I've owned these headphones and I see a lot of people using them. And that's great.. if you like them, you like them!
Looks:
I was excited to get them. They look very cool without being over the top 'gamery'
Build:
For a $150 it's kind of subpar.. but sadly imo most of Sennheisers stuff feels like this. So if you're used to that, you won't mind.
Comfort:
I kept seeing people touting how comfortable they were but I didn't seem to think so. The clamp is pretty un even, putting a lot of pressure under the ears for me. I guess I have a big head, I'm not really sure. I have more of an oval shaped face and I'm 6'1".. maybe if you're smaller this isn't an issue? I just personally have never had an issue with headphones being too small.
My biggest gripe is with the pads.. they're 'velour' but I found them extremely itchy, particularly where the pads touched my face. There's also this weird nub in the earcup (that I've seen on other sennheisers in the family they're modeled after) and the side of my ear would press against it, which was pretty annoying.
IMO comfort can get a pass because everyone is different.. but I just couldn't stand these on my head.
Sound:
This isn't my first sennheiser headphone.. there's definitely a general darker veiled highs signature that they tend to have.. but these??
I feel bad because I know somebody worked hard on these, but I have to tell the my truth.
What's confusing to me is they sound like somebody badly tuned them for gaming, but apparently this is just how which ever non-gaming headphone this sennheiser is, sounds.. which is baffling.
I always hate when people whine about average dynamic drivers rolling off sub-bass, like that's just how it is. You're not going to get 20hz with authority.. but these man. 20-120 hz is non existent. There's no lower midbass at all.. The upper midbass that is there sound muddy and muffled, mids are ok, and then outta nowhere around 2.5k things get crazy harsh, and drop back down and then peak again at 8-9k.. It's offensive.
These aren't fun sounding, they're not 'detailed but fatiguing'.. they're just bad. I had to EQ them with EQ APO severely to get them to sound DECENT.. and even then something still felt off like they were just incapable of mediocrity.
The microphone sounds good, but even that needs EQ to sound 'normal', but in comparison to most headset microphones is one of the better.
I'm just confused honestly, why everyone loves these so much, but if you do.. great, enjoy them.
Looks:
I was excited to get them. They look very cool without being over the top 'gamery'
Build:
For a $150 it's kind of subpar.. but sadly imo most of Sennheisers stuff feels like this. So if you're used to that, you won't mind.
Comfort:
I kept seeing people touting how comfortable they were but I didn't seem to think so. The clamp is pretty un even, putting a lot of pressure under the ears for me. I guess I have a big head, I'm not really sure. I have more of an oval shaped face and I'm 6'1".. maybe if you're smaller this isn't an issue? I just personally have never had an issue with headphones being too small.
My biggest gripe is with the pads.. they're 'velour' but I found them extremely itchy, particularly where the pads touched my face. There's also this weird nub in the earcup (that I've seen on other sennheisers in the family they're modeled after) and the side of my ear would press against it, which was pretty annoying.
IMO comfort can get a pass because everyone is different.. but I just couldn't stand these on my head.
Sound:
This isn't my first sennheiser headphone.. there's definitely a general darker veiled highs signature that they tend to have.. but these??
I feel bad because I know somebody worked hard on these, but I have to tell the my truth.
What's confusing to me is they sound like somebody badly tuned them for gaming, but apparently this is just how which ever non-gaming headphone this sennheiser is, sounds.. which is baffling.
I always hate when people whine about average dynamic drivers rolling off sub-bass, like that's just how it is. You're not going to get 20hz with authority.. but these man. 20-120 hz is non existent. There's no lower midbass at all.. The upper midbass that is there sound muddy and muffled, mids are ok, and then outta nowhere around 2.5k things get crazy harsh, and drop back down and then peak again at 8-9k.. It's offensive.
These aren't fun sounding, they're not 'detailed but fatiguing'.. they're just bad. I had to EQ them with EQ APO severely to get them to sound DECENT.. and even then something still felt off like they were just incapable of mediocrity.
The microphone sounds good, but even that needs EQ to sound 'normal', but in comparison to most headset microphones is one of the better.
I'm just confused honestly, why everyone loves these so much, but if you do.. great, enjoy them.
