Sennheiser Rant

Nechen · May 16, 2011

Broke another cheap POS pair of headphones with a crappy mic. Decided to visit my local BB

Anyway I came across these Sennheiser 203's and I just had to say AWESOME.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD...3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1305588480&sr=8-3

I was seriously skeptical about $50 headphones but holy crap are these nice. Deep bass/lows, crisp highs and overall excellent sound reproduction on my X-Fi soundcard.

Figured I'd post this incase anyone was having trouble deciding on a brand lol :clap:

EarthDog · May 16, 2011

This is the antithesis of a rant.

Glad you like your cans.

CompuTamer · May 16, 2011

They're Sennheiser, you're surprised? :screwy:

They're the only people that can get away with charging $2000 for a wireless mic system, and it be worth it.

Trottel · May 16, 2011

What are you comparing these to, "another cheap POS pair of headphones with a crappy mic?"

CompuTamer said:
They're Sennheiser, you're surprised?

They're the only people that can get away with charging $2000 for a wireless mic system, and it be worth it.

Eh, I'm not so sure about that.

CompuTamer · May 16, 2011

Trottel said:
What are you comparing these to, "another cheap POS pair of headphones with a crappy mic?"

Eh, I'm not so sure about that.

Okay, $1000

Domino · May 16, 2011

Edit: Nvm, I shouldn't be like that.

Glad you like yours. Enjoy them.

Nechen · May 17, 2011

I had some crappy Plantronics. And I said "Rant" as sarcasm

wagex · May 17, 2011

ive had my 202's for quite a few years and they still sound great

Domino · May 17, 2011

wagex said:
ive had my 202's for quite a few years and they still sound great

Ya, I really like the 202s. Great cans.

Nechen · May 18, 2011

Can you put Amps on Headphones? Although I thought my X-Fi card WAS an Amp....so wouldn't it be an amp through an amp to the headphones which would blow them?

Domino · May 18, 2011

I thought all sound cards have an amp? Not all would have a good amp, but they require an amp to vary the volume at least.

Yes, there are some headphones that have built in amps. I remember seeing one but I can't get you a link. Google does not search for what you are looking for. :/

Nechen · May 18, 2011

No I mean I've seen little Amps that have a LINE-IN and LINE-OUT that act as a pre-amp before it actually gets to the headphones. Doesn't the PCI-e SoundCard do this already?

Exempt · May 19, 2011

CompuTamer said:
They're Sennheiser, you're surprised?

They're the only people that can get away with charging $2000 for a wireless mic system, and it be worth it.

+1 majority of my companies sound equipment is Sennheiser, absolutely love every piece of equipment!

However I reviewed over 15 headphones set, and I didn't like the ones he picked up, I found the bass to be totally under toned and too sharp...but hey Im glad you like them there a great brand!

pwnmachine · May 19, 2011

Yup, had a couple pair bite the dust on me as well. Haven't bought another pair since.

Aynjell · May 19, 2011

Nechen said:
Broke another cheap POS pair of headphones with a crappy mic. Decided to visit my local BB

Anyway I came across these Sennheiser 203's and I just had to say AWESOME.
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD...3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1305588480&sr=8-3

I was seriously skeptical about $50 headphones but holy crap are these nice. Deep bass/lows, crisp highs and overall excellent sound reproduction on my X-Fi soundcard.

Figured I'd post this incase anyone was having trouble deciding on a brand lol

If you think those sound good your mind would explode if you heard the HD800.

CompuTamer said:
They're Sennheiser, you're surprised?

They're the only people that can get away with charging $2000 for a wireless mic system, and it be worth it.

Said it before and I'll say it again, if they're affordable, they're garbage. Low end senns feel and sound like crap.

poppedkernel · May 19, 2011

Its almost time for replacing my skullcandy hesh cans... and I was looking at that same pair of cans

CompuTamer · May 19, 2011

Usually headphones just run off of a preamp instead of a full blown amp.

clash · May 19, 2011

Nechen said:
Can you put Amps on Headphones? Although I thought my X-Fi card WAS an Amp....so wouldn't it be an amp through an amp to the headphones which would blow them?

Yes, yes you can... I have one on mine, and it makes a Huge difference. Google "headphone amp" and you will get several results.

freakdiablo · May 19, 2011

Nechen said:
No I mean I've seen little Amps that have a LINE-IN and LINE-OUT that act as a pre-amp before it actually gets to the headphones. Doesn't the PCI-e SoundCard do this already?

I know some sound cards have an onboard amp, but onboard sound and maybe some cheaper cards either don't or have an underpowered one (I want to say onboard sound card amps run at 5v, someone correct me since I'm pretty sure I got that mixed up somehow.) But I got an amp for my HD555s and it really makes a difference. They went from "well, better than the stock headphones" to "wow, why didn't I get this sooner?"

Nechen · May 22, 2011

Any suggestions on a headphone amp? I'm not really sure what I'm looking at for these. I know a lot of surround systems and received but for this I dunno.

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