Normally $1999 retail and we put it on sale for $1599 normally, had $1088 for Easter but decided to go even further at the cheapest we have ever done!
$999.99 including freight, nation wide.
Sennheiser HD800 Headphones - $999.99 with Free Freight (Normally $1599) @ Addicted to Audio
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Audiophile and bluetooth?
No Bluetooth …… if you have a great amp, and preamp, why would you pollute the connection with Bluetooth ….. but then why would people listen to music ripped at 256kb ?
I will have to make do with my HD650 a while longer.
lolwut. Bluetooth? Think your Beats are leaking.
Good price for somewhat overrated headphones - usually retail for 1250-1500.
..which is LCD-2 / Beyer T1 money.
which is LCD-2 … money.
My thoughts exactly. There are a lot of people saying this is the perfect headphone that shines everywhere.
With many things, you get to a price point where things level off and personal prefferences kick in, grange vs hill of grace LCD-2 vs HD800 …. the $999 ($1000 is the sweetener)
Yes u can install custom made bluetooth receiver and also mod to make it play 32kbps mp3.
Maybe we can request sennheiser to put build in mp3 players and infra red remote as well
I wanted to upvote you but you just had too many downvotes. So I hopped on the downvote train. Sorry đź‘Ž
Do you know of ANY bluetooth headphones over a grand? At these sort of prices, you're paying for (perceived) audio quality rather than wireless capability.
they could have included both, so u could choose between wired or Bluetooth. this would make the headphones even better.
They're audiophile headphones.
Wireless/BT are not audiophile grade.
Have you heard Sennheiser RS220? I think they'd change your mind.
They will lose to a wired pair with a good amp (obviously you can't amp a wireless pair).
@lostn: Which wired pair?
Each pair of headphones can lose to another pair costing a lot more. My point is that the RS220 are definitely audiophile grade wireless headphones.
Don't want them. Can't afford them. But looks like a great price for anyone wanting these
I feel like you need to put a disclaimer : if you don't know why this is cheap, pls don't comment on how and why it is not cheap.
Suuuuurely these have Wi-Fi !!
No but they make a great cup of coffee!!… wait wrong deal :p
Jeff Bezos is right when he said 'your margin is our opportunity'.
Damn. Still cheaper than normal RRP at USD1k. Since most of my MP3 collection is probably 56k it'll still sound like shit.
Yes but with these phones you will be hear just how truely shit 56k rips sound.
How much for the Sennheiser HE 1?
This better be so good I can hear the sweat coming out of my orifice
Just the one orifice?
Just the one
I own these, damn good price. Think i got mine for $800 off SNA. Definitely end game for my setup.
Cheaper than Amazon US
Damn that is cheap. The one headphones that will never leave my setup. It's close to the cheapest ever which was around $940 when the AUD was above parity
Funny that people would have no problem spending $999 on some chipboard "surround in a box" bluetooth wifi junk but baulk at these.
I used to be an audio junkie and had multiple headphone sets with different purposes and specs. This is considered the holy grail.
I've since moved on from that phase and sold my headphones and kept my favorite one - the AKG 7xx at around $200.
I have a set of K712s and they're great!
I still admire the HD800 from afar and wonder if it would be a notable difference…are you able to compare?Yes, audiophilism upgraditis is an addiction and a disease. I should know, I have it.
Buy these to listen to my 320kb MP3's! ha!~
320CBR Is transparent, go for it.
Unless you're listening to lossless music formats, $1000+ headphones are a waste.
I own a pair of Audeze LCD 2's, run through a Centrance DACmini. While its true that you can hear the difference between a lossless track and a 320kbps mp3 - the difference usually isn't huge.
There is a huge difference in listening to a 320kbps mp3 on the Audeze's compared to many other headphones that cost under $1000 - so you don't have to listen to lossless tracks to enjoy $1000+ headphones (even $2,3,4k+ headphones for that matter).
@poppingtags: If it isn't a huge difference, then spending $1k+ for headphones might not be a worthwhile endeavour, but each their own.
FLAC vs 320 kbps MP3, is there any audible difference? :^)
I think you missed the point - there isn't a huge difference between lossless and 320. Diminishing returns are certainly very real and for most people headphones in the $3-400 price range will more than suffice - but there IS a noticeable difference between the $3-400 range and the $1000+ range, regardless of whether its 320 or lossless. Similarly, there is a noticeable difference between the $1000+ and the $3000+. Whether its worth the jump or not is definitely subjective.
Very much depends on the recording itself but with the right equipment you can notice the difference. Whether that difference is worth all the extra effort is up to you. Most of the songs I listen to on my setup are 320kbps, although I do have a few albums in lossless too.
I have done exactly this, and with well mastered albums, you can absolutely notice the difference - albeit very slight, to the point where it rarely matters. Like I said, you do need to have the right equipment though.
Normally cables are the things that always break on my headphones and I have to throw the whole thing away. Looks like this has a replaceable cable.
If you can afford to spend $1000 (let alone $2000) on a pair of headphones, life must be pretty good (in monetary terms at least). I can imagine the buyer being one of those people who have a very large garage filled with a collection of very expensive cars.
Replace cars with vinyls or a home studio and yeah sure
If you spend 1-2 hours listening to music each day, then $1000 for years of pleasure (high end headphones can last for decades, there's no moving parts to break and as you mention cables can be replaced) isn't such a bad deal. Headphones retain their value quite well too as it's pretty much a mature technology, so you could sell them after a few years and not lose much money.
Having said that I feel that the diminishing returns are significant. I've tried the hd800 and lcd-2 and didn't consider them worth the added expense over other headphones around the $300 range, and my $15 Panasonic tcm125 earphones frequently impress me with how good they are.
There is so much mysticism in audio too. I don't think anyone could pass a blinded a-b comparison between lossless and 320kb, regardless of their equipment
Did the sound tests at my brothers house who has the rich mans set-up ….. as a result am currently re-ripping all my CDs to WAV. Depending on where the rips come from, unless you know that they have come from original CD, and not another rip source, bit rates don't matter
320k from original CD sounds good actually.Wave is a waste of space. Compress to FLAC or ALAC if you're in the Apple ecosystem for archieiving. Both are free and save space whilst adding tagging, which I would argue is very important.
I don't think anyone could pass a blinded a-b comparison between lossless and 320kb, regardless of their equipment
Yes, not many would, but it also largely depends on the source material. You'll have a much greater chance of discerning the difference when listening to well-mastered high dynamic range recordings of acoustic instruments, such as some jazz and classical.
I've actually been able to tell pretty easily in blind tests whether the lower fidelity SBC codec was used vs the near-lossless AptX codec.
My mate got one of these setup (with expensive amp/dac etc) and is on centrelink lol.
As for me, I wish I have good enough ears to tell the difference in sound qaulity above (and below) 320kb MP3. Most expensive headphone purchased is bose qc35 which is used for everything (travel, work, flight, home,) for both musics and movies. Maybe when I'm bored enough (and have some money to burn), I'll try harder to dab into the audio world..
"Some money" may not be even enough for the first round burning.
My mate got one of these setup (with expensive amp/dac etc) and is on centrelink lol.
This is the problem with this country.
The problem with this country is that they've convinced enough people like you that that is the problem in this country thus distracting you from the real problems such as corporate donations to political parties :-)
@AncientWisdom: Spoken like someone who doesn't pay much (if any?) tax and obviously has no issues with the Union movenment, that represents just 11% of the workforce, buying entire political parties.
Biased much?
@elektron: No bias here, I am paying allot of tax thank you very much (that's another stigma/prejudice by the way) and will support anything that will make politics more fair and serving to us (the citizens) including limiting Unions power. Do take into account though all the worker's rights you and I enjoy which have been won over historically by such Union movements ;-)
@AncientWisdom: Your arguments are as primitive as they are one-sided - you initially picked on the corporations but not the unions. And now you're defending the unions but not the corporations, while claiming no bias. Let me guess, you also think of yourself as a "centrist"?
Do take into account that the corporations that you hate so much are able to offer you a job (unless you're a public servant, which would explain a lot), which allows you to have a presumably decent lifestyle and pay taxes, which go towards maintaining the essential services, such as police, healthcare etc. I should also point out that corporations provide the wonderful goods and services that you enjoy, including state of the art headphones.
Well, enough of the politics - back to the common sense point I made above. When my hard-earned money is taken from me and given to someone who has a better headphone setup than me, that makes me very annoyed indeed. Admittedly, you are a much more generous individual than I am.
@elektron: Hmmm hot from the press:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/global…Over the two years 2013-14 and 2014-15, Chevron earned more than $6.12 billion in revenue, but paid nothing in PRRT, according to the assessment.
It found ExxonMobil achieved revenue of almost three times that at $18.08 billion in the same period, but paid only $803.5 million.
The study concluded that between the operation of the company tax rules and the petroleum resource rent tax regime these enormous multinational resources companies can "load up" their balance sheets with excessive debt, thereby reducing taxable income to the point where the tax liability is low or non-existent.
I am sure an individual living off Centrelink (try it when you get a chance, not as easy as it sounds) and somehow finding money to spend on a $1-2k audio system is a way worse problem than foreign corporations rorting the Australian public (that's you and I by the way) for billions of dollars ;-)
Anyway, sincerely, enjoy your world view - as long as you're happy I am happy for you and don't really care if we agree or not.
@elektron: You'll get no argument from me on this - of course this is very wrong. Add to this Apple, Google, Facebook etc, which is exactly why the "Google Tax" has been passed into law just a month ago. However, this has nothing to do with my original comment on which you jumped.
Here's another fact for you - Australia's biggest expenditure item, by a wide margin, is welfare. It has skyrocketed over the years and is now more than a 3rd of our total budget. It's much harder to reduce the welfare spend than increasing taxes on big bad corporations, because of the sheer number of welfare-dependent voters involved. There was virtually no opposition to the "Google Tax"; however, remember what happened to the welfare reforms proposed in the 2014 budget? Hence, why I said that this is the problem with this country. If you chose to disagree with the facts staring you in the face - that's your choice. Luckily, we're still a free country (for now).
These headphones (which I'm sure he didn't buy from this deal) with an "expensive amp/dac etc" would cost substantially more than 1-2k. And that's a lot of Centrelink payments. Obviously, being on Centrelink is not nearly as hard as you are making it out to be. As someone who obviously likes to think of themselves as virtuous and good-hearted, I don't know how you can justify our welfare system being rotted like this, when there are people in genuine need that barely make ends meet.
For your information, I was on Centrelink benefits when unemployment was considerably higher than it is now and I couldn't get a job no matter how hard I tried. At the time, I couldn't even afford a cup of coffee, let alone a audiophile set up. While everyone's circumstances are different, with today's much lower unemployment there are much fewer excuses for not getting a job, especially since many industries struggle to find workers in Australia.
If you're happy with the QC35, stay with that! Your wallet will thank you.
looking at federal politician investment property register that was published in the Age, most could afford these headphones, one minister owns 18 investment properties.
I wouldn't call $1000 excessive if it's something that you'll appreciate and get a lot of use out of. There's plenty of deals posted here for VR headsets or graphics cards that are a similar price point to cater to those into gaming, and that hardware will be considered old in 12 months.
Above my price bracket for sure, and I'd prefer the convenience of a wireless set at a hit to audio quality myself. Still, good price in my books.
When you're purchasing expensive items (or any items really), you should consider the annualised price. I have two pairs of Senns, and they are 18 and 13 years old respectively. So on top of being excellent quality, they usually last a very long time. $1000 spread over 20 years isn't so bad! :)
Great deal OP!! I bought a few. Going to keep one and sell the rest on ebay for a load of profit which will drive down the cost of my one.
Brodened.
Until a bunch of people do it and you're all forced to accept lower prices in the short term, as you're competing against one another with very specialist equipment…
Need a deal on Focal Elear.
Is this any good for listening to Justin Bieber from my Ipod? I bought the Johnny Walker Blue Label to drink with coke and was disappointed last time, so can someone please advise?
hmm. You might have to drink the blue label and coke while listening to these headphones on your ipod. I think that's where you went wrong last time.
depends on the Ipod source AAC or MP3 ?
all my music is 64kbps mp3 downloaded from limewire
Would be a lot easier to advise if you were more specific as to the source of your disappointment. Was it:
A. Justin Bieber
B. Your ipod
C. JW Blue
D. Coke
E. Inanity
F. Any combination of the above?
There is no technology for making Bieber sound good. Never will be.
Sure there is… But its pretty low tech - a pair of scissors.
Dammit I paid full price for this last week!
Anyone know how these compare to my xiaomi hybrid i bought for $20?
Toyota vs benz
more like great wall vs rolls royce
At least slightly better.
You need a really good amp to drive these in order to get the best sound out of it FYI. Since their release people have been saying how difficult it is the pair the HD800s with a proper amp.
I got this headphone for 999 from dwi about 3 years ago, just a reminder for people who don't know that this is not for gaming or wireless use, it is purely for music with very clear and natural sound, besides it would not work properly without a decent amp(say sennheiser hdvd800 which is more expensive than hd800 itself).
A further explanation: to ALMOST release this on sale headphone's full power, you will need:1) a high end amp 2) preferably balanced cable 3) preferably 500 aud+ connection cable and power supply 4) lossless format music which you can download for free if you can find them or at least CDs.
My set up is not a deluxe one , it is hd800+ hdvd800 amp + chs 800 balanced cable only(nickname "suit" among this brand's fans), I bought them all at special prices yet still 3000+ dollars are gone. How does it feel? Once listening to FFX's guitar solo I can feel the sounds "jump" from one side of my ear to the other side constantly and it is extremely clear and saturated.
If you think this is a good headphone for gaming/YouTube /movies/MP3 without using other hifi equipments, you are very wrong.
What is this guy even talking about?
Take gaming for instance. The extra detail and soundstage is absolutely amazing for gaming! It won't make you a MLG pro player but I've definitely found it can give you an edge. CS:GO? You hear footsteps with pin point accuracy, hear footsteps behind you? 180 no scope headshot that fool. Resident Evil 7? Want to hear every single minute detail coming from your zombie friends for 200% immersion? Bring you big boy diapers.
Seriously though, it does help. I know because I've lost count of the times I'm spectating a mate getting owned by someone being sneaky beaky and I'm just like "Dude, didn't you hear that guy?"
I guess "Good headphone" is subjective but I would be hard pressed to find anyone who thought they performed badly in games/movies after hearing my setup.
I agree with 1), 4) and possibly 2) but 3) is imo a waste.
Bought Oyaide "interconnects" which made nothing to the sound quality however it does look nicer than the stock cables on my K702.
Seriously tempting price!
What sort of amp would one need to drive these properly though?
Also would this be a significant upgrade over my current K712 running unamped off an Xduoo X3?Edit: just saw Hsinking's response above, ouch… just as I thought, exxy phones call for exxy amps.
Any more inputs appreciated.Also run K712 and Xduoo X3.
Honestly could not be bothered with high Ohm Sennheisers.
Different ball games.
Can't afford it. Is there a place that I could try these out? Just to appreciate what audiophiles are raving about?
Good price! but sadly can only dream.
Why dream? These are easily affordable for anybody with a job. You just need to put the money you would normally spend on the latest iPhone on these headphones. Gonna buy a new car, spend a $1,000 less. Don't have the money? Stick it on a credit card and pay it off over a year. Less than $90 a month.
Would love to demo a set to keep the dream alive.
Stick it on a credit card and pay it off over a year. Less than $90 a month.
This is exactly why we have a credit card debt problem in this country.
exactly! it sounds like if you pay it off over a year, you would pay less than $1000. How brilliant and intelligent comment!
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