Testseek.com have collected 79 expert reviews of the Sennheiser HD 800 and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sennheiser HD 800.
August 2009
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The editors liked
Incredible sound quality
Comfortable
Great sound quality
Pushes to high volume without ever distorting
Solidly built
Great sound
Suitable to all genres of music
Sublime sound quality with all music genres
Sumptuous build
The editors didn't like
Incredible price
Require amplification
Leaks sound very loudly
Will only really get the premium taste out of Hi-Fi components and a dedicated headphone amplifier
Steep price over $2000
Need a beefy headphone amp
Price
Pricey
Needs a quality headphone amplifier to perform at its best
Abstract: Here is a new top-of-the-range model from one of the world’s most renowned headphone manufacturers. The challenge was to create a large diaphragm, essential for powerful bass reproduction, while avoiding unwanted resonances which result in distortion. ...
Very comfortable, especially on the ears, Sound appears to be in front of your head rather than inside of it like on most headphones, Sound even clearer than on Sennheiser's last marketleader, the HD 650
One day, hopefully far into the future, you’ll have your TV turned up to 11 just to hear the weather forecast, modern music will seem like just a lot of noise, and mashed up bananas will be your favourite pre-nap snack. Until then, treat your ears w...
Whenever marketing spiel mentions an historic inventor, you know you’re looking at a price-tag fit to induce a touch of something equally old-fashioned: the ague, falling sickness or possibly even consumption. Sennheiser wheels out Thomas Edison who...
Sennheiser does it again, upping the sound and build quality from its legendary HD 650 cans to deliver a majestic sonic experience that has to be heard to be believed. However, you’ll need a great system to extract the full £1000 of value from...
Sound is simply superb in every way, Beautifully balanced across the range, Incredibly detailed, Comfort is excellent, even over extended listening sessions
Undeniably expensive, Can lead to your loudspeakers feeling neglected
Abstract: Let's make things clear from the outset: these are not the headphones to buy if you're aiming to plug them into a bog-standard MP3 player and jump on the bus for the daily commute. Oh no. These are hi-fi headphones for the true audiophile. Someone who...
Abstract: These are the single greatest headphones in the history of the world. That is of course a bit unfair to all the headphones I've never tested. I also had to upgrade the stock headphone cable with a new one from Cardas Audio before I could make such ...
I truly am at a loss for words here. Let's end this review by simply stating that the HD800s are the best pair of headphones I've heard till date. Period. Sorry, also that they are probably the only pair of headphones out there that look like simple headp...
