nowe impresje na temat hd800:
You know, I been listening to headphones for the past sixteen years looking for the perfect can. What I\'ve learned is there is no such beast. For starters, everyone\'s ears are different; and certain things don\'t tend to come at the same time---punchyness and airy depth for example. But that hasn\'t stopped me, in my head, building up my own personal sonic image of what I think the best headphone would sound like. It would even have some characteristics that I would embrace rather unwillingly. I hate harshness, for example, and would tend to err on the side of smoothness; it\'s why I like the laid-back sound of the HD600/650. I like the "veil", in fact I contend that it\'s the sound of coherent smoothness and most folks just don\'t get it. But I know the truth in my soul, the 600/650 is too smooth; should be a dB and a half brighter. What I\'m getting to here is that my image of the perfect headphone is actually a tad to quick sounding for my taste, because I know my taste runs a tad dark.
When I put on th 800s today they were a tad to quick, but in a rocking good way that I didn\'t imagine even being there. The transient response of these cans is like none other I\'ve heard. I\'ve often used the words "eye-blinking impact" about Grado cans (though I don\'t like many other things about Grado cans in general), the 800s have eyeblinking impact ... in a very good way. Not the slightest taste of harshness, just lightning quick response, it\'s hard to believe that fast sounds this good.
That, of course, isn\'t the half of it. These headphones hit it in so many ways that there\'s only one really decent way to express it: they\'re as close to a straight pipe headphone as I\'ve ever heard. I\'ll happily agree that there is plenty of room for audio editorialization in reproduction gear. I\'l love a 300B tube amp along with the next guy. But when it comes to a neutral, non-editing, perfectly transperant headphone, there\'s basically only one answer, and the new HD800 is as close to that as I\'ve ever heard.
Shockingly neutral and articulate, they immerse you immediately in every transient and nuance as if it were just the music but better than you\'ve ever heard. It\'s hard to say enough really, in the end I just want to listen more.
On other fronts:
The build quality looks outstanding. not a gilded lily, but a really good mix of quality and great materials, with an eye towards no spending money just for the heck of it. The stainless steel, extremely fine mesh ear cups are just lovely. The ear cup inner liner is easy to remove and is machine washable. the cans are light, secure, and comfortable, though somehow a little different feeling on my head. Maybe slightly more rearward fitting than most cans.
The price will be $1399.95. Sennheiser (and many high-end product manufacturers) have come to realize how important it is for a products success to not be heavily discounted. It cheapens the perceived value of the product, and it doesn\'t allow for the competent sales effort needed to help customers understand the values of the product during the sales process, and to properly service customers after the sale. There will be about 10 or fewer places where these cans can be purchased. HeadRoom is one of these, and the order we placed today puts us number one in line for HD800s arriving in the US.
We do have a web page in place where you can place a pre order, if you desire, and can get a guaranteed position in line. I am told these headphones are basically hand built in Germany, and production is somewhat speed limited---though we are wisely not being informed about exact manufacturing rates.
