[Arainach]

I had a friend buy the $200 refurbished HD600s off Amazon, and they're fantastic phones. The headband was a lot looser than the headband on my (only slightly used when I bought them) HD580s, so you could tell in that extend that they were broken in, but the phones were in perfect shape and sound great.

 

[saturnine]

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Originally Posted by milesbeyondjazz I bought my refurbished hd600s from Audio Advisor a couple of months ago and have had no problems at all.And they came in the original box with all of the paperwork.

I purchased a refurb pair from them a few months ago, and they sent me a brand new pair

Said so on the sales receipt

Great company.

 

[jpmikey]

Are those refurbished HD595s come with a handy headphone hanger?

 

[malthis]

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Originally Posted by dw6928 I purchased a refurb from ecost for $135 a few months ago. They came in perfect. 50ohm version 120s are old stock no longer in production

Curious. Why would 120ohm be preferable over 50? Wouldn't you have to drive the headphones harder at 120? Is there some benefit to this higher number, and should I look for 120ohm version if I am using these through my amp? Yes, I am OHM illiterate.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

This is the first headfi post I have ever read discouraging the purchased of refurb Senn's. Most users are happy with their refurb purchase, IIRC they are actually inspected by Sennheiser and rebuilt using factory new parts (as in you'll have to burn them in), they perform as new without the "new" pricetag. On a greater note however, you should be able to snag a pair of brand new 595's for around 180 just use a search engine such as pricegrabber and you're golden.

 

[alien1ce]

I bought from this guy on ebay. He ships fast and there brand new. I paid 178.00 shipped. Enjoying them right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Sennheiser-H...QQcmdZViewItem

 

[HWF]

I've seen a lot of complaints about Newegg and refurbs.

 

[Randy_M]

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Originally Posted by Mr.Sneis This is the first headfi post I have ever read discouraging the purchased of refurb Senn's. Most users are happy with their refurb purchase, IIRC they are actually inspected by Sennheiser and rebuilt using factory new parts (as in you'll have to burn them in), they perform as new without the "new" pricetag. On a greater note however, you should be able to snag a pair of brand new 595's for around 180 just use a search engine such as pricegrabber and you're golden.

Exactly my point....why buy refurbs when for $20 more you can get new?

 

[Nandro]

For newegg usually people like myself buy refurb not just for one item. Building a whole system with refurb stuff will usually save me about $150 across the board. I suppose if $20 is nothing to you its no big deal. I got my HD600's as a refurb on AMAZON and it came looking like new in the box with everything for $185.

 

[infinitefurby]

Just felt like chiming in to counteract all this hating on refurbished Senns, I got my HD555's refurb'd from ecost for under $90 shipped, and they were indeed a good buy. Haven't had but one problem with them in the three months or so I've owned them, and they came to me without a hint of wear. They came in a sealed plastic bag, but honestly I could care less about packaging. Go refurb'd all the way for Senns!

 

[DobsOnly]

Got my HD600's from amazon as refurbs. Looked Like New and packaged in the same boxes as a new pair. I would never have purchased them had I not found these refurbs. The wallet just wouldn't allow it. They haven't dissapointed yet

 

[zeppelin2]

I'm curious to know if there's such a thing as a refurb'ed Grado!

 

[headphone-n00b]

J&R, jr.com, is willing to sell brand new 595's (120 ohm version) for $175 shipped. I believe they are also authorized Senn dealers.

EDIT: They shipped me 50 ohm... even though they swore they ONLY had 120s. Heh.

 

[Senn20]

Got mine for $180 brand new shipped 2nd day air from compuplus.

Love them.

 

[Guitarist9273]

I realize how old this thread is, but I figured I'd see if anyone has any experience with refurbished Sennheiser HD650 headphones? I've seen some decent deals on them, but instinctively I distrust anything refurbished or remade that has a chance of being a of a well-duct-taped-Humpty-Dumpty of a product.