Sennheiser HD-280 PRO Headphones by Sennheiser
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Digital camera reviews of Sennheiser HD-280 PRO Headphones
Digital camera Review: Bang for the Buck
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my first purchase for a high end earphone and I am satisfied.
Bought this after reviewing couple of websites and reader reviews and I must say these are adequate for my needs.
Initially after moving from light earphones, these feel bulky and heavy but as time went by I am enjoying them more and more.
They sound very good with the IPOD and once you wear them there is no noise leakeage - so you can blast the volumn.
Digital camera Review: Bang for the buck - fills a specific need
Summary: 4 Stars
I live in New York City and take the subway every day to and from work, and love listening to my iPod. Unfortunately, my line runs R-32 and R-38 cars, which were built in the 60's and are extremely noisy to ride in. Those ear phones that Apple gives you I gave up on after 10 minutes. I had a pair of Sennheiser HD535's that are open-ear circumaural phones with great fidelity, so I went to those. They sound great, but don't do much to combat the noise, and they're also high impedance, so they don't get very loud with the lightweight amplification from the iPod. After a few months of dealing with that noise, and the ringing in my ears from listening loud, I decided to find a good closed-ear headphone. I have reservations about 'noise-cancelling' headphones: in order to cancel outside noise, they sample it with a small mic and flip it out of phase and mix the inverted noise in with your music. To me, this sounds like PERCEIVED noise reduction, and actually more volume of sound entering your ears, leading to potential hearing loss. Since I am an audio engineer, I try hard to protect my livelihood (ears), so even if it's only my theory, I am staying away from active noise cancelling phones. Well, as it turns out, these headphones deliver exactly what I wanted, to the best of their capability. A tight fit is important to these headphones, as they aim to complete a seal around your ear so outside noise can't get in. Combine that with a good closed-back design and moderately good sonics and you have a great solution for noise reduction and decent sound. The claims of dB loss are exaggerated and probably are only accurate in lab tests - real world I'd say you get a good 6-12 dB reduction. That is great though, and that also means you can turn down your iPod 6-12 dB and still hear everything well. The only issues I have with them are: I have noticed with the stretching out (breaking in) of the phones, the seal isn't as good. Still not bad, but not like brand new. Also, I have a large head (7-5/8 cap size, if that means anything to you) and while they fit well, they look huge and I get looks on the train every day. I don't mind that - in NYC, everybody has an iPod, and the few who don't should just put their eyes back in their book or Us Weekly. With my large head, I also notice that the seals break a bit when I turn my head - it is a strange sensation, but one I am getting used to. I am just happy I've found a real solution to enjoying my music at non-deafening, non-harmful levels in the noisy city, short of airplane runway guide's earphones. They are also great to just put on and not play any music - they cut out enough noise I can fall asleep on the train. I would even recommend them to drummers for practice and in use in recording studios, as there is no leakage from the drivers. Enjoy.Digital camera Review: Be careful when you order the HD-280 these days: Amazon.com ships the HMD-280 instead
Summary: 5 Stars
Be careful when you order HD-280 these days: Amazon.com ships the HMD-280 instead. It happened twice in a row to me. I was told that shipping is automated. So, since the identical mistake happened twice already, it would likely happened a 3rd time. Therefore, the employee said, better get a refund rather than re-order again! Hard to believe that a human could not supersede the automation when an obvious mistake has been found in the automated shipping process. I refuse to believe it, and I am writing this review in an effort (among others) to get management's attention to fix the problem.Digital camera Review: Beats out the Sony MDR-V900 a teensy bit
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading lots of reviews on Amazon, I decided in favor of the Sennheiser HD-280, having let the terrific price tempt me. Within a week, I also bought a Sony MDR-V900 for my wife, who uses them for recording and wears them an average of two hours a day. She likes the way they reproduce her voice and guitar. To compare the two I plugged them alternately into my Macintosh iBook G4 and played several kinds of music from iTunes. The Sennheisers block ambient sound better than the Sonys. Both are very comfortable. The Sony set is louder at the same volume setting, and oddly tends to flatten the dynamic range a bit; soft and loud passages are brought closer in volume. The Sennheiser headphones keep individual instruments separated better. Deep bass notes seem less muddy. Highs are clear, and the midrange where voices reside is nicely rendered. The differences are subtle, and it takes a lot of back-and-forth playing of the same passage to really appreciate the difference. I'm very happy with my choice of Sennheiser.Digital camera Review: Best $84 I've Ever Spent
Summary: 5 Stars
I paid $84 (obviously), with shipping, for these headphones and they are definitely worth it. I used to be a DJ and now I just do alot of music editing with Sound Forge and these are the best headphones I have used to date. What is impressive is the amount of ambient noise they cut when worn. They rival low end noise canceling headphones which I have used. I love that they can go as loud as you can tolerate. Skip the noise canceling cans and get these which cancel noise effectively and sound unbelievable.