Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Gesloten koptelefoon

Great craftsmanship. Almost fully cutting of outside noise. Clear tunes. That's just how it should be. Sennheiser performs up the standard we are custom to

Sennheiser never disappoints, price is also very well but really kudos on the fast delivery of music store in this challenging times

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I'm a sound artist and field recordist, and I use these headphones both in my studio and in the field. I own and have used a variety of headphones ( including the Sennheiser HD280-pro, HD300pro, HD25; Beyerdynamic DT770, DT990, DT100; and the Remote Audio HN-7506), and the HD280-pro are my favorite headphones to use in the field.

The sound is what you expect and love from Sennheiser headphones: clear, neutral and full of detail. These headphones are meant to be neutral, so you can judge the actual sound that comes out of the device, errors and blemishes and all. This honesty is great to work on the sound. For purely listening and enjoying music, I would choose different headphones. (Though they aren’t bad for it either). While the specs say these headphones reproduce bass down to 8Hz, This might be true in laboratory conditions, but I believe that this is an overstatement. In real life conditions, and especially in the field, I believe the useable frequency range goes down to about 80hz, which is pretty good for headphones in the field).

On top of this, these cans have a lot of isolation, minimizing bleed from outside so you can focus on the sound you want to listen to, even at lower volumes (and hence save your ears). Especially in the field this isolation is very welcome. It also makes them good tracking headphones. I even use these headphones in a performance where the audience needs to wear headphones outside, and needed a headphone that blocked the outside sound as much as possible. These headphones deliver the most passive isolation I could find (apart from the very expensive Remote Audio HN-7506).

The over ear design makes them very comfortable to wear, even for longer periods of time (hours in a row). The cups fit nicely over my ears. And the headband locks the headphone pretty well on my head, without becoming uncomfortable, even after prolonged periods of wearing them. (Though I have heard that some people experience the fit as too tight or gripping). Bonus points for the little space between the cushions in the headband. It means I can wear the headphones without issue when wearing a cap to protect myself from the sun. The screw on mini jack to normal jack adaptor is great, because the adaptor stays firmly connected to the cable and goes missing only because of my own fault, never because it becomes disconnected. It still allows me to quickly change between devices with a mini and normal jack output. Their foldable design also comes in very handy when they need to fit in a backpack full of other gear.

The 64 Ohm impedance lets me drive the headphones also properly from less powerful headphone preamps found in recorders, MP3 players and IEM receivers.

Since I use these headphones mostly in the field, I’m quite fond of the coiled cable. It usually stays close on my body, without dragging or easily getting snagged somewhere. It also packs small. But the coiled design allows me to also step away a few steps of my recorder (or interface) when I need to, without having to stop monitoring the sound. Afterwards the coil just gets back to its smaller size. The cable is in theory also replaceable should it be needed, but it’s a bit tricky to do. After using a lot of these headphones in challenging conditions, I’ve never had to change the cable.

I have several of these headphones. My oldest pair is more than 15 years old (this was the previous HD280 model). After a lot of abuse in arctic, savannah and tropical conditions and years on the road, the high frequency response isn’t as pristine anymore, but they still work well for non-critical monitoring and tracking. I replaced the pads and now just keep them around as a backup, which came in handy a few times. I believe I’ll be able to use my new ones for years to come.

So all in all, a though, great sounding, honest headphone with a lot of passive isoloation. Exactly what I need.