Sennheiser HD 800 S

stvn758 wrote: Managed to get the originals new on eBay for £675, just before they announced the cool black ones.  You can apparently make them sound like the 's' version with a carefully applied piece of cloth, I'm sure Sennheiser have a much more technical name for what they did with the new version.

I suspect the purpose of the 'carefully applied piece of cloth' is to cut the output by a couple of dB
or so at around 6KHz to make the frequency response more like the 'S'.

I've found the 'S' sounds better with the internal dust covers taken out.

Hmmm, well the treble cut at around 6KHz they have achieved, apparently with a resonator, has made a noticeable improvement to treble quality.

I've been using a pair of HD 800S with a Solo ULDE and PSU1 for about a month now. The 800S were a worth while upgrade from HD700 and the Solo ULDE makes them sound wonderful.

It's been quite some time since i've posted anything here, i hope you don't mind me chiming in. I have a set of HD800's with custom memory foam earpads and a double helix silver cable. They are hooked up to a Solo ULDE and they sound absolutely fantastic.The solo is fed via a majestic DAC. The latest HD800S would have to be significantly better/different for me to upgrade to what looks to be a pretty similar headphone thats had some tweaking.   As much as i love Sennheiser, and i have a set of 540 Ref 2's as well that i love to bits and use away from home or in bed, hooked up to a Voyager amp. However, i have my eyes formly set on Grado. I hope it's a good move.


Edited by ROMPerformance - 11 Jan 2018 at 10:10pm