Sennheiser HD800 Post-audition impressions !

Hey world !

I just came back from auditioning the Sennheiser HD800 and god,the place was damn comfortable.

I was ushered into the lounge where a waiter served me drinks and finger food(chips...of which I only ate 1 piece before they called me in. :X)The lounge was very dim but ambient .. couldn't even see the face of the guy who was talking to the people inside.

He told me I was the youngest(bleagh xD) ..and he reads the Jaben forums so he knew who I am,haha.

After awhile we got brought in to the glass room thingy by an escort(high class :D ) and they closed the glass door (claustrophobic,anybody?) ,played the introduction(of which I spent the time taking pictures) and then the audition started.... After approx. 5 songs later (short!) the session ended and we were brought out(by an escort again) to the counter of which we talked to the Sennheiser GM/CEO(whatever) and he asked us for our impressions....talk talk abit and went home.

The setup : T & A SACD Player > Lehmann Audio Linear Headphone Preamp > Sennheiser HD800

Lehhman Audio Linear Headphone Preamp


Oh yeah I made friends with the guy auditioning with me :D


Impressions!

I loved the soundstage(duh) and the seperation but I think they could do better with the highs...
Too short a listen to give a long and detailed impression :/

Oh yeah,the comfort is obviously a +++ . Very comfortable for such big cans...It operates on a open air principle though so it sounds like shit when you put your hands at the grills...but not as bad as to the MS-1s.Thats info you don't need to know cause no idiot covers their open air headphones.


I shall not be a spoiler and I will post the pictures only after the whole event is over.
Maybe i'll just post a picture of the HD800 later (Taken with ISO1600 as the room is very dark so expect shake and noise)