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post #121 of 161
1/17/09 at 8:22pm
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Originally Posted by warpdriver View Post
One thing I always think is unfair (and this is very common, not singling out Headroom) are Free Shipping Offers that only apply to domestic order. What does shipping cost domestically? Say it’s $20. So you save $20 shipping, which is great. But then International customers have to pay the full shipping (say $40). Shouldn’t the International customer get a break too?

Eventually I would like to pick up a HD800, but probably in the April timeframe after I get my big tax refund.
This is often due to inane government regulation and not a choice of the business at all.

Amazon actually bucked this trend and would rather continue offering free shipping in certain European countries. They get fined for it by the government, but Amazon actually makes more money from offering the free shipping than they lose from the fines, so they keep doing it. Not every business is quite as enormous or deep-pocketed as Amazon, though.
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post #122 of 161
1/17/09 at 8:35pm
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HeadRoom has just upped our HD800 pre-order numbers with Sennheiser so we expect all our pending orders thus far will ship in the initial batch of HD800 headphones we receive!

According to last word from Al Zang at Sennheiser as of Friday afternoon 1/16/09, the expected HD800 availability from Senn corporate is now first week of March. ... However, we're keeping our fingers crossed for sooner delivery. In either event, HR is expected to be allotted the very first batch of HD800s into North America.

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Jorge
HR Sales/Product Manager
Great, thanks for the update Jorge! Too bad about the moved shipping date, but either way, can't wait =)
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post #123 of 161
1/18/09 at 8:16am
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Originally Posted by JorgeC View Post
HeadRoom has just upped our HD800 pre-order numbers with Sennheiser so we expect all our pending orders thus far will ship in the initial batch of HD800 headphones we receive!

According to last word from Al Zang at Sennheiser as of Friday afternoon 1/16/09, the expected HD800 availability from Senn corporate is now first week of March. ... However, we're keeping our fingers crossed for sooner delivery. In either event, HR is expected to be allotted the very first batch of HD800s into North America.

Cheers,
Jorge
HR Sales/Product Manager
That is why I have the one day super duper overnight shipping.
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post #124 of 161
1/21/09 at 9:25pm
i just pre-ordered from jorge earlier today!
i cant wait to hear them through my balanced max!
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post #125 of 161
1/21/09 at 10:03pm
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i just pre-ordered from jorge earlier today!
i cant wait to hear them through my balanced max!
Will you be able to get them cabled for a balanced amp?
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post #126 of 161
1/21/09 at 10:37pm
as soon as they figure out the lemo connectors
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post #127 of 161
1/21/09 at 11:08pm
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Will you be able to get them cabled for a balanced amp?
Just as with the current HD650, we will likely have two solutions for balanced cables for he HD800.

I have contacted Sennheiser and am working on purchasing just the cable as soon as I can. We believe this cable will have the proper four conductors to be cut and have the XLR connectors installed for balanced mode in our amps.

We are also persuing the proper connectors to fabricate cables using our Cardas Fat Pipe cable.

Mmm ... well see what happens when it does.
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post #128 of 161
1/21/09 at 11:23pm
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as soon as they figure out the lemo connectors
My understanding is that the honorable Dr. Gilmore himself, using proprietary optical techniques, has measured the Sennheiser connectors, and exhaustively matched a Lemo, and possibly a generic (if third party sources are correct) for the connector.

Answer may be found in the DIY portion of the community, as I understand it.





Beads of sweat gently glistened on the foreheads of cable makers the world over as they leaned into their computer monitor expectantly.


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post #129 of 161
1/21/09 at 11:47pm
Man, I chose a BAD time to stop by the forum again. Hopefully the wife missed the big charge coming on the credit card from HeadRoom! Hopefully I'm high on the list and get it quickly. I love the Sennheiser sound, and have wanted a great high-end set of dynamic cans for a while now, and these sound like just the ticket for what I'm looking for.
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post #130 of 161
1/22/09 at 12:32am
sounds good tyll
also, i look forward to hearing my denon d-7000 i sent to jorge today for xlr balancing with cardas fat pipe.
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post #131 of 161
1/22/09 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by ServinginEcuador View Post
Man, I chose a BAD time to stop by the forum again. Hopefully the wife missed the big charge coming on the credit card from HeadRoom! Hopefully I'm high on the list and get it quickly. I love the Sennheiser sound, and have wanted a great high-end set of dynamic cans for a while now, and these sound like just the ticket for what I'm looking for.
Wow! Good for you, Doug! You deserve it, and I know that your wife would understand. She's much too nice to give you any grief over something like this.

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Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens View Post
My understanding is that the honorable Dr. Gilmore himself, using proprietary optical techniques, has measured the Sennheiser connectors, and exhaustively matched a Lemo, and possibly a generic (if third party sources are correct) for the connector.

Answer may be found in the DIY portion of the community, as I understand it.
This is too funny! I was joking earlier in the thread about how he would be able to sleuth out the truth about those connectors! Little did I know, he was actually doing it.
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post #132 of 161
1/22/09 at 7:36am
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Originally Posted by decur View Post
sounds good tyll
also, i look forward to hearing my denon d-7000 i sent to jorge today for xlr balancing with cardas fat pipe.
I'll be buying a pair of closed cans and I'm planning on the D-7000's. I think I'll be going there before considering the HD 800's.
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post #133 of 161
1/22/09 at 3:51pm
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I'll be buying a pair of closed cans and I'm planning on the D-7000's. I think I'll be going there before considering the HD 800's.
The D7000 were very nice, and a good deal if you can get them for $600-700. I suspect they will be even better with a new cable to extend the highs. My woodied re-cabled D2000 are already on that level, but that didn't stop me from having to buy the HD800
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post #134 of 161
1/22/09 at 9:22pm
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Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens View Post
Just as with the current HD650, we will likely have two solutions for balanced cables for he HD800.

I have contacted Sennheiser and am working on purchasing just the cable as soon as I can. We believe this cable will have the proper four conductors to be cut and have the XLR connectors installed for balanced mode in our amps.
Any hints at all about pricing on those extra cables, or if they will happen along when the phones do? A bit surprising Sennheiser didn't think to offer dual XLR cable as an option... good thing _someone_ gave the good Doctor some data to examine. ;-)
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post #135 of 161
1/22/09 at 10:15pm
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... good thing _someone_ gave the good Doctor some data to examine. ;-)
Good grief, man, it was a completely remote, non-invasive, unpresent process. (A little Engrish there.)

My information is sketchy, but the instrument made a meta-physical, quantum uncertain, objectively relative, data-rich non-observation.

It was hard for me to follow along, but the briefcase it was in was fairly small.




Hi, Kev.
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