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Dan - Congrats on your new and beautiful HD800s. I listened to them at CanJam during RMAF this year. They look and sound terrific!
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Dan, a nice review.
I own the HD650 since almost 9 years (it was their top model then) and I love it. But the 700 & 800 are indeed a huge step upwards. I could hear that at the last Brussels' Hi-fi Show, with their fantastic headphone amps.
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Congratulations on your new headphone set-up. I bet is sounds terrific.
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Dan, congrats on the HD800. They are a beautiful pair of cans for sure. It's nice to see that Senn. put a little more thought into the cable. I upgraded the cable on my HD600's to the Zu Mobius and it made a nice improvement. I've had my Musical Fidelity Xcan V3 through 3 different pairs of Senns. so it may be time to upgrade.
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Dan...congrats on one the best cans out there, and thanks for sharing. They look great. That's a world class rig you have there, I'm beginning to get the headphone itch, and hope to one day get there. Are these model open back??
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Simon.......Yes, the Sennheiser HD800 is an open back headphone. Others can hear slightly hear them while they are on your head.
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I want to learn more about the new Sennheiser HDVA headphone amplifier. Perhaps sometime in the future I may be interested in it and the Sennheiser CH 800 S balanced headphone cable. Right now I am perfectly content with the HD800 being driven with the X-Can V8P Class A tube headphone amp.
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Gary.......They do sound fabulous. You need a pair.
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