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    Official Unofficial 8XX Discussion Thread - UPDATE SENNHEISER HAS BEEN SOLD!!! GT(heck)IH

    Glad to see the mod is working for people :)
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    Official Unofficial 8XX Discussion Thread - UPDATE SENNHEISER HAS BEEN SOLD!!! GT(heck)IH

    Glad you were able to measure the sound for the sticker mod. Guess I sorta started the mod. Pretty fascinating the rig didn't show much of a change. I still have one unmodded one, one modded and one original 800s and still prefer the modded one over the other 2. Most noticable on the A90D...
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    Official Unofficial 8XX Discussion Thread - UPDATE SENNHEISER HAS BEEN SOLD!!! GT(heck)IH

    Expand the replies in the thread and you will see pictures.
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    Official Unofficial 8XX Discussion Thread - UPDATE SENNHEISER HAS BEEN SOLD!!! GT(heck)IH

    If someone at CAN Jam NYC wants to measure my mod, I'd be happy to offer them up.
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    Official Unofficial 8XX Discussion Thread - UPDATE SENNHEISER HAS BEEN SOLD!!! GT(heck)IH

    "And if we can get close to the 800s tonally/timbre-wise..." Yeah, that's actually why I took the time to make that post. Wanted to give people an option to experience the 800s for a lot less :) As a followup, I've been listening to the 8xx(modded) for 2 months now and when I go back and...
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    Reply to review by 'tranqfx' on item 'Drop + Sennheiser HD 8XX'

    I'd be curious too. I have a friend that just ordered one, we may experiment.
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    New HD 820 video: Six "Sound" Reasons

    Had the pleasure to borrow one for a month. I'll tell you why it's terrible. The mids are completely gone. They take any song with mids and just rip the soul of the music right out. I'm not one to talk about measurements, but my god it measures the same as it sounds. What makes it particularly...
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    New HD 820 video: Six "Sound" Reasons

    I'm a fan of Sennheiser and own many of the products... probably too many, but I'd have way more respect for the folks over at Sennheiser if they just came out and admitted that the 820 missed the mark. More than that... It's a bit embarrassing Sennheiser defends this headphone =p Ban incoming.
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    New HD 820 video: Six "Sound" Reasons

    I'm amazed he did this video with a strait face =p
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    Reply to review by 'tranqfx' on item 'Drop + Sennheiser HD 8XX'

    Hard disagree on the take of the tonality of the 8xx out of the box, but appreciate the thoroughness of the review.
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    Reply to review by 'tranqfx' on item 'Drop + Sennheiser HD 8XX'

    Tanzomon, So I actually did the same thing you did. Removed that top sticker then put the headphone back together and listened for change. I had the benefit of spending time directly comparing my 800s to the 8xx with that first sticker removed. I could hear the changes were in the right...
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    Reply to review by 'tranqfx' on item 'Drop + Sennheiser HD 8XX'

    As a sound update, I now strongly prefer the modded 8xx over the 800s.
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    Reply to review by 'tranqfx' on item 'Drop + Sennheiser HD 8XX'

    The glue was tough. The metal back is surprisingly sturdy. I actually used mostly my nail but also a pair of metal tweezers to scrape it carefully. Took some patience but didn't damage anything despite the tweezers being quite sharp.TLDR: the metal mesh cone is stronger than it looks especially...
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    Reply to review by 'tranqfx' on item 'Drop + Sennheiser HD 8XX'

    Remove the 2 circled. I left the one that is not circled. I'd imagine if you take it off as well you would be damn near enough the 800s that it would be hard to distinguish, but personally, I liked the slight tonal change with just the one sticker remaining.
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    Review by 'tranqfx' on item 'Drop + Sennheiser HD 8XX'

    Ok guys I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I own the 800s and now own the 8XX. HATED the 8xx tune out of the box. I'm not a huge fan of EQ, but decided to give it a test drive. You can get close to the 800s with EQ but it's still "off". (I was hoping the 8XX would be similar to the...
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