I was in your situation four years ago when I first purchased my RS185. I use mine almost exclusively for movie/TV watching and have been very happy with them. I chose not to go for the 175 as I had been used to open headphones and generally prefer a wider sound stage over more bass. For...

Your PC's motherboard doesn't have an optical out? If you're thinking of going PC analogue out->DAC digital out->base station digital in, then I don't think that will yield much benefit. I would try to keep the signal digital for the entire chain. So either check your PC for a digital out or...

The 195s are closed, right? The pleather might therefore make more sense for you. To be honest, they sound pretty poor on the 185 but might work better in your circumstance. They definitely increased the isolation and quantity of bass for me, but didn't sound quite right on an open headphone...

So I've had three different HM5 pads on my RS185. The velour black, the velour red, and the pleather red. That's also my order of preference sound-quality wise. They all sound different too (the red velour seem to be thicker/more sturdy than the black velour). It may be that's how all the...

Not sure if it helps but this was my post last year when I had to replace the padding on the standard 598s. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/sennheiser-hd-598-impressions-thread.541039/page-478#post-13629005 Couldn't be simpler, as long as your replacement physically fits.

I try not to post unless I feel I can help someone, but I'm still here. Using my pad-modded RS185s for many hours each and every day.

I don't have this receiver but I've had a look through the manual. Make sure the base station is switched to optical, make sure TV is set to send audio via optical, plug the TV into DTV/CBL (also try the others) on your receiver, headphones into the top MD/CD-R (1). Cross fingers :) Manual...

Love me some pad rolling. The original ivory pads have the same mounting ring as the HD650 pictured. Do all SE versions have that hard plastic ring? Never seen it before, but I don't know anything about the SE 598s.

Nope, no need to unscrew anything. The old headband is held on with some relatively strong adhesive, which requires some tugging force to remove, but then you can just spread the headphones apart and align the new headband into place.

Got a replacement headband today. Album showing before, during, after: http://imgur.com/a/hb7j7

Regarding your first question, I'm pretty certain the base station will only accept 2-channel PCM. If someone says otherwise then I can do some testing, but that is correct going from memory.

I don't find them recessed within the soundscape of the headphone, rather in comparison to the orignals which I've always found to have quite forward mids. I think "hot" is a good way of describing how they can occasionally sound based on my short time with them. Same thoughts. The clamp...

So I've had the Cs for a couple days now. I feel anyone expecting a closed 598 may be somewhat disappointed, as they don't really share the same sound signature at all. The similarities they share are in comfort and name alone. I found the Cs a much darker headphone than the (original...

I usually don't wander outside the HD598 threads, but I see some familiar usernames here so I'll dip my toes in! A few questions about the shipping on these headphones. I'm in Finland - anyone have any experience importing to this region? I am pretty sure I'd be charged 24% VAT, 1.5% customs...

Picking the CS up myself for the same price. Interested to compare the comfort and sound to the ol' beige marshmallows which I always found comfortable and pleasing.

Yes, that is the net result. Here is the chart I mentioned in the previous post; I believe the yellow line is the E10K bass boost and the green line is the same feature on the E10.

Nothing stopping you picking up another E10K while it's still widely available. Test it, keep it in a draw for when the original breaks down (which may never happen) :) These things have also held their value quite well. As for the bass boost, IIRC it adds between 6db to 1db between...

Don't discount the CS, unless you are against closed headphones, as they are currently €70~ cheaper than the €172 SR on your Amazon. Seems like the best bang/buck to me.

From Sennheiser USA: https://twitter.com/SennheiserUSA/status/862771459948781568 "still in production, just a delay in stocking".

Not heard anything official. Amazon UK listing has the SE as being discontinued. Ivory version still in stock across the .EU sites. Sennheiser HD 598 Over-Ear Headphones - Black (Discontinued by Manufacturer) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0126HISOO?th=1...

  Good taste in films!  Just watched the first couple minutes..     If maxing the volume is "just right" then something in your chain is not set up correctly.  I can sit my 185s a few metres away, max the volume and use them as loud speakers without losing dialogue (not an exaggeration). ...

  Hi @cloneman,   I haven't heard the RS175 but you are definitely on the right track with Peace/Equalizer APO.  It's the best way that I know of (via software) to EQ headphones.  Perhaps try a -8db shelf below 1khz, basically the opposite of what we did here.   I'll quote what The...

The way you were talking originally, I thought we were talking on the order of multiple seconds.  40-50ms is approximately one frame at 23.976fps.  I am quite sure I couldn't ABX a difference of one frame per second when it comes to lip-sync, let alone 1/10th of a frame.   It would be a nice...

  Not meaning to sound rude, but I think if the RS165 had an inherent problem with lip-sync we would have heard about it by now.   What kind of delay are we talking about (seconds?) Have you tried with bass boost on and off?  Any additional processing has the potential to cause a delay...

Whoops, my bad.  Not much use the TV having an optical out then ;)