[Windsor]

Hey guys,
 
I recently got a next-to-new pair of Sennheiser HD 650 headphones. There seems to be an odd smell from the ear pads and the HD 650 box - is it just my pair or has anyone else experienced this with the HD 650 and the like?

 

[olor1n]

LOL! I received my brand new pair yesterday and yes I know the smell you're referring to. It kinda smells like vomit but is no doubt a remnant of the manufacturing process (I hope)!

 

[paconavarro]

LOL!!! try licking it ... if It smells like vomit and tastes like vomit... you do the math ...
 

 

[Aizura]

I remember my HD600 smelling exactly like a new car when I opened them for the first time.

 

[olor1n]

What? Why would I lick it? LOL! Maybe vomit is too strong a description. It certainly has that new from the factory smell.
 
I received another item last week that had this same smell. Both originated from the US. Maybe it's something USPS is doing to these packages!

 

[tzhuge]

My used ones smelled weird too... it's sort of like an old electronics smell. It seems to be on the foam in the case as well (or that's where it originates). I just washed the foam and pads with laundry detergent, and now they smell like morning breeze... or whatever.

 

[curiousmuffin]

hi sorry to drag up an old thread but I'm about to get the 650 also. Does this smell go away quickly or something I'll have to live with? 

 

[olor1n]

That chemical smell is from the foam inside the box. My HD650 has no trace of that smell. I place it on my Woo Audio stand rather than storing it in the box.

 

[zajo]

I just received mine last week, the smell was gone after sitting out for a day.  

 

[Ultrainferno]

You guys are funny, smelly headphones lol

 

[curiousmuffin]

oo oo that smell. cant you smell that smell?

 

[yifu]

Anything new has got a smell.

 

[brooce]

I've made everyone sick here about this, but yes, I feel it's my duty to CONFIRM THE AWFUL SMELL emanating from our friends at Stinkheiser.
 
I recently picked up a Sennheiser HD 650 and I feel better now that I have found a family of like-minded individuals put off by the stink.
*group hug*
 
I really feel Stinky Box Syndrome is a terrible thing to face when you've just decided to trust a company with your hard-earned several hundred dollars. In fact, terrible stink is bad all the time, let alone a first encounter.
 
Shocking that the company doesn't seem to care about this, and that is passed QC.
 
See my lovely Stinkheiser image here:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/197776/sennheiser-hd650-appreciation-thread/4650#post_7843542
 
Peace brothers.
 
 
 
 

 

[Mixed congee]

The plastic smelling.....?
hate that....

 

[LugBug1]

found this pic of the Sennheiser experts at the early stages designing the new 650 box.