Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “The Best Headphones That Money Can Buy…”.
You know the wireless networks might be crowded in here. You might get a lot of interference. [ Applause, ], very good, okay. So listen! I’M at the Sennheiser booth right now checking out their latest headphones Vista, HD 820. This is the new headphone.
I think I won an award: did it not it’s fun, quite a few, quite a few or HD a twenty. This is a sort of the latest incarnation of this headphone. This is the 800 s, but now it’s a closed back design. So I’m gon na listen to these two and kind of see the differences, but I’m gon na start out on the edge alright yeah here we go. This is the the right kind of partner, and this is the HD v a 20.
This is gon na give you the right kind of juice of speed into a headphone. This caliber, you know, what’s crazy about these headphones is how light they are the attention there’s like extended at home listening session. Oh, I find these to be more comfortable.
I think I’ll take this one instead of that one yeah exactly war base, maybe it’s just to me in a little more sauce, they’re gon na coexist. It’S not like this replaces that one one’s better yeah you’re right, your friends right right right. It’S a different level! Right this is that the coolest looking headphone you’ve ever seen in your entire life – probably possibly, I think so – that’s Gorilla Glass right there and this is a sealed off closed back version of the legendary HD 800, in this case the 800s.
This was an open back design. I mean that has its attributes to it. Right gives you that wise town stage, an alteration in this case is closed back some thicker type of bass, feeling to it.
I have to say for me from my ears I’ll take this over this there’s two options here to suit different people’s taste in music. I find this a little bit more comfortable. It’S a little bit more shallow and it’s a single material. There that’s a deeper cushion your ear fits in there really nice, but they’re, not heavy.
That’S the craziest part. This is probably the most exciting thing I’ve seen here at CES for now, okay, so this is sort of like an impromptu giveaway scenario, a bunch of extra headphones here, for you guys, I guess for whoever’s here – Webber can get here fast enough. We have PXE 550 wireless. You want a little bit more styling at the HD one, the momentum there’s a code word: I’ve tweeted this out and now we’re gon na wait to see how quickly people arrive. All right, we’re gon na upgrade some headphones today say that about mr. Koller is PXE 550 or THD one.
What’S work Spencer, HD, one, okay, yeah all right! What’S up it’s easy right, yeah, cool, okay, cool! But do you know the code word, though Jack? Okay, all right that was quick. Look at this. A lot of people just got nicer headphones. They can enjoy music more. Who knows where this is gon na go alright, they’re less miserable with their lives now because of the headphones.
That’S what we’re doing we’re out here, helping people alright, this episode of unbox, the Epis, been brought to you by mass drop and, more specifically, the new HD, 5 8 X from Sennheiser and mass drop in collaboration. That’S the only place you can get this headphone if you’re unfamiliar with this series of headphones, you are looking at an open back design, so you get that really wide soundstage. This one comes in this jet-black sort of colorway.
You see the Sennheiser on the top right. There and the metal grills on the side. This is a very lightweight headphone and it’s also the most affordable in the range. This is only a hundred and fifty bucks through this particular drop.
Now often the trouble with a pair of premium headphones like this is that they’re difficult to drive? That means you have to plug them into an amplifier or some sort of stationary setup to get the most out of them. This particular unit is meant to be easy to drive, so you can do so with a device like this with a smartphone got the velour pads completely around the ear, because it is an open back design. There’S not the same sense of isolation for people who are just getting into headphones. I always tell them you know: you’ve got to try out some open-back headphones, a totally different experience all right.
So it’s a new look on the classic. They sound great. It’S open back. It’S audiophile quality without the audiophile price, 150 bucks, but in limited quantities.
I believe there’s only going to be 5000 of these, so if you’re interested click, the link down in the description thanks to mass drop for sponsoring this episode, .