Is the Senn 800s the end game or is it hype? I mean, it sounds like a great pick for classical, chamber music, acoustic, and jazz but for an everyday is it really all that?
Is the Senn 800s the end game or is it hype? I mean, it sounds like a great pick for classical, chamber music, acoustic, and jazz but for an everyday is it really all that?
As a classical music lover my two “endgames” are the HD800 & AKG K702. Depending on my mood. I probably listen to the K702 more frequently because I find the HD800 fatiguing after about an hour or so. While there’s a significant price difference between the two, the audio quality is comparable with differences in perspective rather than quality of transparency, clarity and soundstage. The 800 puts me in first balcony box seats, the 702 on the main floor 10th row. Both are realistically valid. For the record, I listen almost exclusively to classical music and some acoustic jazz. I drive them effortlessly with a Marantz DAC1 dac/amp.