Sennheiser Shopper Audio HD 599 Open Again Headphone, Ivory
Original price was: $199.95.$117.76Current price is: $117.76.
Value: $199.95 - $117.76
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Powered by Sennheiser’s proprietary transducer expertise for actually glorious sound efficiency, the open again HD 599 delivers impressively pure spatial efficiency. Topping Sennheiser’s 500 sequence, the total sized premium headphone gives close to audiophile ranges of sound high quality and distinctive sporting consolation because of the big ear cups and comfortable replaceable ear pads. Completed in a particular Ivory coloration, with matte metallic detailing and a brown stitched headband, it’s a nice selection for these wishing to get pleasure from leisure with subtle sound, design and construct high quality.
Premium, around-ear, open again headphones: Audiophile sound mixed with premium design and supplies
Padded headband and splendid velour lined ear pads excellent for lengthy listening classes with no stress on the ears
A number of connectivity choices: Sturdy 3 meter removable cable and 6.3 millimeter jack and extra 1.2 meter removable cable with 3.5 millimeter Jack
Timeless design cues: Ivory coloration, matte end along with the brown headband stitching and matte metallic element convey high quality at first look
Premium Elements: Sennheiser engineered transducers use aluminum voice coils delivering excessive effectivity, glorious dynamics and intensely low distortion
Connectivity expertise: Wired
Energy supply kind: Battery
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Clients just like the sound high quality, consolation, and construct high quality of the headphones. They point out that the deep bass and open audio expertise are nice, and the vocals are usually not too excessive and intrusive. Some respect the burden and readability. Nonetheless, some clients have combined opinions on the cable size.
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Original price was: $199.95.$117.76Current price is: $117.76.
Eric –
For $89 They Are Well Worth it.
These sound good out of the box and EQ nicely to sound very good. They are not going to put out planar quality sound no matter how much you EQ but for dynamic drivers they sound good. Extremely easy to drive with phone or laptop 3.5mm jack. They are very comfortable and build quality is good for $89 headphones. For $89 I just can’t complain. If I paid $200 then I would definitely be a lot more critical because for $350 you can get planar’s that are on another level than these and most dynamic driver headphones.
Josh Duch –
Comfort with Quality
I’ve had these headphones for 5 years. For me, Sennheiser is a trusted brand. I’ve only owned two Sennheiser phones in my life, and my first pair lasted me for 9 years. Technically they still work, but the plastic jacket for the wires are exposed. They still sound great; I was just not comfortable being around exposed cable.One of my favorite aspects of these headphones are the fact that they completely cover my ear. Earbuds tend to slip out of my ear more often than I’d like. Whenever I put these cans on, they stick, and I never have to adjust them.Not only are these phones extremely comfortable, you get the full range of sound. You do not need to turn up the volume too high. They are open back headphones, so if you are recording vocals, for example, there will be bleed over to the microphone, depending on how hot the mic is. However, I do not record very often – if at all – so it is no issue for me. Open back headphones allow you to hear the room around you, so if that is not desirable, consider closed back headphones. Please be mindful that I am just a random Amazon customer, not an audio engineer.The phones come with a 1/4″ adapter, which allows one to plug into either an interface or even an amp for practice. I use it for the latter; a bass amp, to be specific. The bass sounds great through the phones, though sometimes I hear the headphones rattle because I tend to turn up the volume. This is because I wear earbuds underneath the Sennheisers – which are noise canceling – and that causes me to turn up the volume on my amp, thus causing the rattling. I wear earbuds because I usually practice at night and want to be able to hear the metronome/drum backtrack so as to not disturb my housemates. So it is a delicate balance to make sure I do not blow out the speakers on my phones. Something to keep in mind; I do not know if these headphones were necessarily made to blast the sounds of a bass amp. My amp is a Hartke HD75, and I typically practice with Low’s/Mid’s/High’s at 12 o’clock and the EQ flat. I hear the rattling when turning up to approx. 3.5 on the volume knob.All that being said, I still give these headphones 5 stars because they are fantastic. I have noticed zero drop in sound quality in the 5 years I have used them, and I will 100% buy them again.
Frank Turner –
Best in class…
Edit:In spite of wonderful sound and very comfortable ear cups, I returned these to Amazon.I am an engineer and therefore really picky about design and I hope this saves somebody a bit of research.I just couldn’t live with the head band of these. It almost defies understanding that a company as fantastic as Senheisser would release a headband design like this. I will say again, that the sound and ear cup comfort of the 599 is fantastic. But they create a hot spot on top of the head where the head band with modest foam point loads the top of the head. No reason for it. Seinnheiser even understands this dynamic and sell both less expensive like the HD-559 and the more upscale HD 650 headphones with a much more padded and headband with a void at the top of the head which could cause irritation.If you guys and girls want to take the dive, look into the Seinheisser HD-6xx which is a knock off of the venerable HD-650 which is twice the price of the 599. These headphones are magic. Go out on youtube and watch some reviews. Best $200 headphone on the market. Just scored an open box purchase in new condition and these are even better in both sound and comfort to the 599. I had NO complaints about the sound quality of the 599 but I need complete comfort. Hope this helps and happy listening.I don’t write a lot of reviews but I come from the world of tech and appreciate all genres of music. I recommend everybody interested in the HD 599 to go to youtube and watch some reviews which will be in more depth than mine.I am returning to earphone listening after many years. I built a new AMD CPU based computer which btw I love without a dedicated GPU but with Asrock on board sound which drives these headphones beautifully. Because of their low impedance, not essential to drive them through a dedicated amp.Comfort:Comfort for me for overall listening is ESSENTIAL. It is largely why I bought these. I have largish ears and where a large hat…not a small guy but not a huge guy either. I struggle with the comfort of many headphones. Not these. They are the best. Sennheiser gets it. Other companies not so much.Ear pocket are very large to completely cover my largish ears and my ears though not tea cups stick out a bit…not excessive but require deep and large ear cup openings. These deliver.What isn’t understood about earphone design many times is…its a balance of clamping force to the head that determines headband pressure. Higher the clamping force, the less the head band pressure because lateral force negates vertical fall of the headphones. Many headphones with drivers and fidelity this size are heavy. These weigh 250 grams and are light. Therefore they don’t require big clamping…rated only at .71 lbs mean clamping…no doubt head width specific.. In summary, because of low weight they don’t dig in up top of the head even with low clamping pressure. Genius design and I am a design guy so I appreciate it.Sound:Wonderful. I am not formally a senior…a very active senior and listen to classic rock to some even hip hop…very little, to opera and classical music. I like it all from Mo town to some jazz to mostly classic rock which I grew up…the best music of all time. 🙂 These headphones deliver. Listen to the reviews. They aren’t flat…slightly embellished. An audiophile headphone with a bit of lowest and highs added. What the absolutely non purist wants in a headphone. Very very slight embellishment…almost not. I don’t like too much bass but love to hear it. My aging ears don’t hear the highs like they once did. I can hear the highs with these. If I EQ them, I can tune them precisely how I like them.They sound magnificient. Btw, they are open headphones and not meant to keep all the sound within. That is design intent and what better listening headphones are. On an airplane, pick a pair of Senn closed headphones.Looks:Looks matter. I am a design guy. Shape, texture and appearance affects perception of the product. 5 out of 5. Perfect. I couldn’t design them better. Arguably a ‘hint’ of retro. Not as retro at the 598. If only the 598 existed, I would get those but these are aesthetically more modern and better IMO. The color is a bit unique. You maybe tired of everything black like me. These are a bit different and absolutely beautiful.I have owned other high end headphones from other companies. These are my favorite. I only have had them for a couple of days. Even in the time I have owned them they have burned in and will burn in much more in the next 200 hrs of listening.My advice. If you like, try everything but own these.Happy listening everybody. Surf youtube for your favorite music. Some brilliant young artists out there.
Emilio –
La verdad es que tengo mucho tiempo queriendo adentrarme al rollo del Hi-fi y la verdad es que siento que estos Seinnheiser son una buena iniciación, son cómodos, baratos, tienen sus distintos cables para usarlos en varios dispositivos como celulares, computadoras o mezcladoras y pues la verdad, se escuchan bien. Obvio, intenten conseguir la música en HD o Ultra HD para sacarle todo el jugo. ¿Qué si hay mejores? SÃ, pero pues estos hacen un muy buen paro.
Ventura –
O fone é leve confortavel, som execelente , para quem gosta de uma boa musica e assitir um seriado.Tenho varios fone de ouvido, mas este vai ser aquele de cabeceira , uso para tudo. fantastico.
Gabriela Oliveira –
O fone é do modelo aberto (que não abafa o som externo), super leve e com o som excelente. O fato das almofadas serem de um material que parece uma camurça é ótimo também, tem uma durabilidade muito boa e não fica descascando. Ele vem com um cabo p2 e um p10, perfeito para usar no computador e também em instrumentos musicais.
Adrián –
**Reseña corta: excelentes para interiores. Son ‘abiertos’, por lo que el sonido se filtra de y hacia adentro (más detalles en la reseña larga). Material de construcción no tan premium (casi todo es plástico). Muy cómodos. Sonido cálido con bajos potentes pero no exagerados. No necesitan un DAC para lograr sonido potente. Incluye un cable corto de 3.5mm y uno largo de 6mm con su respectivo adaptador a 3.5mm. Valen cada centavo (comprados en su edición especial negros a precio de oferta de ~$2000 MXN)**Primero que nada, no soy profesional de audio o audiófilo consagrado ni nada de eso. Sin embargo, me gusta investigar sobre audio y tengo varios audÃfonos del rango de precio, por lo cual tengo algunos puntos de comparación. Los uso primordialmente para jugar, aunque también he estado escuchando música en varios formatos para probarlos. Esta reseña está escrita desde el punto de vista de un consumidor promedio con una (Ãnfima) embarrada de conocimiento en audio.Debo decir que son *por mucho* los audÃfonos más cómodos que he tenido. Los he tenido puestos por horas y al poco rato uno deja de sentir que los trae puestos. Las almohadillas son de tela ‘aterciopelada’ y son bastante ligeros, lo que hace que sean comodÃsimos. El punto malo de este aspecto (y probablemente sea el único punto malo en general), es que para lograr eso, son enteramente de plástico, por lo cual no me parece que sean de uso rudo. No son plegables ni pueden girarse para acomodarse en el cuello, lo cual indica que son para uso casero y no tanto para exteriores (traerlos en la calle/hacer ejercicio/ tomar llamadas, etc.). Si no se traen puestos en la cabeza, no resulta cómodo ponerlos en el cuello.El sonido es bastante bueno, realmente de lo mejor que puede haber en su rango de precio. NO son audÃfonos para monitoreo, por lo cual no tienen un sonido ‘plano’. Es más bien un sonido ‘cálido’ con graves y agudos bien acentuados, pero sin llegar a exagerar en absoluto. Los medios están bien a secas, aunque a volúmenes muy muy altos podrÃan llegar a perderse un poco. Para la mayorÃa de usos no profesionales son realmente sobresalientes. (En juegos son una joya, por el sonido posicional y los bajos acentuados)Los audÃfonos son abiertos, lo cual tiene implicaciones buenas y malas. Al dejar escapar sonido por atrás, la fatiga por escuchar música mucho tiempo es menor que con unos cerrados, además se consigue un mejor efecto de separación de sonidos y el ‘soundstage’ es amplio. Sin embargo, se escucha en toda la habitación lo que uno trae en los audÃfonos, incluso a volúmenes bajos. Mismo caso al revés: sonidos del exterior pueden filtrarse a los audÃfonos, por lo cual para ambientes ruidosos (como la calle) o para lugares compartidos con otras personas, no son muy recomendados. Igual para llamar/chatear por voz no son tan recomendados porque el sonido que sale de los audÃfonos puede filtrarse en el micrófono.En cuanto a potencia, son suficientes. Son audÃfonos con una impedancia de 75 ohms (los audÃfonos de consumo “normal” son de 35 ohms), por lo cual, sà se van a escuchar un poco más bajos que audÃfonos de 35, pero en lo personal, creo que el volumen es suficiente. Si disfrutas de escuchar música a volúmen estruendoso, probablemente un amplificador te beneficiarÃa, pero no creo que es imprescindible en estos audÃfonos (más tomando en cuenta el hecho de que son pensados para uso en interiores)Finalmente, vienen empacados en una caja de cartón bastante simple con el logo de Sennheiser. Solamente trae manuales, 2 cables (uno de unos 60cm y otro como de metro y medio) y obviamente los audÃfonos (OJO, los cables traen una especie de seguro para evitar desconexiones accidentales. Hay que girarlos para conectarlos/desconectarlos).Investigué y no encontré mayor diferencia con respecto a la versión normal (blancos con café), más allá del precio (más de la mitad de los normales) y el color. La diferencia de precios me provocó un poco de desconfianza, pero buscando en foros y en reviews profesionales, encontré que son exactamente los mismos audÃfonos, sólo vi un comentario que decÃa que las plantas de ensamblaje eran diferentes, pero los componentes son los mismos.CONCLUSIÃN: si piensas usarlos en casa y para aplicaciones no profesionales, son una verdadera joya. Pienso que incluso sin el precio de oferta valen totalmente la pena. Para la edición normal sà la pensarÃa más, es más del doble del precio de esta edición. Si quieres unos audÃfonos para traer en la calle o para aplicaciones profesionales, te sugerirÃa buscar más opciones primero, probablemente por el precio podrÃas escoger algo que cubra mejor tus necesidades.
bud spencer –
Casque ouvert d’excellente facture et très confortable. Le son est très bien équilibré. Quelle que soit la source sonore, film, musique, jeu vidéo, c’est très bon. J’ai toujours acheté des casques de cette marque et je n’ai jamais été déçu. Ceux qui recherchent des basses, des basses, encore des basses et uniquement des basses, ce casque n’est pas pour vous.