Randy Myers
100+ Head-Fier
I absolutely love my HD800S! I never heard the original but I appreciate what I read as the difference. The comfort of the HD800S is amazing in my opinion. I love that I can listen to them for long periods of time, which I never could with the McIntosh and Audeze that I owned previously.
I currently use a Benchmark DAC3 HGC as the Pre-Amplifier/DAC/Control Unit. The unit sounds fantastic when I can listen to my amplifier and speakers, but for the time that I can't the HD800S are amazing with the Benchmark. Benchmark really make a great headphone amplifier and the new ESS9028PRO DAC chip is simply amazing! Benchmark also like Sennheiser. They actually offer Sennheiser headphones as accessories on their website!
I currently use a Benchmark DAC3 HGC as the Pre-Amplifier/DAC/Control Unit. The unit sounds fantastic when I can listen to my amplifier and speakers, but for the time that I can't the HD800S are amazing with the Benchmark. Benchmark really make a great headphone amplifier and the new ESS9028PRO DAC chip is simply amazing! Benchmark also like Sennheiser. They actually offer Sennheiser headphones as accessories on their website!