Sennheiser HD 559 Open Back Around Ear Headphone - Black/Anthracite

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The impedance seemed high at 50Ω, but I said to myself that I can use the power amplifier which I had connected to my computer as that has a 6. I moved to speakers for audio, and when I did want privacy for music, I used bluetooth cans and my iPhone.

This open back, around ear headphone delivers a natural tonal balance with outstanding spatial performance. The LCD-2F puts a little more distance between itself and the HD 559, but that's no shame on the HD 559. The test I put headphones through for detail retrieval is Beck's "Unforgiven" because better headphones can make out the rasp and breaks in his voice. As successor to our popular HD 500 series, the Sennheiser HD 5 model range offers high quality and value in any aspect.

Clamping force is on the high side and combined with the fact that pads are rather thin and hard, it can be a bit uncomfortable to some. On a higher output resistance amplifier the output level will be lower of course due to voltage division.

The straightforward design does not include any other extras; these headphones are obviously for use in the home and are primarily intended to be used as the output of a stereo system, but of course, they also work with any audio interface on a computer. Instead of showing impedance plots, which are hard to ‘read’ when it comes to assessing the tonal balance change in the real world, the HD559 is measured via a few different resistance outputs ( 0.

How to plan for a multiroom system; Speaker types (recessed, shelf/wall mount, soundbar); how many zones; type of use - high performance, background. Note: I think I overcame my bias as I found these to better than I was expected, and I'm very critical of headphones when I test them.

But having a pair that is light, very comfortable and has spacious sound due to open-back design to use with vintage devices was an interesting idea to me.This prompted me to pull out my other good cans because once the itch started, it required scratching.