Headphones
Sennheiser HD 518
The Sennheiser HD518 is an affordable full-size 'audiophile' headphone with an outstandingly well-balanced musical presentation that's amazing to hear at this price. Signature German audio ease, even-toned musical pace and transparent detail resolution in a headphone ready for office, campus or listening room. Cool looks keeps in style but its the sound quality that will keep these cans affixed to your head in pure acoustic pleasure. A huge HeadRoom favorite.
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Product Features:
- Huge "bang for the buck" headphone performance
- Comfortable elliptical full-size, circumaural design
- Features 'E.A.R' driver for maximized spaciousness and soundstage imaging depth
- Airy, vented open-back earcup construction
- Free Sennheiser 2-year manufacturer's premium warranty
What's In The Box:
- 1/8" [3.5mm] mini-plug adapter
Applications:
A very sizeable audio step-up from the HD515 model it replaces, the open-back Sennheiser HD518 has some serious audio engineering lurking behind its wallet-friendly price. Patented 'DuoFol' diaphragms and fast-response, nearly-weightless neodymium magnet drivers deliver an accurate acoustic reproduction and an immersive depth of field like few cans we've heard anywhere near this price. The HD518's musical heft and sonic body offers excellent weight in the bottom-end along with soaring extension into the mids and upper highs, making it a noteworthy maximum 'bang-for-the-buck' value in full-size [circumaural] headphones. The HD518 are good-sounding direct from computers and also synergize well with iPad / iPod or MP3 players given their natural tonal warmth and smooth timbral delivery. The HD518 rate a fairly efficient 50 Ohm impedance and work great sans a headphone amp, but employing a quality amp adds dynamic bloom, expands transient 'quickness' and delivers a tighter-textured low-end, along with clearer definition of subtle recording nuances. Music lovers wanting the best sound possible without climbing the steep side of the 'price vs. diminishing returns' curve should have a listen to the HD518.
Of course, nowadays it's not only just about killer audio engineering, so the modern louvered slat earcup design on the Sennheiser HD518 provides a cosmetic hint at the slick sonic performance underneath. Proprietary Sennheiser 'E.A.R.' technology optimizes soundstaging elements through an angled acoustic baffle system within the earcups designed to focus audio waves in parallel to the human ear. The result is a wider depth of field and more "layered' instruments and voices heard in the HD518's musical presentation. Fully open-back circumaural earcups with black velour ear cushions will settle comfortably around the outer part of the earlobes on most wearers. The high-quality OFC headphone cord is conveniently owner-detachable / replaceable via a locking mechnism into the headphones; the cord extends about 9 feet in length. The HD518 plug is a beefy 1/4" stereo jack and a handy mini-adapter to the smaller 1/8" [3.5mm] plug is included in the Sennheiser packaging. The 2-year manufacturer warranty is free with your "authorized" Sennheiser-dealer receipt, like the one you'll get here at HeadRoom.
Specifications:
- Weight: 8.6 oz (255 g)
- THD+N: <0.2% (1 kHz; 100dB SPL
- Impedance @ 1kHz: 50 Ohms
- Detachable Cable: Yes
- Cord Length: 9ft
- Cord Type: Straight Left-Side
- Coupler Size: Large
- Ear Coupler Type: Full-Size
- Driver Type: Dynamic
- Acoustic Seal: Open
- Connector Type: 1/8
- Headphone Type: Full Size
- Manufacturer Warranty: 2 years
- Sensitivity: 108dB
Average Rating
Posted by Dan on 2012-02-03
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Vocals, Bass, Comfort, and Durability
Cons: Cord Length, Audio Jack, and Sound Leakage
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you?
Posted by SMRDcompany from Serbia on 2011-12-10
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Excellent design, comfortable, fits your ears perfectly, the bass goes way low
The design is amazing, not one sound skips your ears, but the isolation is non-existent, meaning they are very loud for the enviroment. But that's okay, because they are not made to be portable anyways. Buy them now!
15 out of 19 people found this review helpful. Did you?
Posted by Zobel from Montana on 2011-11-14
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: great sound, easy to drive, very comfortable
Cons: long plug length when using the adaptor
20 out of 23 people found this review helpful. Did you?
