Sennheiser RS 185 RF Wireless Headphone System

these are expensive but the sound is great but most important I hear every spoken word with ...

My hearing has been failing over the last few years and hearing aids didn't help much. I owner an older, less expensive set of earphones and was
struggling to hear with the volume cranked-up. So, I invested in a set of Sennheiser RS 185's. Yes, these are expensive but the sound is great but
most important I hear every spoken word with crystal clarity. You have to hear them to believe them.

Sennheiser did it again... and better
In the past 5 years I have been the happy owner of the RS 180. When the RS 185 came out, it seemed like a logical upgrade to me so I went ahead and ordered them.

My initial feeling was a bit of a disappointment as the RS 185 sounded like they had very weak bass compared to the RS 180. The highs were so overwhelming that they actually disturbed me when watching TV in the first hour or so. Now we're a week later (about 10 hours of use) and while the RS 185 are still not fully broken in, I must say they sound great. The bass are good (although I'd like a bit more of them) and the sound is so much clearer than on the RS 180 that I wouldn't want to go back. If you buy the RS 185, make sure you break them in before judging them. When coming out of the box they were impossible to compare to my RS 180 that had over 2000 hours of use.

Here is a quick comparison of the RS 185 vs. the RS 180:

Good:
- The sound is much clearer with much better separation. It...

Sound good but not quite as comfortable as the 180's are
It arrived very well protected during shipping. Everything is solidly encased in a plastic shell that actually comes off easily to get the various pieces out. It comes with four different power plugs, so you have a lot of international usage options here. I like that it even included the optical cable. I have some, so didn't need one included had I planned on using it, but many people won't, so it's really nice that it's included. Batteries are also included.

Just like the 180's I have, the ear pieces are the softer velour, not the fake leatherish stuff that makes the head sweat so easily. I shave my head, so any non breathable material around the ears will get moist where it covers the skin and doesn't allow any kind of evaporation. That was the big reason I got the 180's rather than the model just below them, since the 180's had the better material for the ear pieces. And while you can buy ear pieces separately for the lower model, at the time they were only...

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