Refusal to take responsibility.
Hi, Just thought I would make a note here of your handling of my issues. I ordered a pair of HD6xx headphones and then earlier today recieved the package. I drive to go and get it, as I like in the UK I had to pay import tax and handling fees. These total £47.92. The breakdown being £35.92 in tax and £12 in fees. These taxes were calculated of the shipping label of the box, which marked the shipment as the 6xx headphones of $199 value. Before leaving the parcel depot, I open the box to find a $35 lord of the rings mousepad. So now the problem is not only do I not have the headphones, but you have marked the shipment wrong so I have paid £47.92 fees for the handling of the mousepad. Which would have acrued £0 of fees if marked correctly as it is under £135. I go back to the desk but as I have already paid the fees I am unable to reject the shipment, but as the box said 6xx, there was no way for me to know before opening it. I contact support and they offer me a replacement, which...
Jan 17, 2025
The HD700 would benefit much more from the Massdrop treatment, I feel, given how relatively neglected it is compared to both the 600 and 800 family.
Another HD 700 drop, like they had once in the past, is a possibility though. I really liked it with the Dekoni pads, which increase the upper mids for a more even sound signature!
I have a respect & fondness for the 580, the 700 was my first $$ set,, and did well here, the spaciousness... The Phonons, my hotel room closed travel cans, have a precise clarity that still pleases,,, but the Elex recomposes it to naturalness, and puts me in that recording studio...
So unless they put an MD7XX at a price point that is simply irresistible,, I just don’t see it... the middle child syndrome... the stigma is strong here...
I have only heard the 800S once in a noisy store,, and wanted to leave with them, but had the Elex on order, a gamble that paid off well.
Nearly everyone wants an 800 in their can harem, but that bubbly needs to drop a shelf... Sennheiser is missing an affordable <$1K price market many have self-imposed, consciously or not. They did the ‘S’ fix, now the closed, but I don’t think they like the numbers. An 8XX can cash in on the legacy, while maintaining the legacy, keep the ‘S’ & 820. They should focus on the next generation MEMS technology, imho.
The HD 660 S and HD 700 are carry the flag of Sennheiser’s best <$1,000 headphones. In my opinion, the HD 660 S sounds like it sits right in the middle between the HD 800 and HD 650, with an objectively more full-bodied timbre than the HD 700.
”Cashing in on the HD 800 legacy” would be a permanently damaging deal for Sennheiser. It’s still a higher performing headphone than a Focal Elear or Elex, though it has a different flavor. Improving on the HD 700 or HD 630VB is still a possibility, to replace the current models.
The 630VB, I have never heard, never seen in a store, liked the concept, seems like a DOA due to high price; beaten by too many cheaper alternatives in the bass heavy department. Used on eBay ~$140...
MEMS as audio transducers, is a very interesting technology for cans beyond electrostatics etc., as well as many other markets that are being focused on now. Phased array capability... damn... true acoustic holography... an old post fyi: https://www.massdrop.com/talk/2405/digital-sonic-fluidity?utm_source=linkshare&referer=HBCVS7