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post #196 of 5757
1/8/09 at 6:41am
am i the only one who finds this "HD800" fugly as heck?

O_o
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post #197 of 5757
1/8/09 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by uraflit View Post
am i the only one who finds this "HD800" fugly as heck?

O_o
Not Soooo, Fugly. Just makes me want to compare them to the Qualia...
Back to the future, April 2004...US$2,400.
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post #198 of 5757
1/8/09 at 7:09am
Is this the final styling? I thought perhaps since it is a pre-production model, it has some more flash and eccentric styling, and that production units may have some toned down aesthetics?
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post #199 of 5757
1/8/09 at 7:20am
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Is this the final styling? I thought perhaps since it is a pre-production model, it has some more flash and eccentric styling, and that production units may have some toned down aesthetics?
No this is the final Design as the HD800 is now presented on the sennheiser website with some videos, pictures etc.. It looks the same.
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post #200 of 5757
1/8/09 at 7:44am
Wow, thank you so much for the breaking new...Lot's of expectation raised now... Senn, please, don't disapoint us, this is so exciting news.

I am wondering how they would respond to balanced operation

Most probably my first trully high end cans.

By the way, I am looking forward to seeing insane market prices dropping for world class discontinued headphones (R10, L3000, Q010, etc...)
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post #201 of 5757
1/8/09 at 7:51am
I can't wait for more impressions. I hope these sound as good as Jude just hyped them to be. (I don't doubt that they do.)

But seriously, I don't care what anyone says about aesthetics being irrelevant, these are way too ugly for $1,400 phones. A year ago when the image of the prototype leaked (link) nearly everyone who saw it agreed that they looked like cheap crap.
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post #202 of 5757
1/8/09 at 8:00am
Well since no one is going to ask, i'll have to do it.

ESTIMATE PRICING RANGE?
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post #203 of 5757
1/8/09 at 8:05am
Amazon.com: Sennheiser HD800 Premier Headphone: Electronics <-- has it listed at $1,399.95.
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post #204 of 5757
1/8/09 at 8:09am
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Originally Posted by davidw89 View Post
Well since no one is going to ask, i'll have to do it.

ESTIMATE PRICING RANGE?
~$1,000 is my guess. Based on the $1,400 MSRP...
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post #205 of 5757
1/8/09 at 8:27am
This is great news! Cheap HD650 here I come!
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post #206 of 5757
1/8/09 at 8:44am
The Sony MDR-SA5000 and the Bose Triport mated then?
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post #207 of 5757
1/8/09 at 8:57am
I think all black would've looked nicer.
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post #208 of 5757
1/8/09 at 9:05am
great news,
but sadly out of my range..
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post #209 of 5757
1/8/09 at 9:09am
if all the hype & Pricing matches the sound quality. this will be a very good can indeed. However, My Guess is that the Sennheiser House sound since HD580 will be lost in this latest can.
maybe a Muscle bounded version of K701???
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post #210 of 5757
1/8/09 at 9:15am

A silly question

Why is the round part of the pad towards the front and the other one to the back? This is the inverse of the shape of the ears.
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