I find these to be much more comfortable and better built than the ones I had. The only possible down side is that, like any large cover-the-ear style headphones, after wearing these for a while in a warm environment, ears tend to get hot and sweaty. These things are so freaking choice that they've influenced my taste in music drastically, they make it very easy to point out the flaws in bad music. They get so uncomfortable after 1 hour of use. Just picking these up off the table can give you the reassurance that these headphones will last a long time. After owning my 280s for 2 years now, I can offer a pretty informed insight on this. The difference is astounding compared to listening out of the box. While the headphones do block an impressive amount of ambient noise, some naturally leaks in.
If you are someone that can get really into things and ignore the world than these basically would cancel out everything. When I first started using these headphones, they did seem a bit tight around my big head.
I decided to use this product after reading hundreds of reviews on numerous websites, including the 144 reviews at the time on Amazon.
I'm from Australia, and Sennheiser distributors here are charging nearly $400 AUD (about $320 USD) for the same model (a rip off).
Good luck and great times! In other words, I would say the bass is not weak, but multidimensional. - Cups could have a little less pressure So it is a good headphone for DJs but poor choice for air traveler, commuter or office.
These take a while to burn in and until then they sound like little tiny speakers. Like I said, I use them for hours with no problems, though I should mention that in hot weather the leather-like material gets rather hot.
After breaking a pair of $30 "noise-cancelling" (their idea of noise-cancelling was adding white noise) headphones earlier in the year, I knew I wanted something of quality. 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.
Match the headphones to your audio source.
With these all you need is the headphones. I can pick up little defects in the recordings and I've never experienced that before. So, if you are primarily going to use this with your MP3 player, this is the best product available. To demystify one thing I noticed in other reviews that have been said about these headphones; they do not have any lack of bass-period.
I've even started listening to some classical music, music that I never had much appreciation for before. It's made my music better.
In my opinion, they are too large for portable use or travel.
If you are someone that can get really into things and ignore the world than these basically would cancel out everything. When I first started using these headphones, they did seem a bit tight around my big head.
I decided to use this product after reading hundreds of reviews on numerous websites, including the 144 reviews at the time on Amazon.
I'm from Australia, and Sennheiser distributors here are charging nearly $400 AUD (about $320 USD) for the same model (a rip off).
Good luck and great times! In other words, I would say the bass is not weak, but multidimensional. - Cups could have a little less pressure So it is a good headphone for DJs but poor choice for air traveler, commuter or office.
These take a while to burn in and until then they sound like little tiny speakers. Like I said, I use them for hours with no problems, though I should mention that in hot weather the leather-like material gets rather hot.
After breaking a pair of $30 "noise-cancelling" (their idea of noise-cancelling was adding white noise) headphones earlier in the year, I knew I wanted something of quality. 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.
Match the headphones to your audio source.
With these all you need is the headphones. I can pick up little defects in the recordings and I've never experienced that before. So, if you are primarily going to use this with your MP3 player, this is the best product available. To demystify one thing I noticed in other reviews that have been said about these headphones; they do not have any lack of bass-period.
I've even started listening to some classical music, music that I never had much appreciation for before. It's made my music better.
In my opinion, they are too large for portable use or travel.
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