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Sennheiser RS 165, RS 175, RS 185, RS 195 - Impressions thread
I was in your situation four years ago when I first purchased my RS185. I use mine almost exclusively for movie/TV watching and have been very happy with them. I chose not to go for the 175 as I had been used to open headphones and generally prefer a wider sound stage over more bass. For...- Hammy
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Sennheiser RS 165, RS 175, RS 185, RS 195 - Impressions thread
Your PC's motherboard doesn't have an optical out? If you're thinking of going PC analogue out->DAC digital out->base station digital in, then I don't think that will yield much benefit. I would try to keep the signal digital for the entire chain. So either check your PC for a digital out or...- Hammy
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Sennheiser RS 165, RS 175, RS 185, RS 195 - Impressions thread
The 195s are closed, right? The pleather might therefore make more sense for you. To be honest, they sound pretty poor on the 185 but might work better in your circumstance. They definitely increased the isolation and quantity of bass for me, but didn't sound quite right on an open headphone...- Hammy
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Sennheiser RS 165, RS 175, RS 185, RS 195 - Impressions thread
So I've had three different HM5 pads on my RS185. The velour black, the velour red, and the pleather red. That's also my order of preference sound-quality wise. They all sound different too (the red velour seem to be thicker/more sturdy than the black velour). It may be that's how all the...- Hammy
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
Not sure if it helps but this was my post last year when I had to replace the padding on the standard 598s. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sennheiser-hd-598-impressions-thread.541039/page-478#post-13629005 Couldn't be simpler, as long as your replacement physically fits.- Hammy
- Post #7,414
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Sennheiser RS 165, RS 175, RS 185, RS 195 - Impressions thread
I try not to post unless I feel I can help someone, but I'm still here. Using my pad-modded RS185s for many hours each and every day.- Hammy
- Post #406
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Sennheiser RS 165, RS 175, RS 185, RS 195 - Impressions thread
I don't have this receiver but I've had a look through the manual. Make sure the base station is switched to optical, make sure TV is set to send audio via optical, plug the TV into DTV/CBL (also try the others) on your receiver, headphones into the top MD/CD-R (1). Cross fingers :) Manual...- Hammy
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
Love me some pad rolling. The original ivory pads have the same mounting ring as the HD650 pictured. Do all SE versions have that hard plastic ring? Never seen it before, but I don't know anything about the SE 598s.- Hammy
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
Nope, no need to unscrew anything. The old headband is held on with some relatively strong adhesive, which requires some tugging force to remove, but then you can just spread the headphones apart and align the new headband into place.- Hammy
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
Got a replacement headband today. Album showing before, during, after: http://imgur.com/a/hb7j7- Hammy
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Sennheiser RS 165, RS 175, RS 185, RS 195 - Impressions thread
Regarding your first question, I'm pretty certain the base station will only accept 2-channel PCM. If someone says otherwise then I can do some testing, but that is correct going from memory.- Hammy
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
I don't find them recessed within the soundscape of the headphone, rather in comparison to the orignals which I've always found to have quite forward mids. I think "hot" is a good way of describing how they can occasionally sound based on my short time with them. Same thoughts. The clamp...- Hammy
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
So I've had the Cs for a couple days now. I feel anyone expecting a closed 598 may be somewhat disappointed, as they don't really share the same sound signature at all. The similarities they share are in comfort and name alone. I found the Cs a much darker headphone than the (original...- Hammy
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Sennheiser x Massdrop HD6XX Review / Preview - Head-Fi TV
I usually don't wander outside the HD598 threads, but I see some familiar usernames here so I'll dip my toes in! A few questions about the shipping on these headphones. I'm in Finland - anyone have any experience importing to this region? I am pretty sure I'd be charged 24% VAT, 1.5% customs...- Hammy
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Sennheiser HD 598 Impressions Thread
Picking the CS up myself for the same price. Interested to compare the comfort and sound to the ol' beige marshmallows which I always found comfortable and pleasing.- Hammy
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