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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2015, 12:05:11 AM »
Pretty sure on HF half this thread would be deleted and the mods would take offense at being called out as jerks.

Here I think most senior members celebrate their level of dbaggery.
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2015, 12:20:19 AM »
Quote from: zerodeefex on September 03, 2015, 12:05:11 AM
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2015, 03:02:27 AM »
Quote from: Judeus on September 02, 2015, 11:28:37 PM
okay there is some headfi moderating tactics occuring on changstar

I would press the "report to moderator" button if you have an issue. We actually have separation of powers in this pyrate democracy. TheGame is the real legit "moderator" or independent judicial system. The rest of us are scallywags (modern meaning, not US Civil War meaning)
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2015, 04:25:12 AM »
Over on the iem front, Sennheiser is doing interesting things. Look the ie800. Lots of innovation. Sure, it's in some ways to some people a big swing that leads to a single, but Alex clearly was going for it with that one.

But, yeah, maybe part of the argument is that their house sound has changed? Certainly, their iems have been bassy from the ie8 at least, so in portable audio there's some basic consistency in sound. Personally, I'm looking forward to what comes after the ie800 for an in-ear flagship.
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2015, 03:18:56 PM »
As we say it it isn't broke don't fix it.
I believe all the top models are still selling well and IMO offer good value to most everything else out there at their price point

How many times have we heard rumors about the HD-600/650 being discontinued and they are still in the cataloge

I think Sennheiser's main headphone focus over the past few years has been mainly on models for music on the move like the Momentum and Urbanite and IEM's


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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2015, 08:39:52 PM »
hello,

my understanding is that the metal cups applied to the HD25 and its like was an improvement. so, perhaps subtle evolution of their long run models?

there seems to be a "let's build five or six variants to see what sticks" approach though. just how many MOMENTUM models have been released in the last two or three years?
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #26 on: September 03, 2015, 09:33:25 PM »
Quote from: zerodeefex on September 03, 2015, 12:05:11 AM
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2015, 06:20:17 PM »
Quote from: DrForBin on September 03, 2015, 08:39:52 PM
hello,

my understanding is that the metal cups applied to the HD25 and its like was an improvement. so, perhaps subtle evolution of their long run models?

there seems to be a "let's build five or six variants to see what sticks" approach though. just how many MOMENTUM models have been released in the last two or three years?
The aluminum HD 25 bass is less boomy due to some additional foam damping. It actually has a worse high end somehow and cup sliding issues. Aluminum also dents. Why make tank cans less tank?  The HD 26 looks comfy though and the built in hard limiter could be useful for noise bursts.
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2015, 07:35:14 PM »
Quote from: DrForBin on September 03, 2015, 08:39:52 PM
hello,

my understanding is that the metal cups applied to the HD25 and its like was an improvement. so, perhaps subtle evolution of their long run models?

Actually not subtle at all in that case. They gave it its own model line called "Amperior". HD25 is still plastic as it was designed for abuse.
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Re: What happened to Sennheiser?
« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2015, 07:43:36 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on September 04, 2015, 07:35:14 PM
Actually not subtle at all in that case. They gave it its own model line called "Amperior". HD25 is still plastic as it was designed for abuse.


Adidas got into the Amperior line as well because metal and three stripes looked cool. There was a proper marketing campaign with enough derived demand that you could find the Amperior in large stores.
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