[Morph201]

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Originally Posted by peanuthead /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't mind plastic, but I mind ugly. And this thing is tacky ugly! I'll probably end up getting it eventually, but I know my wife will make fun of me when it's on my head.

Will she be making fun of the phones or your peanuthead?

 

[Currawong]

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Originally Posted by SleepyOne /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, that will be one serious match which everyone will be most interested! Please let us know how it goes! Looks like match 1 is with K1000, match 2 is with 007t....very excited!

Quite a few people who own O2s will probably get a pair of HD-800s so I'm sure I wont be the first to comment (IIRC HeadphoneAddict is getting a pair and will likely write up something epic about them). However, at this level of transparency, we'll pretty much be reviewing our sources and amps, in a manner of speaking, so it will be a case of finding out just how close a dynamic system can get to an electrostatic one.

I'm putting my bets on the HD-800s having the better soundstage (due to the driver position) and the O2s having more detail, but we'll see.

 

[practitioner]

Its finally here! I can't believe it!

 

[peanuthead]

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Originally Posted by Morph201 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Will she be making fun of the phones or your peanuthead?

Both!

 

[Morph201]

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Originally Posted by practitioner /img/forum/go_quote.gif Its finally here! I can't believe it!

Huh? What's finally here?!?

 

[buffalobill421]

review

 

[Fido2]

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Originally Posted by Morph201 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Will she be making fun of the phones or your peanuthead?

LOL...I think I can speak with some authority here, even though I have never seen the HD800 in person I have seen a lot of peanuts. If your head is indeed the size of a peanut then the phones will not sound very good. You will lose all soundstage and bass impact. The fit will most likely be attrocious and the treble and mids will be quite thin and weak sounding also....cheers...

 

[beard55]

Has there been any sign of the full review Jude was working on. I may have missed it.

 

[John Willett]

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Originally Posted by beard55 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Has there been any sign of the full review Jude was working on. I may have missed it.

I have not seen it.

I would expect Jude would put it in a new thread rather than hiding it in this one.

 

[immtbiker]

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Originally Posted by SleepyOne /img/forum/go_quote.gif With this noone will have to know what headphone you are using!

Sort of defeats the purpose of an open backed headphone, no?

 

[jude]

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Originally Posted by John Willett /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have not seen it. I would expect Jude would put it in a new thread rather than hiding it in this one.

Sorry, guys, most all of my Head-Fi time I have right now (and, for the most part, since getting back from CES) is going to keeping the site working.

Now back on topic (I didn't mean to take this off-topic to discuss forum admin).

 

[Lamenthe]

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Originally Posted by jude /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sorry, guys, most all of my Head-Fi time I have right now (and, for the most part, since getting back from CES) is going to keeping the site working. Now back on topic (I didn't mean to take this off-topic to discuss forum admin).

Understandable, can't wait to see your assessment when you finally get to it. I need more reviews to help me feel better/worse about my pre-order

 

[SleepyOne]

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Originally Posted by immtbiker /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sort of defeats the purpose of an open backed headphone, no?

OK, you got me, this is just the prototype, the real one will have large ear holes...

 

[dallan]

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Originally Posted by SleepyOne /img/forum/go_quote.gif OK, you got me, this is just the prototype, the real one will have large ear holes...

Could I get on the preorder list for one of those, that way my wife won't notice the new hd800s. What a lifesaver, anyway at least this way I will get in on the first shipment-so what number am I?

 

[jude]

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Originally Posted by Lamenthe /img/forum/go_quote.gif Understandable, can't wait to see your assessment when you finally get to it. I need more reviews to help me feel better/worse about my pre-order

Here's the first paragraph (yes, I do have a draft):

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[size=medium]Even if you thought I was credible and trustworthy--even if you've read any of the audio impressions of any number of pieces of gear I've written about (briefly or verbosely) on the pages of these forums over the years, and, as a result, felt inclined to feel audio-simpatico with me--I worried that if I told you the absolute truth of my feelings about Sennheiser's new flagship HD 800 headphone, you'd think I took employ in the marketing department of Sennheiser, and became their ultimate HD800 shill on Head-Fi. Because what it comes down to--after a private, extended, solitary listening session the day before CES 2009, and, even more importantly, after a week with the HD800 at home and work--is that everything I have to say about this headphone reads like ad copy. Seriously, pretty much everything. Very early on, I said that if asked to describe the HD 800 in a word, I'd have said "effortless." After some getting-to-know-you time with it, however, I'm increasingly comfortable with a new one-word rejoinder: "Flawless." Sonically, from the surface to the center, from stem to stern, from left to right, throughout my entire audible frequency spectrum, I can not say that there's anything--not a single, solitary thing--that I'd change about the Sennheiser HD 800....

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Now back to fixing and testing Head-Fi for me.