rthomas
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Am I going mad?
I originally bought these 2 days ago, and was blown away - noticed aspects of my favourite songs I hadn't previously. Loved it. Listening on macbook Spotify 320kpbs modi2/magni3.
However I had to give them away - my new pair of the same special edition headphones arrived today and.. they honestly don't sound as good
Whilst the soundstage is all there, those same newly discovered details in songs were a little more difficult to discern on the new headphones. It didn't even sound sibilant like the first pair did, a property that was really apparent initially
I don't know if it is my ears playing up, or my brain playing tricks on me. I thought perhaps it was the volume I listened at initially, but even ramping it up on the 2nd pair didn't reproduce the s***-eating grin I had when listening to the 1st pair
Is it possible for small manufacturing differences to produce discernible differences?
I think Sennheiser has very very low unit to unit variations particularly on their flagships so what you are experiencing is very strange....
You could get them measured by headphones.com or simply ask for a replacement unit. 2 X 800S should not sound noticeably different.