[]|[ GorE]

I place the ur40's as back as i can over my ear.Not towards your face.Also keep it as down as you can.

The UR40's are very good cans.LTUCII liked them better than the HD590,i believe.

 

[sgrossklass]

Ha! I'll be the new proud owner of a (barely) used SHP805 soon.

And that with the HD420SL still needing foam pad replacements and the HD497 not even being here yet. Where's that gonna lead...

*sigh*
Anyway, I'll let you guys know what I think of the Philips.

 

[Asr]

Your review makes me want an HP805 now...

 

[emrecan]

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Originally Posted by Asr Your review makes me want an HP805 now...

Not just want it.Get it know

its great comfortable phone.

 

[sgrossklass]

Quote:

Originally Posted by emrecan Not just want it.Get it know its great comfortable phone.

I don't think these are available in the US. Anyway, the rest of the world can also use a headphone bargain...

(Haven't got mine yet, should be on its way though.)

 

[]|[ GorE]

Waiting for your opinion

 

[sgrossklass]

Just unpacked them. Whoa - these are €25 cans?!

Bass is a tad much, and the upper mids/lower treble are a tad aggressive, but...

 

[sgrossklass]

OK, the EQ took care of the V-shaped frequency response.
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The bass goes pretty deep, I guess these operate as semi-open cans. There is some earcup hollowness but really just a bit. Mids, highs, soundstaging - all pretty good. Sensitivity is about up to par with, say, a HD497. As expected, isolation is pretty much inexistant. Construction isn't entirely bulletproof but really good for that kind of price (only when twisting the earcups against each other in a middle size setting, suspicious clicking noises were heard, otherwise the number of moving parts has been kept low); with the relatively large slightly oval earpads (foam covered with some kind of cloth) and the soft pleather headband padding, comfort isn't bad at all either, even though my ears do get somewhat warm after a while.
Overall: A pretty amazing deal if you ask me, particularly considering what kind of junk you normally get when looking at fullsized cans in this price region. Are these better than HD201s? Quite possibly, but that would be apples and oranges.

 

[sgrossklass]

I finally got around to do some high-level break-in today, a bit more than an hour total (at a volume high enough to give a good idea of the music in the whole room). That helped the smoothness of the highs in particular, but I think the slight hollowness has decreased as well. My EQ has slightly changed to this:
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And btw, I can only repeat myself: "Whoa - these are €25 cans?!"

Their general construction may still tell the price level, the sound most certainly does not. Give them some EQ, and they'll perform well above their price range. (The angled drivers are a nice touch, btw.)

A note on looks: In spite of using a similar silver as the HD497s, these cans actually look rather pretty. Possibly that's because of the larger size and more black elements. I could still imagine another color for the back grilles, but other than that, the design is well done.
Oh, and something else I'd forgotten: The weight is rather low, too. Not feather light à la HD590, but not far behind either. Clamping force is moderate, the available depth inside the earcups is generally sufficient but if your ears stick out they might touch something in there (I'd suggest trying different earcup positions until one finds something that's comfy).

EDIT: Oh, and it looks/sounds like bass response drops off quickly under ~40 Hz. That's plenty deep enough anyway.

 

[AudioNoob]

id replace ksc swith ur 40, and make the tile koss ur 40 vs

 

[dvw]

The 805 looks like the 895. Anyone knows the difference?

 

[]|[ GorE]

The HP895 is said to have the same driver/diaphragm design but its got a 50mm diameter.

 

[pramod]

nice review sushant .......just saw these headphones(philips) in a music store ...now seeing ur review i think i will buy them...btw i think hp800 uses the same drivers

 

[sgrossklass]

Slight difference: The drivers in the HP800 had a plain copper voice coil, while in the SHP805 (those shortened prefixes are a Good Thing[tm]) it's CCAW. Still no Nd magnets, but when you can hit 40 Hz with plain ferrite I wouldn't use it either for budget drivers.
The SHP895 uses the same basic design, but from the photos Google finds for me, just about everything else is quite a bit better: Nice-looking plushy velour earpads (I wouldn't know where to order replacements though), headband padding, drivers (a full-blown 50 mm job with Nd magnets and CCAW voice coil), rear grille openness (nice metal grille), mechanics, and then it looks like it comes with a somewhat longer cable (detachable, too) and a nifty headphone stand as well. It also costs more than twice as much as the basic '805, but I have little doubt that price/performance is just as excellent.

 

[]|[ GorE]

sgrossklass,i opened the hp805 again today and was wondering what could be done to make these fully open.
I have currently removed the thin black foam covering the grilles and put it on top,over the headband mechanism.I was wondering what else could be done to minimise bad internal reflections and make these fully open ?

We need to coop over this.