[bazelio]

   
Apparently 5 people in a very short amount of time. I think it is really gimmicky considering it is just an acoustic absorber and a paint job. Maybe if it were a totally new driver and an actual successor.

 
"New drivers, new everything.  Similar looks"
 
I dunno.  

 

[Dadracer]

So despite the likelihood you have not even heard it the fact the HD800S will come with 2 cables is enough to prevent you from buying it???

 

[elvergun]

   
I thought folks were saying it IS a new driver?  That was many pages back, as I recall...  but I've lost track of the thread now.

 
 
No one has been able to produce a link with evidence that indicates that it is a whole new driver.   Everything I've read indicates the opposite.  

 

[katulu]

   
 
No one has been able to produce a link with evidence that indicates that it is a whole new driver.   Everything I've read indicates the opposite.  

 
 
Really? Well, that sucks.  I mean, guess we'll see, but if it's just a retuning, then I definitely don't need the HD800s then... that's what my PEQ is for...

 

[bazelio]

   
 
No one has been able to produce a link with evidence that indicates that it is a whole new driver.   Everything I've read indicates the opposite.  

 
 
**Head explodes**
 
Unsubscribed.

 

[jincuteguy]

WHy Sennheiser isn't making any 'Planar magnetic" headphones yet? 

 

[elvergun]

   
 
**Head explodes**
 
Unsubscribed.

 
 
That's great news. 

 

[james6333]

WHy Sennheiser isn't making any 'Planar magnetic" headphones yet? 

... why is planer better? It is not like it is some new tech, magnepan was making planer magnetic speakers in the late 60s.

 

[IceClass]

Wow. Almost a hundred pages of speculative banter.

 

[murrays]

I see the new HD800S is marked as "available" on the Sennheiser website now: http://en-de.sennheiser.com/hd-800-s.

 

[piksnz]

I see the new HD800S is marked as "available" on the Sennheiser website now: http://en-de.sennheiser.com/hd-800-s.

it says available soon

 

[murrays]

it says available soon

On that link I posted it just says "AVAILABLE" all in caps.  On the right hand side just below "Article Number:506911" and "Choose your colors: [black]".  (heh, shades of Henry Ford).
Perhaps it is different on other websites?

 

[Destroysall]

   
 
**Head explodes**
 
Unsubscribed.

It's not a new driver. Sennheiser claims that the added absorption technology (used in their IE 800) helps to control resonance from low frequencies, bringing about further detail that could be lost within them. They may have done a few extra tweakings otherwise, but it doesn't seem to be a whole lot.

 

[shabta]

 
On that link I posted it just says "AVAILABLE" all in caps.  On the right hand side just below "Article Number:506911" and "Choose your colors: [black]".  (heh, shades of Henry Ford).
Perhaps it is different on other websites?

Your link says "available soon" when I click on it. Maybe they changed it? What price did you see?

 

[murrays]

  Your link says "available soon" when I click on it. Maybe they changed it? What price did you see?

I'll see if a screen capture will work...


I dunno - maybe there's some localisation going on? I tried Ctrl-R to refresh the page, but it didn't change. Oh well

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