Headphones
Sennheiser HD 205
Sennheiser turns their attention to the budget conscious but rockin' bass-heads out there with the HD205 model. Don't be lured by others who bring it only with bloated, wooly, one-note low-end response; these sealed mid-sized 'earpad' sealed headphones deliver deep, tight, well-textured bass that's smoothly blended into a well balanced mid-range and treble range. All delivered with Sennheiser's world-class sense of style and stellar build quality.
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Product Features:
- Clear and emphatic bass, with good balance through mids and highs.
- A solid offering for a budget headphone.
- Sealed design reduces unwanted outside noise.
- Tasty styling and solid build quality from a world-class maker.
What's In The Box:
- 1/4" adaptor
- Carrying pouch
Applications:
Headphone friendly giant Sennheiser recently rolled out a slew of well-priced 'entry-to-mid-level' headphones commemorating their grand 60th anniversary in the business. The HD 205 headphone picks up the sealed-earcup design gauntlet from the 'economy-line' HD 201 model by beefing up the bass response and adding slightly more vividly rendered, transparent-sounding highs. The mid-range sonics still remain somewhat recessed, giving the HD 205 a mild accentuation in the lows and highs typical for headphones at this general price point. The uppermost treble range is reasonably well-controlled, however, so the HD 205 manages to avoid the deadly sin of edgy harshness, a real no-no when using portable digital audio sources that may already tend towards a brittle sound in the higher frequencies. The HD 205 is a solid choice for the budget-concious listener wanting some ambient noise isolation and good bottom-end sonics in an inexpensive, solidly well-built, and rather terrific-looking headphone.
The HD 205 has an efficient 32-ohm impedance/ 112dB sensitivity rating, making it well-suited for portable use with laptop computers, iPods/Mp3 players, and portable CD/DVD devices. You should get clean output volume from the HD 205 with just about any portable audio source without requiring the use of a dedicated headphone amp. Of course, an amp would maximize the potential sound quality of the HD 205 and make a big improvement on the overall clarity, musical dynamics, and recording detail resolution as heard through your headphones.
The construction of these headphones appears quite durable with simple sliding-headband fit adjustments and a sleek chrome/silver/black color scheme that's pretty darn schwingy-looking. The HD 205's mid-sized, supra-aural, pleather-padded earcups swivel away for one-ear listening or DJ mixing applications. The clamping force of the headband does feel extremely secure and may perhaps be a bit tight for the larger-noggin listeners out there. Letting the headphones stretch while clamped on a basketball for several days or clamping them over a thick stack of books will help alleviate that issue for big-head types (like ourselves). The single-sided headphone cord exits from the left earcup and is terminated to 1/8" [3.5mm] mini-plug. A full-size, threaded 1/4" adapter is included in the package along with a nifty padded carry-pouch to protect your headphones while in transit. A 2-year product warranty is standard with all Sennheiser headphones.
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Specifications:
- Microphone: No
- Cord Length: 10 ft. (3 m)
- Weight: 8
- Detachable Cable: No
- Driver Type: Dynamic
- Coupler Size: Large
- Cord Type: Straight Left-Side
- Warranty: 2 Years
- Connector Type: 1/8" with 1/4" adaptor
- Isolation: -10dB ~ -12dB
- Ear Coupler Type: Full-Size
- Impedance @ 1kHz: 32
- Manufacturer Warranty: 2 Years
- Wireless: No
- Headphone Type: Full Size
- Noise Cancelling: No
- Acoustic Seal: Closed
- Balanced: No
Average Rating
Posted by Wilhelm on 2010-01-28
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Good sound, Quality Build
Cons: Cord too long for travel
A potential buyer should know a few things though: The cord is quite long. This is useful but also cumbersome. Also, cups themselves are quite small. Again, this was what I was looking for but it is something to keep in mind.
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Posted by fiddler from Oregon on 2010-01-19
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Good value for a budget headphone
Cons: Isolation is just ok
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Posted by fueldog1 from Orlando, FL on 2010-01-16
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Comfortable
Cons: None
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