Id save a wad of cash and buy the HD555`s

Quote: Originally Posted by trip221 I love my HD555's too. They're just so darn comfortable. I'm starting to build a CMoy amp tonight with a buddy who's a whiz with electronics. Do any of you guys listen to your's through a cmoy? I'm curious to see if the sound improves much with the...

Sennheiser HD555, great price , sound quality and ever so comfortable. As well as that, they are very very easily driven ....check them out.

" Great introduction to hifi........" LOL, as far as Im concerned the 555`s do everything I want and the search for full sized cans has ended. I too am not gonna empty my wallet with endless searching for headphones. HD555`s are just superb value for money and a joy to use....in my opinion.

Sometimes I forget I am wearing my 555`s......nuff said.

I got my HD555`s and am thrilled with them, One thing I found strange was although they are 50ohm cans , the ease with which my Creek OBH11 drives them is uncanny. I even used them umamped for a couple of traks and the 555`s must be the easiest driven full size cans I have ever owned. I...

WHAT A GREAT REVIEW MATE !!! I got my Senn HD555`s yesterday , dont get me wrong , I love my HD485`s to bits, but the HD555`s are just more "together" in my opinion as it just sounds like the music is held together tighter and is presented in a more balanced and inherently musical fashion...

Is it ok for me to ask boomana to kill this thread ? I never intended it to develop into what it has become. As a mark of respect to the forum, id appreciate it if this could be carried out please.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood Sooner the better, man. $400 gets you in the door. are they not an absolute devil to drive though ? big horsepower amp a mandatory purchase also ?

ive just read over the pages, guys if i could shut this thread down right away, id do it in a heartbeat . i didnt set out to cheese anybody off and i was just expressing some views after finally trying out a pair of grados for the 1st time. im sorry if anybody thought i was trolling and hope...

Quote: Originally Posted by fatcat28037 You need to have more than 46 posts to trash a major manufacturer, and even then it wouldn't be cool. To voice a concern over what you believe is a design flaw, an oversite or something that is not to your taste is one thing, but to ridicule a...

Im waiting for my Sennheiser HD555 to arrive, fingers crossed they will arrive on thursday . Out of sheer curiousity, I went to a headphones retailer and tried Grado SR60i cans to see if they matched the reviews in the mags and online. What I found was : Damn those covers are abrasive on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by ManAtWork Wow, is it a new one? very lightly used.

they are used, but mint. ive posted before that i like my hd485`s, with my taste in female vocals and jazz guitar, can I expect the 555s to present the music to a higher degree ? 40 quid delivered was too good a price to pass .

Quote: Originally Posted by jsaliga My choice: Led Zeppelin - The Immigrant Song Even some loudspeakers have problems with this one. No headphone I have heard has done this one right. --Jerome curious choice , what aspect of that song are you referring to ?

Quote: Originally Posted by Landis Sounds like a job for a pair of DT48s or SA5ks! I'd be interested to see if the speed of those cans can keep up without issue! i google imaged a pair of dt48`s, and then looked up the price of them. they look real cheap looking to my...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1a8omm back in the early 90s I obtained a gold plated cd with 15 tracks to demo every aspect of a hifi system, bass, imaging etc etc......... above is a link to a bass test track called bassically speaking , give it a whirl through your cans fellas.

My choice :- Uptown from the album Stolen Moments by jazz/fusion guitar virtuoso Lee Ritenour. The album is terrifically recorded and the opening track, Uptown, is dynamic in the extreme and features very fast position shifting double bass playing. Ive yet to hear cans that can fully keep...

Those 600`s are a tad pricy when compared to 555/595, so what can they do that the others cannot ?

dont turn your back on ANY product because jon dough on a forum says it stinks. For everyone saying stinks there will be somebody lavishing praise. the ultimate judge as to whether its good or bad...........is you !!

Quote: Originally Posted by paaj The HD555 would be nice for those purposes, decent sound for the money even if a little boring. Maybe the 595mod improves that. Haven't heard the HD485 myself, but Nickchen's advice is probably a good one, the HD600/650 is a good step up from the HD555...

Quote: Originally Posted by Menisk Sounds like they'd suit you well. If you get them you should do the mod to make them the same as 595s. You basically remove a piece of stick on foam from the grill behind the driver, did it for a friend and it's really easy. but benefits...

In my case, walloping hip hop bass is of 0% importance , think of acoustic guitars strumming, mary black singing and a guy playing double bass. Also think of the warm tones from an archtop jazz guitar coming from a tube fender twin reverb amp , thats what is important to me. In the sennheiser...

I dont think there is a single member here who cannot relate to this thread, which set of cans and why did they go up for sale despite everything ?

Quote: Originally Posted by Danny23 So your saying the px100s are better? nope whats better is your choice to make. its just the px will give more output because they are a more sensitive design, i think they are 115db sensitivity for 32 ohm whereas the 490`s are sub 110db if...