[guermantes]

Hi,
 
I cannot borrow the Senns HD650 from the store to try out at home, so I find it difficult to gauge how much they leak compared to the DT880. My girlfriend said she could clearly hear music as I played it in the DT880 at home, will she hear more or less from the HD650?
 
Prologue: I had decided to get a DT880 (250 or 600 ohm) for listening to mainly classical music (chamber/opera). I excluded the D2000 out of mainly comfort, and not having heard the HD650 I excluded it nonetheless since it was 25% more pricey. Now, however, I have listened to them at the store and like what I hear, not more not less though than the DT880, just different. But I am thinking I could pay the extra premium for the aesthetic advantage of the Senns over the Beyers.
 
Thanks!
 
/G
 
 

 

[copdauxu]

Well, the HD650 is surely one noisy person, as much as DT880. You can't expect open cans to be "quiet", do you?

 

[guermantes]

Of course not. I just want the less noisier of the two. 

I am a little surprised though, I would not qualify the DT880 as a "noisy person". 

 

[rawrster]

The DT880 leaks less sound than the HD650 by a good amount. I wouldn't say the DT880 is completely open

 

[NinjaSquirt]

HD650 definitely leaks more sound than the DT880.

 

[guermantes]

Indeed, the DT880 is semiopen. But the guy in the store said that the HD650 was also semiopen.
 
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The DT880 leaks less sound than the HD650 by a good amount. I wouldn't say the DT880 is completely open