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Sennheiser HD 700
IN-STOCK; VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY! The Sennheiser HD700 is an audiophile dynamic headphone with warm acoustic performance and price perfectly perched between the HD800 and HD650 model. Although not quite as expansively detailed, listeners familiar with the flagship HD800 can expect richer, deeper bass response and a fuller presentation with bedrock HD700 low-end textures. It's definitely a less stringent sound and one which may appeal to listeners who enjoy the HD650's smooth tone but seek better midrange focus and improved upper treble extension. Detachable HD700 cable employs mono 'mini' 3.5mm Y-plugs into each earcup.
Sorry, Sennheiser HD700 can only ship within USA due to manufacturer restrictions.
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Product Features:
- Patented ventilated magnet system manages airflow for huge, airy spacious tone
- Vibration damping frame and special steel mesh ventilation with open-back design
- Newly-engineered domed dynamic driver arrays
- Huge soundstage depth and detail from especially tuned, precisely angled transducers
- Excellently full, taut bass response with authoritative heft
- Free 2-year Sennheiser manufacturer warranty
What's In The Box:
- Sennheiser HD700 storage box
Applications:
HeadRoom had an early opportunity to get some quality ear time with the Sennheiser HD700 headphones at CES in Las Vegas back in January 2012 and more recently when one of our favorite Sennheiser big-wigs dropped by our Montana shop with them secretly in tow. Our prolonged impression is the Bavarian boys may have struck yet again with one of the most superlative and musically exciting headphones we've heard from the Sennheiser audiophile arsenal. Delivering an audibly more textural, rounded and wonderfully rollicking low-bass presence versus its big brother, the alleged 'King Of Headphones' Sennheiser HD800, the somewhat similarly-sized HD700 offers welcome "corrections" for those listeners turned off by the relentless analytical precision of the HD800's lightning-fast transient accuracy. Significantly easier to power (150 Ohms vs the HD800 rating @ 300 Ohms) and sporting a new ventilated magnet system said to improve dynamic response time and 'airy' timbral transparency, the HD700 indeed sound like an ideal mid-way approximation between the classically smooth, warm-toned Sennheiser HD650 approach and the highly critical, uber-revealing resolution delivered by the reference HD800 presentation. So expect a slightly more forgiving sound but without trading away the acoustic presence and engaging immediacy of its pricier brethren. Listeners who may have thought the HD800 too lean or overly recessed in bottom-end bass punch will likely be appreciative of the HD700's effortless vigor and extension into the lower bass and low-midrange frequencies.
The Sennheiser HD700 are full-size open-back headphones with zero isolation or noise-blocking ability, so they're not well-geared for mobile or portable use in situations where others will hear your cans "leaking out" your beauteous music to the world. The ergonomic fit proved equally as comfortable for all our testers as the excellent HD800 design, if perhaps even a bit lighter-feeling on the head. The HD700 headphone cord is a unique, owner-detachable 'Y-cord' design featuring monophonic male mini [3.5mm] plugs into each left / right earcup (we expect the Cardas folks are already hard at work coming up with a cable upgrade!). Free premium 2-year Sennheiser manufacturer's warranty with your HeadRoom authorized dealer purchase receipt!
NOTE: HeadRoom audio lab graphs will be posted for this brand-new headphone model asap!
Specifications:
- Isolation: 0
- Impedance @ 1kHz: 150 Ohms
- Detachable Cable: Yes
- Cord Length: 9.5ft
- Cord Type: Straight Y
- Weight: 9.6 oz (w/o cable)
- Coupler Size: Large
- Ear Coupler Type: Full-Size
- Driver Type: Dynamic
- Acoustic Seal: Open
- Connector Type: 1/4
- Headphone Type: Full Size
- Manufacturer Warranty: 2 Years
- Sensitivity: 105 dB
