Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones

These headphones will give you multiple EAR-gasms.
PROS:

+ Provides clarity and increased bass.
+ Gives an immersive music and movie experience.
+ Very comfortable earpiece and headband coverings.
+ Comes with 10 feet of cord, and an adapter for standard 1/8 headphone jacks.

CONS:

- Other people can hear if you crank up the volume.
- Pricey, but they're worth the price.

OVERVIEW:

I won't pretend to know what Eargonomic Acoustic Refinement (E.A.R.) technology or an internal surround reflector is: I'm just an average guy who likes his music and movies, and doesn't enjoy feeling like his ears are drowning in sweat after taking the headphones off.
After using these, I can say that they not only gave me superior sounding bass, but they allowed me to hear sounds in music and movies that I've never picked up before. Plus, the coverings kept my ears free and clear from sweat.

Here's a few of the quality tests I performed:

MUSIC TESTS:...

My impressions on the Sennheiser HD 558 after 2 weeks
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My thoughts on the Sennheiser 558

First, off, I would like to begin with the standard "I am not an audiophile" disclaimer.

The package came from Dahmart and on time - within 2 days of ordering with expedited shipping. The headphones were in mint condition but without the box. As I looked at them it became increasingly harder not to plug them in, and so I did. Thus starting my first lesson in "enthusiast grade" headphones. In the coming week I would learn a lot about the headphones I had ordered, sound signatures, and the kind of sound I was after.

Believe me, I spent hours scouring the internet for information on the 558, and there is plenty of it. And so far I have yet to find a review that truly shows the Sennheiser 558 for what they are. I stumbled upon threads about how to do the foam mod to make them sound like the 598, claims that they have the "Sennheiser veil", claims they are absolutely amazing, and claims they are...

Utterly phenomenal
I compose music for my own personal entertainment and also for our company video demos. For this I use a variety of equipment all piped through a hefty Mackie mixer. Don't take that as a proclamation that I'm some sort of audiophile tech-expert - I'm far from it. But I do use my set up every day and have used a lot of audio equipment over the last thirty years. Generally I don't use cans when recording but if things are running late or we're just making too much noise then on they go.

My favorite headphones of choice aren't massively expensive - Sony MDR-V700DJ (beware of cheap knock-offs of these) and they cost circa the same as these Sennheisers, maybe a little less. It was therefore a good test to put in a few hours studio time with my existing cans which I'm so used to and then switch over to the HD 558. And what a switch! Firstly these chaps are considerably lighter than any other cans that I've used and half the weight of my metallic Sony beasts. They don't feel cheap...

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