microphone, but I can't say they're anything too impressive... dunno what their original price point was, but for $1, I ain't bitchin'.

 

I'm happy with my HD-600. My main purchasing reason for them was comfort, as I wear eyeglasses, and so I don't like smaller headphones that press against the ear, because it crushes the pinna into my eyeglass frames and it becomes very uncomfortable. The HD-600 are huge and sit around the ear, and so I find them much more comfortable.

From a sound perspective, they are very detailed, maybe a tad bright for my tastes. I personally preferred the sound of the Grados I auditioned at the time, but bought the Sennheisers because they are so comfortable. I basically just use them at my desk at work, now driven by a FiiO E10 DAC, and they are physically very comfortable to wear, and they sound great. But they do become a little fatiguing to listen to after a while. But again, taste in sound is subjective preference, so they may tickle your fancy just fine.

 

I never liked using headphones until I got the HD650's.

 

Sennheiser user for 40 years. Love them.

 

HD650's and looking to someday pick up the HD800's

 

I have a pair of Sennheiser MX500 earbuds which I love that I use with my iPod & iPhone.

 

I've got brands of headphones, mostly AKG, Beyer and Sony. But I have some Sennheiser HD25-1 II and they are my favorite monitor phones. They are rugged, sound great and work off very little power (not those AKGs, which are gas guzzlers). I think Rolo46 first mentioned them in a thread and I'm glad I got them.

 

The only problem with Senns is the price of them keeps steadily rising. A new pair of HD600 used to sell for $250 (in 1997) now they're close to $400.

 

Love my HD650's with a Burson Headphone amp.

 

$1700 is a budget headphone for Sennheiser. Try $16,000, or closer to $30,000 nowadays, for the Orpheus HEV 90/HE 90 set.

 

Listened to that one at a fair once. At the same fair Stax also showcased their top of the line headphones, and I clearly preferred the sound of the Stax, very much the best headphone I ever listened to. And it was much cheap than the Sennheiser. But the Sennheiser looks fantastic, and is very comfortable. Whereas the Stax makes you look like you've ran away from a 70s sci-fi party...

 

With inflation, 1997's $250 would be $362.20 today, which is "close to $400." So perhaps the price hikes are not all that egregious??

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

-Bob

 

Agree with that.

Stop attacking your fellow Forum members:

 

Elk,

The Staxen division has added you to their enemies list.

 

Add my name to the list of happy Sennheiser owners. Had a pair of folding cans for on the go (forget the model number) that I eventually destroyed, but my HD600's are alive and well and I like them a lot.

 

No not egregious, but Sennheiser is keeping a steady pace with inflation. Most other manufacturers headphones have stayed in the same price league for a LOT longer. I think Sony phones have stayed close to the same price since 1990!