Sennheiser HD-280 PRO Headphones
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Customer Review: If You could have sex w/your ears- this would be your mate!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow - Am I a lucky guy! I just ordered these today and my good friend Brian has a pair already (we came to this conclusion in very different ways) He bought his from a buddy of ours and I only sought out the "on-line" opinions of others 'in the know" at audio web sites that specialize in this kind of thing.Well - Brian was over in his yard and we started talking and I was bragging a little and told him I was getting a pair of "Sennheiser HD-280 Pro's" and he retorted with - "Really!?- Want to listen to them now?" - My mind did not get this at first - How could my buddy the garbage man (literally)- know more than me more than me - about 'anything'???
Well - he did - And I praise him for his audio IQ (way high) and he let me listen to them and (I swear) I was in 'love' with the sound.
Now maybe I am a novice and all- but if this was a woman (or a man for you ladies) I would have to ask: "You have any sisters?" - These fit like a glove (and my hat size is 7 & 3/8th) and the sound was "almost" as good as a first kiss! (Really!) . --- I don't go on gushing about very many things - but this is one of them. He stated that he had broke them in for about 60 hours on hard rock and then 20 hours on classical music (to get the top end) and mentioned that I will not get this level of 'Goodness" till I do the Same - kind of break-in with the sounds I like - & I will.
Bottom line - - - If I had three thing to take with me on a long trip - this would be #3. I would bet money that you won't be sorry (as long as you educate yourself on how to break them in) you bought these.
"The price of quality is proportional to the end result. KWDIII 9-7-1985 (me)"
Good luck and great times!
Customer Review: The definition of Pure Sound!
Summary: 5 Stars
These pair of headphones are awesome! I bought the PCX 150 Noise cancelling phones also.Since I love music, I wanted a headphone that just sounds fantastic, and reproduced sounds very well. After reading various reviews here, at epinions, and other review sites, and just looking at the number of awards this got, i was convinced. I bought them for [money] and they have not dissapointed. They are superb.. Why?Pros...
PURE sound, no artifical bass or boost
Sounds great at high volumes
Very reasonably priced
Better sound than the Quietcomfort 2
Has PASSIVE Noise Cancelling - blocks sound by virtue of tight fit and over ear design
Professional Looking
Comfortable, I wear them at work 5 hrs a day atleast
Solid construction
2 Year warranty
Gold Plated Leads
"Wow" factor from others, looking at this phone
Foldable!!!!
User Replaceable parts
Cons....
Headphone construction is a bit flimsy.. A side of the of the headphone broke and I had to put some adhesive on it..
A bit bulky , but this was never intended to be a travelling
phone it is a STUDIO MONITORING headphone.. So put it in place
A tiny bit weak on Bass. This is understandable as the primary
mission of this is to accurately reproduce sound not rock u!
Look, I tested these alongside [money] quietcomfort and I can honestly say these phones reproduce sound better. Bose and other
phones add artificial bass and its not pure reference sound. If you want a solid headphone that will last you, sounds great,
goes easy on your wallet and also has a certain amt of noise cancelling, just click the buy button...
I love Sennheiser!
Customer Review: Excellent Closed Headphones
Summary: 5 Stars
First let me tell you why I wanted this set of headphones. I wanted it at work for my PC. I work in an open cubicle environment. (Hate it.) And it's just amazing how noise travels through open space. It's quite fantastic really. I guess it's what allows us to communicate verbally. I just wish they would do their communicating a couple of buildings over.
I wanted a headphone that would muffle the background noise and I also wanted very good sound quality. I've purchased Sennheiser headphones before and I became hooked on their great sound reproduction! And this HD-280 is kudos on all accounts. It does an excellent job of drowning out neighborly squawking. It even dulls the clicking of my keyboard as I type this. (Unnerving!) The sound quality is absolutely amazing. I can pick up little defects in the recordings and I've never experienced that before. I can even hear in some songs the singer taking a little gulp of air and somtimes hear the stickiness of the tongue against the roof of the mouth as the singer sings the songs!
But you do want to burn them in which just means that you shouldn't judge the sound quality of these headphones until you've listened to them for a week or two. My headphones are burned in somewhat and they're getting better everyday! The midtones get way more defined and the bass gets deeper.
As for the comfort and construction, excellent again. I wear glasses and the closed ear muffs don't bother me. They are well made. And I can listen to these for hours on end. As for the construction, I don't understand what people are complaining about. It's absolutely solid!
Buy these headphones!
Customer Review: do you want to hear everything?
Summary: 5 Stars
These headphones are excellent; for anyone who has never before had truly high-quality cans or an amazing stereo system, these headphones will blow your mind and your ears away. I have never had the pleasure of owning a high-quality pair of headphones before, and so have never before experienced the "burn-in" phenomenon many users speak of, but you definitely notice it with these babies. Which just means you'll have to defer your excitement for a little while after you first receive them. For me, I only recently started noticing tiny particulars in music and felt the sound had truly filled in a few days ago, and I've had these headphones for a month and a half (over which I probably used them one hour a day on average -- around 45 hours total). So have patience and pay attention to what your listening to and you won't be disappointed.
Another nice thing about these cans: they have a very linear response, helping give a clear, accurate reproduction of your music, not one overwhelmed by heavily boosted low frequencies. It also means they will expose any poorly mixed music; I enjoy producing tracks on an occasional basis, and listening to my songs with these cans revealed the artificiality and general poor quality of the reverb I've used in the past. Amazing what you find out when you hear everything in the mix- all those subliminal messages in "Oops, I did it again" commanding, sorry, suggesting to you to drink pepsi, for example, or the subliminal devil worship of those darn anti-America pro-terrorist Taliban-titillating Dixie Chicks, or the positive messages of patriotism and fear embedded in the pro-Team America anthems of Toby Keith. God bless these headphones.
Customer Review: Best sound driven by notebook PC
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought these headphones from Amazon a year ago. They are tight on the head and do look a little big, and after a year, one of the pieces in the plastic headband broke. This began tearing up the plastic covering on top, and it was a big hassle to extend or compact the phones. After researching on the Internet, it turned out this was a very common problem with the HD280. I logged into Sennheiser's web site, mailed in my old headphones with receipt I printed from the Amazon web site (2yr warranty), and I got my new phones in ~ two weeks free of charge - no problems. In the meantime I bought more expensive Beyerdynamic DT 250-80 headphones. These looked nicer when wearing, didn't have as much pressure on my head, and the velour earpads were definitely more comfortable. However -- when driven with my notebook audio-out jack, the Sennheiser HD280s were DEFINITELY clearer and better, even after 48 hours of semi-loud burn-in with the Beyerdynamic. People often say you need good stereo equipment to bring out the best of your headphones. In any case, I've heard it said that the Sennheiser HD280s are the best headphones you can get when a notebook or cheap desktop audio card is driving the sound. I completely agree with this. Finally, the HD280s have the best sound isolation I've encountered -- you can enjoy the music without being bothered by outside noise, and without bothering other people. This feature also works very well on a plane, although you do look like a nerd. If Sennheiser could come up with an improved HD280 that's not as big, not as tight on the ears, with about the same sound isolation, velour earpads, and the same great sound -- that would be perfection.