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No. 5941
Anonymous
21st January 2012 Saturday 8:56 pm
5941

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I used Sennheiser HD555s (pictured) for my stationary-at-home needs and Shure SE215s for my portable usage.
The HD555s cost about £85. They are utterly excellent. After having used my previous pair of Shures (SE110s) for a couple of years, moving to this level was great, there were lots of details and complexities in the music that I hadn't noticed before. 100% reccomend these.
In addition, since Sennheiser were too lazy/jewish to develop 2 different headphones for 2 different price points, they simply inserted some sound retarding foam into the model up (the HD595s) and sold them for about £50 more. You can spend 5 mins, take out a couple of pieces of foam and 3 screws, and mod them into the model up, which is a nice little bonus. They seem to have been replaced by the HD558s, which are selling for a good £50 higher currently; I'm not sure what the difference is - if any.
With regards to my Shure IEMs (initially the 110s (£45) then the 215s), I bought these a long time ago; they are passive noise cancelling - so very little noise comes in or out - making them great for listening in the library or on trains. The sound quality isn't as great as the Sennheisers, but they are a great portable portable headphone.
The cable degraded on my first pair after about 1.8 years; I submitted an RMA in September 2010, got the RMA number, and was too lazy to put them in the post until about 2 weeks ago. About a week ago, they sent me a brand new pair back, but since the 110s had been discontinued, they gave me the model up, the 215s, with an RRP of £100 or so. And a replacable cable. I'm very pleased about this.
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