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Headphoneus Supremus
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I just got the Senn hda-200. these are audiometric headphones used for the calibration of audiometric equipment. i guess this means they are very neutral and accurate!!
senns link: Sennheiser USA - Audiometers, HDA 200, closed dynamic ear protector headphones - Professional Audio
out of the box the 1st thing i noticed is that its terminated in 2 1/4" plugs. each plug is for one channel and they both play off the lt channel in a stereo output. took me a few minutes to realize that- once i did i pulled the rt channel plug partway out to connect properly. (xenos amp with 2 outputs made this possible). these were terminated professionally by appearence, they come unterminated according to the site.
2nd thing is that there is no adjustment. you pull these over your head and pull the cups down to your ears. very much like a MBQuart hi solid headphone. these would not fit large heads, my medium head has no problem. they come with a velcro headband cushion for smaller heads.
3rd thing is the colors- blue and red. my speech pathologist wife recognized them immediately as professional headphones.
construction is plastic with metal headband, thick cord. seems very solid
these are extremely isolating. based on peltor ear defender design, these shut out all noise except loud talking or higher noises. they also squeeze slightly and are hot eventually.
The sound.
very neutral imo. extreme detail in mids, detail going to mid highs and mid bass. does not give tinkly highs or super bass thump. this is like a high end monitor type headphone. you can hear all flaws in your mp3s easily. the other monitor type cans i have and had are a pioneer monitor 10, akg k271, 240df, sextett. these are in the same vein with more range in the highs and lows than a sextett speaker. just like those they are hard to drive. they say 40 ohms but drive like 200. these work great for a critical music listener. i tried these for gaming, not so good. small soundstage. i got plenty of bass with eq settings but its not 'fun' bass like a denon d2000, and not 'fun' highs like an audio technica
i tried these with heavy beat hip hop, dance music, some heavy metal, and gaming. male and female vocals. used x-fi out to xenos amp or rca mp3 player to xenos amp
senns link: Sennheiser USA - Audiometers, HDA 200, closed dynamic ear protector headphones - Professional Audio
out of the box the 1st thing i noticed is that its terminated in 2 1/4" plugs. each plug is for one channel and they both play off the lt channel in a stereo output. took me a few minutes to realize that- once i did i pulled the rt channel plug partway out to connect properly. (xenos amp with 2 outputs made this possible). these were terminated professionally by appearence, they come unterminated according to the site.
2nd thing is that there is no adjustment. you pull these over your head and pull the cups down to your ears. very much like a MBQuart hi solid headphone. these would not fit large heads, my medium head has no problem. they come with a velcro headband cushion for smaller heads.
3rd thing is the colors- blue and red. my speech pathologist wife recognized them immediately as professional headphones.
construction is plastic with metal headband, thick cord. seems very solid
these are extremely isolating. based on peltor ear defender design, these shut out all noise except loud talking or higher noises. they also squeeze slightly and are hot eventually.
The sound.
very neutral imo. extreme detail in mids, detail going to mid highs and mid bass. does not give tinkly highs or super bass thump. this is like a high end monitor type headphone. you can hear all flaws in your mp3s easily. the other monitor type cans i have and had are a pioneer monitor 10, akg k271, 240df, sextett. these are in the same vein with more range in the highs and lows than a sextett speaker. just like those they are hard to drive. they say 40 ohms but drive like 200. these work great for a critical music listener. i tried these for gaming, not so good. small soundstage. i got plenty of bass with eq settings but its not 'fun' bass like a denon d2000, and not 'fun' highs like an audio technica
i tried these with heavy beat hip hop, dance music, some heavy metal, and gaming. male and female vocals. used x-fi out to xenos amp or rca mp3 player to xenos amp
