The Sennheiser HD 800: The First Listen, The First Review - Page 15

HD 800 is not bad looking. I hope we don't have to pay more than US$1400 in Australia.

Personally, while I prefer the looks of my Stax LAMBDA to this HD800, I can't wait for nice, full length reviews and comparisons. Why I have this feel--like the HD800 was the ED9 done right? I don't know. Maybe it is.

Good thing I didn't pull the trigger on the W5000 last night.

Looks like a Qualia 010/SA5000/MFR-F1 hybrid - a very non-Sennheiserlike physical design.

Although the 300ohm impedance is in-line with the HDxxx series. I wonder why Sennheiser seems to like the 300ohm nominal impedance point?

Judging from this thread (over 200 posts in less than 24hrs), there will be a lot of hype over these. Looking forward to hearing a set.

I'm sure the cable will "suck", and require a switchout with one of the aftermarket versions.

I hope it will be available soon, not a few months away.

A bit offtopic but right now I'd rather buy W5000 than HD800. I guess we have to wait for the reviews.

One thing that has been in my mind is why did Senn stayed with the 300 ohm impedance with the HD800. Why did they not increase the impedance?

At this point I have to agree. But I'll reserve any real assessment until there are more impressions about the HD800 sound.

hmm for this kind of money, ill wait for the HD850..

Audio Technica W5000 has always been on my mind but now I'm having second thought.

Mmm, was not in the dream...

Although I can still afford the headphone alone, but I believe HD800s need world class upstream equipments which are out of my reach for years

Wow!

great news.At last .Now I'm looking for its pricing part .

edit :Just saw the pricing and now I'm not feeling good




See this link->

http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser...oot/spec_hd800

Finally.

This has been a long wait.

Finally a from the ground up new headphone from a company with long and deep knowledge on human hearing, good materials engineering and decades of headphone design.

Don't get me wrong, Sonys, new Denon's and AT special edition cans have gotten me just excited as the next guy, but these are cans from companies who do *something else* as their core function. Cans to them are much more an exercise in product portfolio strategy (i.e. looks like a lucrative market, let's make high end headphones), styling (luxurious wood, soft leather, expensive looking packaging) or branding (yes, we have a high end headphone costing $1000+) than actual research & engineering into die-hard reproduction or acoustic signals for professional purposes.

I sincerely hope these won't disappoint, as the expectations are running high.

$1400 is a steep price, but for that I could sell a pair of AKGs, a pair of ATs, a pair of Senns and a pair of something else.

After all, I've only got a single pair of ears.

Also, I'm not sure people understand what a hand built in Germany means when combined with hopefully good Sennheiser German QC. That alone more than doubles the price of the headphone, compared to the average 'built in China' with spurious QC headware.

But the proof is in the (eating of) the pudding, as the Brits say.

Looking forward to you guys reviewing these and taking them apart.

Interesting. If they are as good as the initial impressions, I've got a Woo GES MAX or spare O2 to sell
Considering its price, I wonder if the impressions should go into the high end forum lol.