TMoney Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Not exactly confidence inspiring. See this picture: From page 3 of this article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237727/How_big_is_the_sound_of_music_?taxonomyId=19&pageNumber=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 whoops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Eh, frontwards, backwards, what's the big deal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Not exactly a ringing endorsement of HDtracks or the HD800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Maybe to conteract the effect of the reversed ALO cable wiring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikongod Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Is now the right time to mention wearing them over his hair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Is now the right time to mention wearing them over his hair? That's a one-off filter element, duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Custom ear-hair-pads! [shudders a bit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 When JP and I went to CES for the HD800 release, I had a great pic of him blissing out with the cans on backwards. I promised not to post it but that was more understandable because they were brand new and unknown to anybody. And besides, JP didn't wear them over his hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Tyll's got a pair, right? I wonder how they measure backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 I'm not sure it makes a big difference, as long as the driver is positioned in the same place it would be if he was wearing them frontwards. The angle might be a little different (yes, acknowledging the housing too), but it's not like these are Stax Sigmas or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 When JP and I went to CES for the HD800 release, I had a great pic of him blissing out with the cans on backwards. Doesn't that just mean that New Guy was wearing them, not JP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Nope, it does make a difference like the Sigmas. From Tyll's review: "With normal speaker listening, the wavefront is hitting the side of your head and ears at an angle. To mimic this geometry, Sennheiser mounts the HD 800 drivers slightly forward of your ears, and slightly angled back towards them. The larger diameter and angled geometry of the HD 800 driver produces a wavefront that arrives at the ears in a more natural way than with traditional headphones and allows more of the normal reflections at the outer ear to occur, which allows the brain to understand and localize the sound it's hearing significantly better. The result is significantly improved imaging." Doesn't that just mean that New Guy was wearing them, not JP? So true! I was the one who screwed up because I took the pic from the wrong side! Edited March 21, 2013 by Voltron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Maybe he's used to sitting with his back to the orchestra. KIDDING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Maybe he knows something anaxilus and purrin don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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