It was between these and the Sony 7506s. I chose the Sony's, but for this price, I may pick them up as a back-up.
If you need new cans, thise is a great price for a very well respected pair.
I dont know when this ends. US/Canada only, I think. + shipping.
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Jul-29-2005 02:50
Cosmic Realm
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Raleigh, NC
awesome headphones, i use them myself... sound is GREAT!!! but only problem with them is they are kind of big, but thats the only draw back in my opinion
Jul-29-2005 04:51
Omega_Blue
Someone Changed My Custom
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Gone
wow thanks for the link, i'm prolly gonna order these tomorrow then
Jul-29-2005 06:09
sigmanova
tranceaddict in training
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Los Angeles, CA
great headphones though two problems with them, the first is a minor one.
1) it takes about 50 hours to "burn" them in. the first 50 hours the sound will be kind of flat. after the burn-in period then the real richness of the headphones come through.
2) the headband is extremely weak. TREAT WITH UTMOST CARE! the material covering the two sides of the headband are prone to break, so do be careful.
other than that, i've been extremely impressed and love my HD-280's...still going strong for 2 years, even if the headband is starting to show signs of weakness.
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: near Vancouver, Canada
That's a good price "fo sho". Just wondering - but how far out of the headband do you slide the earcup pieces when using your 280s? I pull mine out about an inch which probably causes some stress on the plastic, hence cracking.
I got some 2" wide cloth tape similar to duct tape to strengthen the headband ends. So even if the plastic cracks the pieces will be held together a while longer.
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Originally posted by [PCO]sigmanova
2) the headband is extremely weak. TREAT WITH UTMOST CARE! the material covering the two sides of the headband are prone to break, so do be careful.
other than that, i've been extremely impressed and love my HD-280's...still going strong for 2 years, even if the headband is starting to show signs of weakness.
Jul-29-2005 22:01
jdat
Jay Van Dat
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I dont even know
quote:
Originally posted by [PCO]sigmanova
great headphones though two problems with them, the first is a minor one.
1) it takes about 50 hours to "burn" them in. the first 50 hours the sound will be kind of flat. after the burn-in period then the real richness of the headphones come through.
Any decent piece of audio equipement requires burn in. I don't know what your problem is with that!
Heck even cables require 2 3 weeks of burn in ( depending on the quality ).
Just run the cans on at home with some classical music and various non heavy music for several days straight!
Jul-30-2005 00:01
WhooCares
spaghett
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Tx TA #11
awesome headphones
have had them a yr and still no wear on em...looks mint...
sound is incredible..and the cusions are hella confy..
