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Sennheiser HD 800 Balanced
Now comes the "World's Best Headphones" made even better -- Sennheiser HD800 featuring balanced XLR cord modifications from yours truly, HeadRoom Electronics. Even headphones this acoustically perfect audibly improve under balanced-drive control, so partner with our HeadRoom BUDA balanced headphone amp for a listening experience guaranteed to astound and amaze your discerning audiophile head -- or 100% your money back!
Selecting high-performance headphone systems warrants personal assistance, so call (800) 828-8184 or email our expert HeadRoom sales staff with any questions -- we're here to help you Get It Right Between Your Ears.
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Only USA shipping allowed on the Sennheiser HD800 due to manufacturer restrictions!
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Product Features:
- The 'Gold Standard' of technical excellence in the headphone listening experience
- Toroidal 55mm angled driver for distortion-free performance and natural imaging
- High-quality stock cable modified for balanced XLR amp operation here at HeadRoom
- Outstanding comfort and widely adjustable, highly ergonomic fit
- Stunning German headphone designed with contemporary styling and cuttting-edge materials
Applications:
The Sennheiser HD800 may well be the world's best headphone (see our HeadRoom Sennheiser HD800 product page for basic information), but it can sound even better when driven by dedicated balanced headphone amplifiers. Audio improvements are across the board in instrumental articulation, musical clarity, punchy impact, and liquid ease of response. At our frequent HeadRoom headphone audio events, listeners of the HD800 in both configurations will typically report the standard 'unbalanced' version sounds less vivacious and lush in blind comparisons. Its clear to say that balanced drive delivers an audible and significant musical performance improvement for serious music lovers using Sennheiser HD800 headphones.
Most "stock" headphone cables simply aren't worth modifying for reference balanced operation. Fortunately, Sennheiser has provided a very worthy cable with the HD800 so just re-terminating their stock cord for balanced use is an excellent way to make these cans compatible with balanced-drive amps. At HeadRoom, the HD800 cable is modified with the addition of two stereo (left/right) Neutrik male 3-pin XLR connections ideal with our HeadRoom Balanced Ultra Desktop Amp.
The Sennheiser HD800 headphone cord is a specially tuned, symmetrical, impedance-matching cable with an extremely low measured capacitance. Braid design is a Sennheiser-proprietary shielded four-conductor within two shielded twisted pairs housed in a unique dialectric insulation featuring thick Teflon-coated, silver plated, oxygen-free pure copper conductors. With our painstakingly precise HeadRoom XLR balanced cord plug modification, your beloved HD800s will be ready to seriously rock your headphone world in a wonderfully balanced way -- so hold on to your music-loving audiophile head!
Specifications:
- Warranty: 2 Years
- Detachable Cable: Yes
- Cord Length: 10 ft. (3 m)
- Connector Type: Balanced XLR
- Ear Coupler Type: Full-Size
- Impedance @ 1kHz: 300
- Coupler Size: Large
- Cord Type: Straight Y
- Manufacturer Warranty: 2 years
- Headphone Type: Full Size
- Wireless: No
- Noise Cancelling: No
- Isolation: 0
- Balanced: Yes
- Acoustic Seal: Open
- Microphone: No
- Driver Type: Dynamic
Additional Resources:
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Average Rating
Posted by Jack's naim from Canada on 2011-05-24
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: SUPER COMFY and THE SOUND is to DIE FOR
Cons: You need to spend money before nirvana can be had.
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Posted by JLEE from Atlanta-Georgia on 2010-10-08
Recommend Product: Yes
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Posted by jazzmokey from Manila Philippines on 2010-01-15
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: excellent headphone nothing compares
Cons: none
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