New Sennheiser Hd-600 / Hd600 Headphones + 2 Year Warranty
[SENH-HD600]

New Sennheiser Hd-600 / Hd600 Headphones + 2 Year Warranty

The Sennheiser HD600, we're here to tell you, manages--through its extremely high-grade parts and exquisite engineering--to bring home truly full-range sound with remarkable timbral balance. Rich, deep, effortless bass grounds the listening experience while the headphone's airy midrange and treble help render everything from acoustic bass to soprano saxophone and electric guitars with a haunting degree of realism.

The HD600 doesn't offer the lush midrange favored by tube-amplifier enthusiasts--tube fans may find the headphone somewhat bright and maybe even strident in tone. But the rest of us will revel in the expanse of crystalline detail and snare-snappy dynamics.

The exceptionally natural quality of the HD600's overall sound bears reiteration, since so many headphones with "fat" or even "slamming" bass response deliver the low-end goods with a degree of emphasis that, while pleasing to bass aficionados, grossly distorts the frequency balance, limiting the range of music and recordings that will sound good on those headphones.

How does Sennheiser do it? Through computer-optimized magnets--critical to driver operation--that minimize harmonic and intermodulation distortion, granting the HD600 its uncanny clarity and spaciousness. Furthermore, the headphone's advanced diaphragm design eliminates standing waves in the diaphragm material, preventing unwanted emphasis at otherwise resonant frequencies.

As good as this headphone is, however, we don't recommend it to those seeking a stellar headphone for portable use. While this unit is capable of amazing sound, its best performance requires more amplifier power than most portable devices can muster. The HD600 owes its strength in part to its large drivers, which just can't be moved as easily as those in smaller headphones.

Furthermore, the HD600's open-ear design means that sounds pass easily into and out of these headphones, which would in all likelihood prove irritating to you and to those around you in libraries, on buses, and even at the office. These are only our suggestions, however; the fact is your MP3s will probably never sound better than when you're playing them over this headset.

Product Features

•  - Lightweight aluminum voice coils ensure excellent transient response
•  - Neodymium ferrous magnets maintain optimum sensitivity and excellent dynamics
•  - Sophisticated design, elegantly finished in black and gray
•  - High-quality open metal-mesh earpiece covers
•  - Detachable, Kevlar-reinforced oxygen-free-copper cable with very low handling noise

Technical Details

•  - Transducer principle: Dynamic, open
•  - Ear coupling: Circumaural
•  - Frequency response: 12 to 39,000 Hz
•  - Frequency characteristic: Diffuse field, equalized
•  - Driver size: 1.5 inches in diameter
•  - Nominal impedance: 300 ohms
•  - Characteristic sound pressure level at 1 kHz: 97 dB
•  - Load rating: 0.2 milliwatts
•  - THD: Less than 0.1 percent
•  - Connector: 0.125-inch stereo minijack plug with adapter to 0.25-inch stereo jack
•  - Connection cable: 3 meters, detachable, dual-sided oxygen-free-copper cable
•  - Width: 7.5 inches
•  - Height: 8 inches
•  - Depth: 3.75 inches
•  - Weight (without cable): 260 grams
•  - Warranty: 2 years on parts and labor
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