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Sennheiser HD 212 Pro
MSRP $89.95
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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.
- 2 year warranty
What's In The Box:
- 1/4" adaptor
Applications:
In years past, finding a well-priced, decent-sounding, sealed-back, portable/mobile-use headphone was rather difficult. We now find ourselves in the midst of almost an over-abundance of them, including the Sennheiser HD 212 PRO. These headphones strike a very acceptable compromise between fair price, good sound, quality build, wearing comfort, and ambient noise isolation factor. Though they have plenty of bass, their overall musical presentation is warm and tonally smooth with a well-balanced, present midrange. The upper highs do tend to be slightly recessed, however, which is quite typical for sealed headphones at the lower pricepoints. Still, a quite competetent, ergonomically lightweight, portable closed-back headphone at a reasonable price that can do many things well.
The HD 212 PRO use a sealed [closed-back], almost-circumaural mid-sized earcup design. They have circular pleather-padded earcups that nearly surround the ears, but are not quite large enough to prevent the flat part of the earpads from resting gently against the ouside edge of the earlobes. The result is a set of headphones that have the lightweight and smaller ergonomics of a supra-aural design, but retain the secure fit and comfort of a larger circumaural headphone model.
The HD 212 PRO are grey/silver in color and use a VERY lightweight, simple three-piece design consisting of the two earpieces and the headband. The earpieces attach via small ball-like protrusions that ride in a groove in the headband; the detents in this groove allow you to adjust the fit. This arrangement also allows you to remove the earpieces from the headband for ease of storage, although too much disassembly could cause premature wear on the ball joint, permanently ruining the attachment point. The headphone cable is a three meter long "Y"-cord, which attaches into the bottom of both earcups via 2.5mm mono plugs whose jacks fit tightly into a hole in each earpiece -- a nice bit of engineering for a fairly difficult widget. At the other end, the cable is terminated with a 1/8" [3.5mm] mini-plug. A 1/8" to 1/4" stereo plug adapter is handily included in the package. 2 year manufacture's warranty is standard.
Specifications:
- Sensitivity: 112 dB/V
- Cord Type: Straight Y
- Coupler Size: Medium
- Cord Length: 10 ft. (3 m)
- Weight: 6.7
- Detachable Cable: Yes
- Warranty: 2 Years
- Connector Type: 1/8"
- Ear Coupler Type: Earpad
- Impedance @ 1kHz: 32
- Manufacturer Warranty: 2 Years
- Wireless: No
- Headphone Type: Earpad
- Noise Cancelling: No
Additional Resources:
- Manufacturer's Website
- http://www.sennheiserusa.com/
- Product Manuals
- HD 212 Pro
Average Rating
Posted by goofy256 from Washington, DC on 2010-03-15
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Durable and private
Cons: Squeeze over long periods
I purchased these headphones 30 months ago, and they have been durable during many airplane trips with my laptop and my Ipod. I will miss them if they break, and because they meet my needs perfectly I plan to buy another while they are still being manufactured.
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Posted by PScal from Little Rock, AR on 2010-02-08
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Rugged, good bass
Cons: Unfomfortable for extended listening
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Posted by derek800 from Macomb, MI on 2010-01-12
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Monster bass, very comfortable, good isolation
Cons: Clamping force on the head if not stretched out
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