[Nicklikesmusic]

Sure you have all seen these charts before. Seems like the HD800S will be the headphone of choice for the very young or the fairer sex
Seems most of us 25+year old males could do with a little treble injection!

 

[Nicklikesmusic]

Im almost 43 and I don't perceive the sound signature of my rig to be harsh in any way. Maybe if I were younger it would be a different story. I feel an HD800S would be going in the wrong direction for me personally.

 

[eugenius]

You got that wrong, before you had to be at least 50 to be compatible with the HD800. Now you can be as young as 30 and still be compatible. This is Sennheiser going after a younger audience.

 

[Nicklikesmusic]

Haha! Just shows that this hobby needs to be tailored very personally to ourselves and many of the arguments I read on this forum could be quickly dispelled if people knew a little more about our ears and learned to be a little more understanding about how other people could have very conflicting points of view.
Today I measured the hearing of a 15 year old boy and he could not hear 10KHz. I felt very sorry for him.

 

[DougD]

  <snip snip>  Basic economics says that if there is demand, prices will rise. < snip snip >

 
Basic economics says a lot of things. Mainly that there is a Price-Supply Equilibrium. Demand by itself does not cause price increases. Price increases are a result of insufficient supply (and/or lack of adequate substitutes) to meet the market demand. 

 

[Thenewguy007]

1599 euro is $1720.35 right this minute. I predicted $1799 in the U.S. Please see the above. (I actually did lol)

Thank you Ying -- mortician adams

 
That's just a few hundred more than the current MSRP of the HD800, not too bad.

 

[Katun]

It would have been cool if they changed the earpad material to something more luxurious like the Sony F1. I thought the stock HD800 earpad material was pretty crappy, reminiscent of cheap pool table felt.

 

[kapanak]

  It would have been cool if they changed the earpad material to something more luxurious like the Sony F1. I thought the stock HD800 earpad material was pretty crappy, reminiscent of cheap pool table felt.

 
The HD800 earpads and headband use Alcantara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcantara_%28material%29 used in many luxury cars, such a Porsche seats.
 
Momentum On-Ears use it as well.
 
Alcantara is akin to Ultraleather, though only rated for half as many rubs at 100,000.
 
I can only recall one other earpads using Alcantara (nobody uses Ultraleather yet) and those are the Shure SRH-1540 earpads.
 
Unlike many velour and micro-suede earpads of other headphones, the HD800 ones have never caused my skin discomfort or itch, amd they don't shed either.

 

[Katun]

 
The HD800 earpads and headband use Alcantara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcantara_%28material%29 used in many luxury cars, such a Porsche seats.
 
Momentum On-Ears use it as well.
 
Alcantara is akin to Ultraleather, though only rated for half as many rubs at 100,000.
 
I can only recall one other earpads using Alcantara (nobody uses Ultraleather yet) and those are the Shure SRH-1540 earpads.
 
Unlike many velour and micro-suede earpads of other headphones, the HD800 ones have never caused my skin discomfort or itch, amd they don't shed either.

 
Yeah, I knew it used a fancy material, but it definitely feels cheap to me. But I guess you have the benefits of non-itchy, non-shedding, etc. And I'm guessing there are variations of it.
 
The 1540's pads felt substantially softer to the touch and I would have never guessed they are the same material. Perhaps the flatness of the HD800 pads have something to do with it, but then again, just the texture feels unappealing to me. But, I guess you don't listen to headphones for the purpose of analyzing the earpad softness... just a personal nitpick I found.

 

[Jodet]

   
That's just a few hundred more than the current MSRP of the HD800, not too bad.

 
So it could have been the same price as the 800, but forcing you to buy a cable you don't need allows them to continue selling  the 800 at it's current price.
 
Until I can buy one without the balanced cable I'm out.   There are just way, way too many other really good options for me to throw money at a cable I'll never use.  

 

[RCBinTN]

 
Im almost 43 and I don't perceive the sound signature of my rig to be harsh in any way. Maybe if I were younger it would be a different story. I feel an HD800S would be going in the wrong direction for me personally.

 
This is exactly why my wife prefers the HD800.  She has tinnitus and the HD800 treble is able to overcome the ringing in her ears without sounding harsh.  Kind of like an audiophile hearing aid aimed at delivering music directly into the skull.  LOL.

 

[Dadracer]

 

That's just a few hundred more than the current MSRP of the HD800, not too bad.

So it could have been the same price as the 800, but forcing you to buy a cable you don't need allows them to continue selling  the 800 at it's current price.

Until I can buy one without the balanced cable I'm out.   There are just way, way too many other really good options for me to throw money at a cable I'll never use.  

You could just get the HD800 and that doesn't come with a balanced cable

 

[icebear]

   
This is exactly why my wife prefers the HD800.  She has tinnitus and the HD800 treble is able to overcome the ringing in her ears without sounding harsh.  Kind of like an audiophile hearing aid aimed at delivering music directly into the skull.  LOL.

My better half has the same problem and just started last week with this app :
http://promedicalaudio.com/
Pretty self explanatory how it works (supposedly) but when someone is suffering from tinnitus, they will try anything to get rid of it or at least calm it down.
I keep all my fingers crossed that it will help.

 

[Valens7]

The HD 800 looks so, so much better in this color scheme. 

 
Not a very substantive observation, but, as I'm not likely to own this any time in the near future, I just thought that I'd register a lustful remark. 

 

[Sonic77]

Sorry, I'm late to this thread, but does anyone know when the release date for theses headphones will be?
Thanks