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jbarrentine replied to the thread What's Up With Sennheiser? I Asked The Sennheisers..Apparently sales are not justifying expenditures. It's pretty obvious they're in the red in this particular aspect of business or they... -
jbarrentine replied to the thread What's Up With Sennheiser? I Asked The Sennheisers..This is why there have been years of unfathomable rumors of discontinuing the hd600/650, etc. Regardless of all the corporate babble I'm...
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jbarrentine replied to the thread Sennheiser HD660S... Finally a successor for the HD650?.IMO it's very clear to me they're closing shop on enthusiast audiophile headphones. I can't imagine they will be the last either. You...
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jbarrentine replied to the thread Sennheiser HD660S... Finally a successor for the HD650?.Just bought a second 660S direct from Senn. I'm of the opinion with the price reductions, the massive staff layoff and the closure of...
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jbarrentine replied to the thread Sennheiser says it’s open to selling its consumer audio business.Ordered another HD660S for backup. They are of course temporarily out of stock on Amazon atm. Losing Sennheiser's stuff would make me...
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jbarrentine replied to the thread Sennheiser .... the end?.Because it's a horror story. Someone is going to buy it and ruin it.
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jbarrentine replied to the thread Sennheiser says it’s open to selling its consumer audio business.This almost puts me in a panic. Anyone who buys it is sure to ruin it.
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jbarrentine replied to the thread Will the Sennheiser HD800s price ever actually fall?.I wasn’t partial to the 800S. It’s thin/airy. If you like a lot of body or fullness avoid it.
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jbarrentine replied to the thread The New HD 560S: Linear Acoustics at a Breakthrough Value.Sigh. I'd really like to see a pair of these before Christmas, but it doesn't look like that's happening.
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jbarrentine replied to the thread I can't decide which to keep HD600, 6XX or 660S.There's no difference between the 650 and 6xx. Same parts. Same place of manufacture.
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jbarrentine replied to the thread I can't decide which to keep HD600, 6XX or 660S.My 600 is in the closet and my 660 is on the desk. There's little comparison, the 660 is just plain better.
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jbarrentine replied to the thread My impression of HD600 vs HD800S (will better AMP/DAC change this?).I returned an 800S and kept my 660S. I like classical crossover and similar. Saved $1500, I was pretty happy. Don't ever feel forced to...
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jbarrentine replied to the thread The New HD 560S: Linear Acoustics at a Breakthrough Value.Absolutely not.
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jbarrentine replied to the thread The New HD 560S: Linear Acoustics at a Breakthrough Value.Regarding predictions... I doubt it. They just let go 25 percent of their staff go if I remember correctly. The 560S was probably the...
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jbarrentine replied to the thread What's your biggest headphone dissapointment?.Yeah the 800S was definitely not $1000 better than the 660/600. I would give them ~$750 total tho. With the layoffs due to covid I can't...
