Headphone Heights

HD700, nominee for Ugliest headphone in the world

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Jon L

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In Reply to: RE: Rave review of the new HD700 posted by mbnx01 on February 24, 2012 at 09:47:25

Aside from any sonic competence it may or may not possess, I find it difficult to believe that any company, let alone a dominant multi-national corp like Sennheiser, is capable of coming up with such a Fugly design for a $1000 headphone.
Pricing HD800 now at $1500 and HD700 at $1000 is quite ludicrous, and while I will give HD700 a listen when available, for those who wish for "HD650 musicality with a little better technicals," I still recommend a used HD600, recabled with better cable and removing the veil with "foam mod" and use the money left over for a better amp.

Edits: 02/24/12

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From the same designer as these? - R Browne 20:02:10 02/26/12 (0)
Wait for the Darth Vader Special Edition in black.
What's the "foam mod" on the HD600? - Mike K 18:38:51 02/24/12 (3)
Mine are getting a little long in the tooth and could use new foam
surrounds, methinks. And that foam piece covering the driver - can
it be removed safely?

MK
- RE: What's the "foam mod" on the HD600? - Jon L 23:20:49 02/24/12 (2)
  Foam mod is mainly to remove the foam between driver and ears. Earpads can be replaced at the same time, if needed. HD600 stock headphone cable is terrible, so make sure to change that to something decent.
  - Foam Mod (Open in New Window)
  - RE: What's the "foam mod" on the HD600? - jaydacus 23:53:47 02/24/12 (1)
    I have the HD600's and tried the so called "foam mod". I'm glad that it only took about 2 minutes and was free because it took me about that long to decide that removing the foam was a step in the wrong direction. The highs do get a little clearer. We're talking like 1% here. On the flip side, the sound staging and bass response suffer tremendously.The phones also seems to have an empty sound that becomes full again when the foam is put back in.
    
    I can't believe that people actually think that after Sennheiser spent hundreds of thousands of dollars developing the HD600's that they never considered the possibility that they might sound better without that $0.005 piece of foam. I'm sure they had beta testers listen to them both ways along with hundreds of other variables before going to production.
    - Agree. - genungo 07:45:26 02/25/12 (0)
      I resisted the urge to remove the foam when I had my 580s apart to replace their plastic grills with metal 600 grills. Slightly off topic, but the metal grill upgrade does make a positive difference with the 580s - this one tweak actually makes them sound almost as good as the 600s. Actually, the sonic difference between the 600s and the 580s with 600 grills is so slight that I would consider them as equals (performance-wise). And the 650 cable is a worthwhile, economical upgrade for either 580 or 600 headphones.
      
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