I am digging my 280 Pro's! I had heard the 1K - 2K burn in figure too, on the "reappraising" thread. But after only a month of daily 1-hr listening plus some sporadic overnight burn-in with FM static or Miami bass music from Rhapsody: MUCH improved bass through any good source or any crappy...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ron Thorne Also, has anyone experienced this little amp connected to Grado SR-60s or SR-80s, or any Sennheiser phones? I am [a noob] using iPod Nano 3G > E5 > Senn HD280 Pro, and I like it, even with HP out and lossy files. I think it's perfect for the...

Thanks for the replies. 1Time, I'm using an E5 from a 3rd Gen iPod Nano (would that be considered a decent source, or no?). Will look into MicroMon MA400. koshman, in the threads on the E3/E5, there seems to be consensus that the E5 is significantly better than the E3 used to be. Plus you...

thanks, koshman - I've got 50-100 hours on them, and it's true, they are getting better... in other threads, I've heard that it can take thousands (!) of hours for them to really come around, so I wonder if there is anything easy and reversible I can do while I wait. I guess blu-tack to bump...

Hi headfi-ers - Are there easy pad mods for Senn 280 Pros? I've discovered that wearing them with a stocking cap de-harshes the highs for portable listening, which made me think that with more/different fabric inside the earcups, they might be more balanced. I have searched the threads... I...

I'm using my 280s twice a day on weekdays for about 45 minutes to an hour each time (great for bus commuting - good isolation and they make me look crazy, so people don't want to sit by me). I've had them three weeks now, so that's only 20-30 hours use, but I am occasionally starting to...

Thanks, all - Got the 280s yesterday, have been fondling them and listening a tad... my ears will have to adjust from listening so hard for definition in the bass from the ringing and booming I'm so used to. (Kind of like when you get new glasses after a long time and they seem way too...

Thanks! I also understand that I will not be inconspicuous on the bus with them... especially as I have a small head. But I live in DC; there are freakier people than me on the bus almost every day. I'm going to go look for a 'small head' thread now...

Hi, Headfi-ers... Please help me with my potential buyer's remorse over Sennheiser HD280 pros, arriving next week. This will be my first decent pair of phones after a lifetime of execrable gear dating from my walkman days in the 80s... the BEST phones I've ever had are recently purchased...

I'm being started off now, by discovering how easy it is to make beats and loops in Garageband... but I can't hear what I'm doing through my crappy earbuds. Sennheiser HD280s arriving in the mail next week, chosen in part for isolation, cause I'm going to wear those monsters on the bus too.