I use HD-650 at office. They hardly isolate any sound, and I use low level, so I can have normal conversation with my headphones and music on. Though normally I remove them is the conversation is longer than couple of centences.

Quote: Originally Posted by 1967cutlass You can't pull the smaller shure tips out with your fingers, if you owned them you would know that. Yes you can. I just experienced this on yesterday :-) I did manage to get the sleeve out by my fingers, it took some time trying though. (I...

Quote: Originally Posted by chungsoi I'm sorry to hear that. I had a similar experience with my e4's recently, and also sold mine last week. Basically the problem I was having was shoving the e4's down the ear canals so deep pushed ear wax down to the point where it was blocking my...

I had the same problem: DT-880 or HD650? Spent couple of days listening DT-880 and then couple of hours listening HD650 and DT-880 side by side at a store. Marked down differences with them and how I liked them. They were very even and for me it was bit wider soundstage of HD650 that made me...

Quote: Originally Posted by Honus I have the E2Cs. I would like to move up to the E4s. I've read threads here regarding the lack of bass in the E4s. Is the E4 similar to the E2C in terms of bass? Nope. Totally different. Not as much and not as low. That was the first thing I...

I have Sennheiser PXC-200, I've also had E2c and now have E4. The sound in PXC-200 is excellent, better than E2c or E4. Now the bad news: PXC-200 requires batteries, it has a "stick" which takes the batteries and has the NC circuits. Ie. unnecessary piece of equipment hanging around or...

> Shure E2C For critical listener the missing highs may bother. Didn't bother me before I bought my HD-650.. Then I found the missing highs to be handicap > Sennheiser PX100 I have PCX 250. Bit like shure e2c but _with_ the highs. Unfortunately, pxc250 clamp too much. After 4 hours it...

I upgraded from e2c to E4. I'm not still quite shure if I'm happy with the upgrade. The thing I didn't like with E2c was the inadequate highs. E4 has very nice highs, but guess everything comes with a price: The bass is gone. If I listen to HD-650 and then switch to E4, I'm wondering where...

I've personally found that PXC-250 clamp my ears bit too hard and start to feel uncomfortable after some 2 to 3 hours of listening. Also another point to notice with PXC-250 is that the highs are _very_ dependent on how they are located on your ear. Slight changes in positioning the ear pieces...

Quote: Originally Posted by sumguy_ How exactly does it damage headphones? Clipping turns nice sine waves into something that resembles more or less square waves. Pure sine wave contains only single frequency. Perfect square wave on the other end contains every possible frequency...

Listening to music with headphones basically disables your ability to notice sounds outside the car. How does that differ from being deaf? In my opinion, if deaf people are allowed to drive a car, one should be able to listen to headphones while driving. I enjoyed my PXC-250 when driving piece...

How long have you listened to it and what kind of battery do you use? I had Duracell 9V alkaline and I think it was less than 15 hours with my senns before the battery was drained enough that it caused sound to be distorted. Too bad I haven't found any of those 9.6volt rechargeables in...

If you decide to order online, please note that you always have the risk of getting your stuff to be declared (tullattavaksi). In that case, 22% VAT (alv) and some duty is added to the price. In case of headphone amps, the duty is 2%. If you order your amp from USA, then there is 15% extra duty...

My experience with noice canceling headsets is that they tend to cancel the constant noise. Ie. the constant hum from aircon, big part of engine noise etc. while still letting "unexpected" voices (speak, "pling", etc) trough. PXC-250 aren't that good in canceling noise. "Plane quiet"...

Quote: Originally Posted by Azure Well, portable in the sense that you don't need to be near an outlet (That's my definition of portable; as long as you don't need an outlet, I consider it portable and would use it on the go). After enjoying the sound of 650, I'm starting to think...

Ok, as it has been pointed out that the amp is usefull with iPod and Dt-880, so this thread can not be thought as one frustrated guy bashing the amp/amp maker. Certainly the amp is good for its purpose, just that _with_ _karma_ it does not perform notable better than Karma's internal amp. There...

Quote: Originally Posted by gloco Quote: Originally Posted by japa ...at 75% distortion was introduced and the volume level was not that much louder. (Ie. Karma can drive the headphones loud enough, no justification for amp there either.) Loudness does not equal quality...

On the same note, have a look at what I just posted: Tested: Karma + HD-650 with amp (Amplification forum)

one more vote for the better headphones! Iäm quite certain that with most, if not all, player it's the headphones that are the limiting factor in sound quality. Headphones is the place that produces the sound, so it's the most important part in your equipment.

Result: Don't need one. I've read many posts how a headphone amp is essential when listening with more demanding headphones, like Sennheiser HD-650. So I ordered one entry level (=price near $100) headphone amp. I went trough my selection of different kind of music,the same which I used for...

TSN-Versand. They have ebay-shop. The HD-650s are priced at 249 euro, "Buy now" -price. Here's a link to their current (28-07-2005) sennheiser HD-650 sale: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...tem=7533782588 Only negative thing about them is that it seems they don't check their email daily...

Quote: Originally Posted by sgdevil 1)I've heard that headphones can match anything a stereo can produce except for the bass. Is there any truth in that statement? I'd say anything except the feeling of bass pounding your body. Certainly headphones can produce the bass-sound, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by RnB180 you cut them off new senn replacement cables like everyone else. (Them being sennheiser connectors) Where do you buy senn replacement cables and for what price? I assume you mean the stock senheiser cable. As you can guess, googling for...

I paid 249 euro (+shipping) for my HD-650. Bought them from Germany.

I personally like Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfield etc. Finding new names is difficult, one really doesn't want to spend money on something that sucks and there is so much electronic music to explore. To my (and others') enjoyment, some of the great music is available online and for free...