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A very informative post on the HD800s from our old pal Arnaud.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/785577/sennheiser-hd800s-unveiled/315#post_12021524
I've been on the sideline about jumping back on the HD800 bandwagon after selling my 009s, but this new pair might be enough to convince me if the price is right. The HD600/650 are just so damn good that I haven't been jealous of the HD800 sound.
yep, that's the head-fi post i was reluctant to refer to. thanks for referencing.
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i'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy
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according to the other place, the hd800s isn't just a hd800 with a diy adapted mod and a new coat of paint.
sennheiser did investigate that approach but found that it attenuated the highs too much and compromised the sound staging. they opted for a "helmholtz resonator" (which is a type of tuned absorber apparently) to redress the 6khz peak while extending the high and low frequencies.
it could be the heimlich maneuver for all i care as long as it does the job.
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could be as it's not a major revision - more of a tweak and cosmetic refresh by the looks of it, with an extra cable that i don't need
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it's been a long time coming tho. i'll definitely be giving these a listen and hope that sennheiser doesn't jack the price up too much with the balanced cable inclusion.
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Your a strait shooter, with upper management written all over you.
and you're taking two weeks unpaid leave
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You have a fucked up way of showing it and I have already been over this with another moderator and you guys don't have a clue as to what is in the welcome message.
just can't help yourself. pissing contests are held regularly over at head-fi and the pirate site. try competing there.
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it won't be winning any beauty contests that's for sure
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I heard the Abyss at Whittlebury hall November ish 2013 with no idea of the price, and when they told me I was stunned that anyone would think about paying anywhere near that much for them,as they seemed poorly made, the fit was awkward and the guy had problems adjusting the headband screw., .. The Stax SR009 however..... the seed was planted, and after a further longer listen at a dealers to both the SR 009,which I now have bought ,Abyss, just to confirm with my ears what I thought the first time, as by now there were some reviews saying how good they were(the king has no clothes) I was still not impressed. The senn hd800 were the only other pair that impressed me(well worth the money) and to be honest if I could not have afforded the 009's I would have purchased them.
i think the abyss's build quality is rock solid. it looks and feels like it could withstand being run over by a monster truck. just dust it off and hang it up in the tool shed.
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the ear cups are generous
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speaking of headphones... i spent a couple of hours with the he-1000. it was surprisingly light and comfortable for a planar magnetic and possibly the most comfortable headphone i've worn - evar! i'd describe it as having a balanced presentation. nothing really jumps out. it's not a headphone that wows you but it would be very easy to live with and well suited to long listening sessions because of its non-fatiguing presentation. i'd consider buying one if it cost the same as an hd800. now back to the ferret legging.
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Well name dropping was not cool in retrospect. I just thought being new headphones and being new on here myself giving a baseline might be a good idea. It was not a good idea and I apologize for my mistake. In the future I will say other flagships and leave it at that. Happy 4th to everybody. It's my bday. Commence getting hammered and blowing up stuff.
so you think this is a headphone forum
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I joined this place cause I thought it was going to be an easy going "bar" atmosphere. So far you guys seem more rule intensive than that one place I'm not suppose to bring up but that 99% are from. What the fuck is going on here? False advertising.
this ain't cheers but if you're buying i'll pretend to be interested
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Had this headphone for a few days now. It's nice but could us a bit of refinement in the build quality. Compared to the he-500 I owned though miles better. I like these more than allot of other flagships/ highend headphones: HD800, Ether, Lcd-x, 2.2, 3c and f, oo7mk2(sz3), airbow sr-sc-11, th-900, etc. but still feel like those phones keep up. At the $2600 I paid for it I consider it a good deal. A great deal would start at $2299, hopefully by xmas hfm can get it down to that price and maybe add a beefier, better looking headband and thicker ear pads...imo
Hello jibzilla. A friendly reminder - this isn't Head-Fi.
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i'm hoping for something special with this headphone and like the design
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didn't want to start a new thread just to wish you curmudgeons a merry christmas. plus there's a tenuous link in that i got me an early present about a month ago - a pair of harbeth m30.1s (don't think you can buy them separately) and like them muchly. have a happy new year while you're at it.
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unlike cable "design" which seems to be based entirely on nonsense
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I know the audio world is full of nonsense, but this is not one of those places.
Above is a basic comparison of various cores.
This is a comparison of the same Cinemag transformers, one with hi nickel core, the other with pinstriped nickel and M6 steel.
What you should notice is that for both, at low signal levels, the nickel has considerably lower distortion. However, as the signal level increases and the core reaches saturation, the steel becomes better. This is why nickel generally makes less sense in a single ended transformer where the DC leads to early saturation -- basically, by the time the core is large enough to accommodate the DC, it is so big that its permeability is reduced to the level of steel. But in an application with little to no DC, the better core can be utilized.
Much more is available in Chapter 11 of The Handbook for Sound Engineers, Third Edition by Bill Whitlock. Available from http://www.jensen-transformers.com/application-notes/
interesting. thanks for that.
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sceptical i must admit but i want to believe. what are you measuring to verify the difference in sound that you're hearing?
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does amorphous iron sound better than other iron like up-occ silver cable sounds better than uhplc copper cable?
anyway, might be time to revisit the hd800 for the upteenth time.
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with a potty mouth
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you've gotta admire oppo's entry into the headphone market. well you don't gotta but i'd like to.
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Philips also have newly released the A5Pro headphone, designed with Armin Van Buuren.
50mm drivers, aluminium frame and linear s.sig
armin van buuren is the ducks nuts
Sennheiser HD 800 Redux
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any idea how many hd800's have been sold since its introduction in 2009? i don't but it would have to be tens of thousands. do you honestly think that it would be in sennheiser's financial interest to offer a retrofit for every unit they've sold, let alone to have the capacity to do so?
the hd800s is a new iteration and the hd800 will continue to be produced. you want an hd800 with a helmholtz resonator? then buy the hd800s or have a crack at diy.
sennheiser isn't toyota and the hd800 isn't a prius.