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Sennheiser Brings on Da Noiz
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 11, 2007  |  1 comments
What's the best way to arrest rapidly moving showgoers and convince them that your noise-cancelling headphone technology is the best? Sennheiser plopped a couple of plane seats (first class, of course) on the show floor with a speaker between them spewing recorded jet turbine noise. I then sat down next to the speaker, put on the cans, and got the point. The PXC 450 is comfortable, despite its ear-enveloping size, and sounds full, rich, and spacious, with profound bass.
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Headphone Reviews
Sennheiser HD 598 Headphone Review
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 04, 2016  |  1 comments

Performance
Build Quality
Comfort
Value
PRICE $250

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Musically coherent sound
Comfortable velour earpads
Moving parts don’t creak
Minus
Not especially rugged
Limited low bass
No carry case

THE VERDICT
The affordable Sennheiser HD 598 is styled differently from its famous and more costly sibling, the HD 600, but is just as beautifully voiced and just as insanely comfortable.

The motley crew that lives in my headphone drawer was getting long in the tooth when I decided to add a widely acknowledged classic to the collection. The new acquisition was the Sennheiser HD 600, now more than 20 years and umpteen generations old, and he’s become my go-to guy when I want to spend an evening kicking back with headphones that guarantee total physical and listening comfort. Lately I’ve had a chance to try the HD 600’s little brother, the HD 598. At $250, it lists for $150 less than the HD 600, though as of mid-November it was widely available at major online e-tailers (Amazon, Best Buy, B&H) for $150 to $175.

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Ears On
Sennheiser PXC 300 Noise-Canceling Headphones
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 03, 2006  |  1 comments
Why would anyone pay the price of an iPod nano for a pair of headphones? Better sound is one reason—Apple's earbuds are wretchedly tinny. Sennheiser provides another good reason with the PXC 300 headphones. These midsized cans have noise cancellation, resulting in both better sound and greater safety for those most precious and irreplacable audio components, your ears.
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CES 2010
Sennheiser Rolls Own Headphone Surround
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 07, 2010  |  0 comments
Sennheiser's RS170 headphones are full-sized, wireless, and surround-savvy -- the latter coming in the form of a proprietary, not licensed, technology. The company's previous surround products had used adaptation technology licensed from SRS. Price $150.
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Separates Hail from Planet Krell
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 13, 2007  |  0 comments
Surround electronics were thin on the ground at HES but Krell did display the S-1000 pre-pro ($6500) and S-1500 multi-channel amp. The latter can operate with five, six, or seven channels and sells for $6000-7000 depending on configuration. Both shipping now. Krell also showed an iPod dock.
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Audio Separates Buying Tips
Separates: Bring On the Heavy Artillery
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 11, 2013  |  2 comments
Bigger is better. That’s probably the dominant argument in favor of buying a separate multichannel amplifier and surround processor instead of an A/V receiver. It’s also the wrong argument. There are three good reasons for you to choose separates: to scale up your system to a larger room, to power more-demanding speakers, or to achieve higher performance than you can get with an average AVR.
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CEDIA 2010
Setup Is Sweaty
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 22, 2010  |  0 comments
Stepladders, forklifts, crates, cartons, and loads of loads of gear were flying around on the final day before the show. But the setup was arduous for the people doing it -- in part because the powers that be at the Georgia World Congress Center decided it was not necessary to turn on the air conditioning in the vast exhibit space.
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Audio Video News
Sezmi Says Who Needs Cable?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 10, 2010  |  0 comments
Heard of Sezmi? The company offers what it calls a personalized TV solution that integrates DTV broadcasts with online and on-demand video. Having originated in Los Angeles, it is expanding service to 36 other U.S. television markets in 23 states.
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Audio Video News
SF-Area Store Hosts Meridian Event
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 06, 2009  |  0 comments
Would you like to get a look at Meridian's 810 Reference Video System and its flagship 9.2 surround rig? You can have that and some hors d'oeuvres if you attend Audio High's event this coming Friday, October 9, 2009.
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Ears On
Sgt. Pepper Meets Dolby Atmos
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 02, 2017  |  0 comments
If you're a Beatlemaniac, by now you've heard all about the 50th anniversary reissue of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Perhaps you've even read our interview with producer Giles Martin. What remains to be said about this milestone about a milestone? How about Sgt. Pepper in Dolby Atmos?

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