Well, the drivers on all the Senns of this style are molded into the earcup. So, if you swapped the entire earcup assembly, then yes technically you can swap drivers, but what you're really doing is swapping headbands.

Closed back HD58X?!?! This abomination must be destroyed!!! I'm totally kidding...but I'm curious.....with all the great closed-back options out there, what made you want to mod a HD58X to a closed back design. And if you don't mind, what is your experience with closed backs and how do your...

Yep...most high-end cans are drastically overpriced and overhyped. The audio enthusiast suffers from diminishing returns more than most...the headphone audio enthusiast even more.

So I've been listening to and thoroughly enjoying my HD58X's for the past year. Tonight I saw my Alessandro MS1's sitting on a shelf and thought "Oh yeah....I have those. They used to be my go-to rock/pop cans." So I thought I'd do an impromptu A/B of the two, which makes sense to me as they...

I've never heard the HD599 so I can't comment on them. But regarding second thoughts: IMHO the HD58X represents one of the best deals in headphone audio I've seen in years. I've always loved my HD580's , so much so that I sold all my other FS headphones except gaming headsets and my...

Grado's business model is "make the same headphone as the cheapest model, but tweak the driver and add some wood...charge 12 times the price".

Only if you're never able to enjoy music unless your using the most expensive gear available.

Ditto..good stuff. Got my shipping email today... can't wait!!

Impressions coming...patience brother.

Yep...unless you're talking about a Sennheiser Orpheus....serial numbers are meaningless....these are Sub $200 headphones...buy them ... enjoy them and stop obsessing over shipping.

Bro....chill out and stop stressing. massdrop is not like a normal retailer.

Chill...you'll get your precious soon.

Woohoo...getting pumped.

Put not your faith in a machines printed graph. Verily I say unto you, place your faith in the truth of thine own ears. So sayeth the psalm of St. Jude

I can't tell you the exact day but the first drop closed around the end of April. Currently there are almost 1600 requests for another drop, so that's encouraging. I've heard two separate dates for expected shipping the first in early July (the 6th maybe). The second wave of shipments is...

Nobody knows yet. We've yet to receive the first batch and the ones that people have heard are pre-production and the production model will likely have been tuned some. It's hard to say whether there'll subsequent drops however I think it likely. But even if there aren't you will almost...

I bought in for 2 reasons. 1st: I'm a huge fan of the HD580 I own 2 pairs and is one of only two full-sized headphones I own (not counting gaming headsets) and was delighted to see it get a revival of sorts in 2018. 2nd: Sennheiser putting effort into an affordable audiophile focused...

Must.......manage......expectations....

I just place my order @ 2938. I've sold all my higher priced headphones over the years including some Stax SR404, Denon AH-D7000, Sennheiser HD650. My HD580 and my Alessandro MS1's are really the only FS phones I own (if you don't count gaming headsets). I agree with SonnyMorrow that with these...

Currently, the only FS headphones I use with any regularity are my 300ohm Sennheiser HD580's, and I drive them with the hp out on the volume control of my Logitech XZ2300 PC speakers. And when I briefly owned the HD650 I used them in the same way and drove them to very satisfying levels. Point...

A used AV receiver! I'm serious.

Not sure what you're asking? I don't know what exactly "HD650 balanced connector" is but the only thing that connects to the Sennheiser earcups is the Sennheiser connector. This thread may be of help to you: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/affordable-balanced-cable-for-sennheiser-hd650.662135/

If you have any skill with a soldering iron you can easily make you're own, with some nice paracord sleeving in whatever design/color pattern you like.

@cskippy That's good advice...but if I we're a betting man, I'd wager a fair bit that Sennheiser would not have made a replacement to one of their most successful audiophile headphones ever, unless it we're truly worthy.

If a headphone rig were a gaming computer...the headphones would be your display(s). Let's say a HD65O is a 40" quad hd with a 1ms GTG response time. If you connect that display to a $500 emachines PC using the onboard graphics chip..you can play games, but your experience will be horrible...