HD800? Another rumor?

[ingwe]

I'm scared.

[swt61]

Are we talking the same technology used in some Cabasse speakers?

[faust3d]

I'm scared.

You should be, boo

[JBLoudG20]

Are we talking the same technology used in some Cabasse speakers?

Can you show us a picture of the stand you made for Senn?

[swt61]

Can you show us a picture of the stand you made for Senn?

The pics are on another computer that crashed. I posted them on here somewhere a while back though. Most likely in some place. I'll look.

Oops, I made a boo boo. I'll post the pics in a sec.

Edited January 8, 2009 by swt61

[swt61]

[faust3d]

The pics are on another computer that crashed. I posted them on here somewhere a while back though. Most likely in some place. I'll look.

Oops, I made a boo boo. I'll post the pics in a sec.

Very good looking stand. So did they finally buy it?

[Smeggy]

looks a lot better than the glass head.

You have a glass head? No wonder the faceplant broke all your teeth out. Next time try to have your head made from Pyrex, much more durable.

[swt61]

I have not heard a word out of Sennheiser. They did finally confirm receipt of the stand about two months after I shipped it. This was confirmed to my business partner warrior05, only after several emails asking if it arrived.

I've had no luck getting any more information whatsoever.

[n_maher]

Well, the HD800 appears to have been powerful enough to knockout Head-Fi for the time being. The site slowed to a crawl last night, was worse this morning and I get nothing but timeouts now.

[swt61]

I get a 5 minute downtime for maintenance message.

Translated that means "Oh Shit, we're screwed"

[Chekhonte]

time for another mass head-case migration.

[aardvark baguette]

time for another mass head-case migraine.

FTFY

[Chekhonte]

ZING!

[Smeggy]

Heh, if nothing else the 800 has certainly generated a lot of traffic. I wonder how the sales will go once it quiets down and most realize they can't afford it anyway. Still, it's a pretty good reaction to something so expensive. Maybe there is hope for the high end market after all.

[Chekhonte]

I'm certainly psyched but I know that I can't afford them. Even if the price drops in half in a few years I won't be able to afford them.

[aardvark baguette]

yeah, practically every comment on Jude's thread was "onoes, its so expensive".

[guzziguy]

I just tried. Works for me.

[PFKMan23]

I just tried. Works for me.

Doesn't work anymore!!

[n_maher]

It came back and worked super-fast for me long enough to send a PM and they fizzled again.

[powertoold]

Did Sennheiser claim the HD800 is the best, even better than their HE90?

[Smeggy]

The price is certainly sobering. I'd need a really good long listen before even thinking about committing that amount of cash, especially as I'm getting such awesome results from homebrewing. I guess a lot of it has ultimately to do with musicality. I have a number of phones which may well be technically better with more details and all that balls, but my orthos are just so sweet and musical even a $1400 phone would have trouble toppling them for my prefs.

I hope I get a chance to listen to a set one day. I don't generally like current Senns and I hope this is a big enough departure from the 5/6xx series to be of interest.

[n_maher]

I'm honestly betting that the street price (after an initial period of high demand) will probably drop much closer to $1000. But in the beginning, expect to pay pretty close if not MSRP for the privilege of early adoption. I know Headroom has been selling all of their D7000s at near list price because demand is high and they are one of the few with actual headphones to sell.

[Duggeh]

You've got a second K1000 havent you Smeggy? Theres your HD800 right there. I'm sure youll be able to trade it.

[aardvark baguette]

I'm getting it.