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Rating:  - Superb Hi Fi Equipment!
I must say that this was the best purchase I've made for this year. I bought this as a little birthday present for myself, and absolutley love it for several reasons.First, it's very comfortable to wear and because of its circumaural (fits around your ear) design, it blocks out a lot of the outside noise (especially when music is playing) and other people can't listen to what you are listening to. It's a must for classical and acoustic listeners. For those of you who listen to pop or more vocal music where there's a lot of sound board engineering, I must say that it sounds great as well -- you'll notice instruments (or synthesized instrumetns for that matter) that you've never heard before if you've never payed great attention to -- however you won't hear much difference as opposed to your regular speakers/headphones because these songs are engineerred to sound good on typical speakers. I guess the only downside to the headphones is it doesn't look "cool" on your head because the headband stretches out to a more squarish appearance and looks somewhat awkward on your head.
Rating: - Great Headphones, after burning them in
These are, overall amazing headphones. They sound great, are comfortable, and easily driven by portable players. However, when I first bought them, and eagerly unwrapped the packaging and tried them out, I was bitterly dissapointed. Where had my money gone, I wondered. They sounded tin canny, and the bass had no punch. I nearly returned them. But, taking the advice of many reviewers, I plugged them into my computer and left the music playing loudly for nearly a week straight. And it paid off.After nearly a month's use, these headphones sound GREAT. I have fallen in love witht eh tight, clear treble and amazingly accurate bass that the HD-280s provide. Jazz and classical fans (and rockers too but to a lesser extent) will love these headphones. I could go on and on and on about the sound quality, but you would find your self reading needless repition of the words "great," "amazing," etcetc. The design is a little big, but very comfy. I can wear these for several hours at a time and my ears will feel fine. The way that they fold up is also very useful for the frequent traveler, and the stretchy wire design is also very handy, keeping the wire out of the way yet providing you nearly 3 meters worth of wire (if stretched to the max) I would also just like to note that, after several airplane trips, the noise reduction in these headphones is also wonderful, and the HD-280 Pros make airplane flights that much more enjoyable. In conclusion, wait at LEAST two weeks, preferably more before judging these headphones, because the more you use them, the better they sound. And after a month's worth of use, they sound great. And they also fit great, and are extremely comfortable. The price too, isn't too bad, and I found them at ... for [$$$], including shipping from the states to taiwan. Do your ears a favor, and buy a pair of HD 280s.
Rating: - Best headphones I've owned
As given by "an electronics fan" below, be sure to burn these in for 40-50 hours of use at normal-to-slightly-above-normal volume levels before rendering your final verdict. The tonal qualities change quite a bit in that time. Initially the sounds were "good" to me but a little flat or thin, and I was a bit disappointed. After 40 hours the Senn 280s warm up to a very nice set of headphones. I liked them so much that I had to share the experience with folks at work -- the people that listened were all impressed at the sound, especially considering the price. Bass is tight and thumpy without being boomy. Midtones are clear. Treble is clean and doesn't get harsh at volume levels that I can stand. Sound isolation from the outside world is good -- I'm oblivious to my family and pets when listening :-) and they are comfortable. They pump out a lot of volume -- more at a given volume setting than even the low-end on-ear headphones that I've used. My 1984 vintage Pioneer SX-V300 (~45 watts per channel) receiver drives them as loud as I can stand with the volume set slightly below 1 (out of maximum 10).I recommend them.
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