[NinjaHamster]

Hope it's not $600 for two pieces of sorbothane!

 

[Krutsch]

Ugh... Just when I thought I could quit spending on Head-Fi for awhile...
 

 

[BirdManOfCT]

  Jesus christ I need to stop surfing Head-fi. I just told myself yesterday I am not spending any more money on audio equipment lol.

LOL! I was thinking the same thing today.

 

[jincuteguy]

Mmm....hope the price will be the same or even lower, just like T1.2 (no need for Senn to milk the cow a lot). Of course, I like this a lot and will be a blind purchase. Also, I hope no more mods are needed.

How much is the T1.2 ?

 

[junkimchi]

They should have made it like lime green or something to balance out how many here want unreasonably want this.

Its going to cause a disturbance in my bank account.

 

[altrunox]

Is this Tyll or Anax modded alike?

 

[pervysage]

  Axel Grell was on hand at the Tokyo headphone festival to talk about the HD800S headphones. I'm definitely looking forward to trying them.
 

 
The video kind of gives a better idea on availability. He says the amp will take some months to reach the market but HD800S should be "soon".

 

[madwolfa]

So, does S stand for Sibilance? Or... lack thereof (hopefully)?

 

[madwolfa]

I doubt the HD800's price is going to be dropped (not to alienate the userbase), so... instead, expecting the S to cost 2K+.

 

[Zoom25]

Looks like the all jet-black Colorware HD 800. I personally like the colour scheme of the regular more.

 

[money4me247]

Hope it's not $600 for two pieces of sorbothane!

hahah that was actually exactly what I was thinking.
 
The S probably stands for two pieces of Sorbothane added.
 
Would have been a lot more interesting if they completely refreshed the model. I mean it's been like 15+ years. Kind of hard to get too excited about the same headphone with mods added that the community has already explored. Hopefully, there is a little bit more than just some additional damping added & a black paintjob.
 
edit: looking forward to seeing how it measures & performs though

 

[pervysage]

  Looks like the all jet-black Colorware HD 800. I personally like the colour scheme of the regular more.

 
I'm digging the black. I've always wanted a black HD800 so that + some sound improvements sounds great to me.
 
I'm just worried about the price being way too high for what you are getting in improvements.

 

[pervysage]

  hahah that was actually exactly what I was thinking.
 
The S probably stands for two pieces of Sorbothane added.
 
Would have been a lot more interesting if they completely refreshed the model. I mean it's been like 15+ years. Kind of hard to get too excited about the same headphone with mods added that the community has already explored. Hopefully, there is a little bit more than just some additional damping added & a black paintjob.
 
edit: looking forward to seeing how it measures & performs though

 
Depending on what gets added to it and the difficulty of the mod, regular HD800 users may not have to shell out the cash for a new one? 

 

[Zoom25]

If they just added foam and lil improvements here and there, the price should either stay the same or be slightly increased IMO. With Audeze or Hifiman, I'd definitely expect a huge price jump, but don't see that happening with Sennheiser (hopefully not).

 

[Zoom25]

LOL even the website colour at the top for this thread has shifted over to black.