Sennheiser HD 25-SP II compared to AudioTechnica ES-7 and Shure SRH440?

Hey Spardasieg, so did you end up getting the HD25sp? I also used to own the SRH440 and am curious about the Senns. How do they compare?

I've a/b'd the shure 440 and the hd25-1-ii.  The Shure sounded good, but the hd25 sounded better in all respects in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Triggerfish 

I've a/b'd the shure 440 and the hd25-1-ii.  The Shure sounded good, but the hd25 sounded better in all respects in my opinion.

Thanks very much for chiming in, but I actually wanted to know about the HD25sp, not the HD25-1 II.

Anyone?

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Originally Posted by Spardasieg 

They compare horribly, I went with the HD25-1 II, there is a guy who sells them for 135 used on amazon, they came in brand new condition, totally worth it.
Sp should be 50 bucks in my opinion.

Thanks. That's all I needed to know. I'll cross those right off my list then.

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Originally Posted by manveru 

 

Thanks. That's all I needed to know. I'll cross those right off my list then.

Based on one person's comments only??

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Originally Posted by charliex 

Based on one person's comments only??

Unless anybody has more to add, though I'm not holding my breath. Information on these is pretty scarce around here, so I'll take what I can get. All the other comments about them I was able to find were also very negative. Apparently they don't even begin to come close to HD25-1's, and a few other people also said they were way overpriced for their sound. I just hadn't heard from anybody who had also heard SRH440's specifically. Even if they were a little worse than SRH440's I could more than live with them as a portable, but the fact that all the comments are that negative is enough for me to just suck it up and hold out for HD25-1's.