| | Sennheiser HD-280 Professional Headphones |  | as of 9/5/2010 07:22 ICT details
Brand: Sennheiser
Buy New: $79.95
Seller: eNext Mall
Rating:  reviews
Color: black
Media: Electronics
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Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4 x 8
The HD-280 Pro is a closed-back, circumaural headphone designed for professional monitoring applications. With up to 32dB attenuation, it's perfect for use in noisy environments, at live shows, and by DJ mixers! The HD-280 Pro features rugged design and optimum sensitivity that'll make even those wimpy headphone outs on synthesizers come alive - these babies are LOUD! The HD-280 Pro delivers detailed, natural reproduction of music and speech, and boasts a smooth frequency response from 8Hz to 2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: HD 280 Pro
Model: HD 280 Pro
UPC: 615104049741
EAN: 0615104049741
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| Features:
| | Dynamic, closed-ear headphones with up to 32 dB attenuation of outside sound | | | Lightweight and comfortable, ergonomic design | | | Extended frequency response and warm, natural sound reproduction | | | Collapsible ear-pieces for compact transport | | | Earpads, headband padding, and audio cord are easily replaceable, ensuring long life |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The HD-280 Pro is a closed-back, circumaural headphone designed for professional-quality monitoring. Its exceptional attenuation of environmental noise (up to 32 dB) makes it particularly useful for use in high-noise environments, in outside broadcasts, and for DJs. Featuring rugged design and optimum sensitivity, the HD-280 Pro will deliver detailed and natural reproduction of music and speech with a wide frequency response of 8 to 25,000 Hz (-10 dB). Owing to its collapsible ear-pieces, the HD-280 Pro is highly compact when it comes to transportation. And all parts that are subject to wear and tear--such as earpads, headband padding, and the audio cord--are easily replaceable, ensuring long life. The headphone's 9-foot cord is detachable, so if it wears out you have only to replace the cord, not the headphone itself. The cord is made of oxygen-free copper for pure, long-lasting audio transmission.
Product Description
Sennheiser HD280 Professional Headphones are Sennheiser's BestThe HD280 Professional is Sennheiser's most significant closed, circumaural headphone to be introduced in years. Designed to exceed the demands of the professional environment, the HD280Pro boasts extremely robust construction combined with replaceable parts, low impedance (64 ohms), high SPL (113dB - 1kHz/1Vrms), and ultra-wide frequency response of 8Hz to 25kHz. The unique, space-saving, collapsible design combined with swiveling ear cups, and accurate, linear sound reproduction offers maximum flexibility in any application. The HD280Pro also provides a 1/8-inch cable connector with locking 1/4-inch adapter and a 2-year warranty.Click Hereto read reviews by HD280 owners!Sennheiser HD280 Professional Features & BenefitsClosed, dynamic stereo headphonesAccurate, linear sound reproduction for critical monitoring applicationsOptimum impedance ensures universal compatabilitySpace saving design features collapsible, rotating earcupsUp to 32 dB of ambient noise attenuationNeodymium magnets for high maximum SPLSingle-sided, coiled cable with 3.5 mm mini jack with locking 1/4 inch adapterVery comfortable, even if used for long periods of timeRugged construction with user-replaceable parts2 year warrantySennheiser At A GlanceFor 60 years, the name Sennheiser has been synonymous with top-quality products and tailor-made complete solutions for every aspect of the recording, transmission and reproduction of sound. In 1945, Dr. Fritz Sennheiser toge
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| Customer Reviews:
 A True soundproof headphones device!!! August 28, 2010
N. Ngo (Houston, TX)
This is a true soundproof headphones device...when I play the piano, I put these on so no one hears what I am playing and I can focus what I am playing at the same time. I cannot hear anything outside the surroundings of this headphone when I wear it. Great Quality...would definitely recommend others to look at this product and buy if seeking for a great quality headphone/soundproof!
 Must have equipment for the aspiring rock star August 25, 2010
Benjamin Shaw
No piece of equipment is perfect for every situation and person, but overall the features and quality of these headphones are such that I would recommend them to anybody in a rock band that is at least dedicated enough to go into a studio to record a demo. For other uses, I'd strongly consider at least looking elsewhere, such as the Sennheiser HD448 for day to day listening.
Sound quality: Many reviewers have complained about lack of bass response, and they may have a point if these were designed as consumer phones. In reality, the frequency response is neutral. Meaning these headphones pretty faithfully reproduce music across a wide range of frequencies. Many of the consumer Sony/etc headphones seem like they give a good bass response, but in reality what they are experiencing is a tuned resonant frequency that gives a powerful response in the range of a bass drum, but to me sounds quite washed out and rubbery sounding at other low frequencies. Using these as monitors in practice or studio gives a much better feeling of the sound that is actually coming out of your speakers and allows for proper adjustment in levels or playing styles. The sound isn't perfectly flat, so for an actual recording engineer a product like the HD600's would be a much better choice. But the 280's would even be a good start for the amateur in a basement who would rather spend the $500 on a multitracker to get started.
While these headphones do not sound perfect with all types of music, they are quite good for the extensive listening a rock musician is likely do. The sealed nature of the headphones means the volume does not have to be very high to hear the music well... this can help cut down on some of the hearing loss that is inevitable with the rock and roll lifestyle. The flat/neutral response means that individual instruments are easily discernible. While most audiophiles would likely cringe at the sound coming out of these headphones, rock musicians would rather put their money into guitars, amps, pedals, cables, beer and studio time than in the home theater equipment necessary to achieve perfect fidelity in the living room. For financial reasons, aspiring rock musicians generally tend to have roommates or live in apartment buildings and like listening to music late into the night, so a good pair of sealed headphones can make the neighbors happy. Also, in my experience these headphones sound "good enough" when plugged into my bass amp for late night solo practice... most headphones I've tried this with simply buzzed and rattled.
Noise reduction: I touched on this in other sections, but if the headphones are worn properly they have about 30dB attenuation, which is comparable to an average set of noise reducing earplugs. In practices well set up musicians can pipe the sounds they need off a PA, mitigating the inevitable sonic level wars which end up annoying neighbors and angering roommates/spouses/etc. If the attenuation is too much, the headphones can be shifted off the ears a bit to break the seal, or due to the folding nature one of the speakers can even be turned away for an ad-hoc (albeit fairly uncomfortable) DJ style mono setup.
Price/Durability: I don't feel that these two can be fully analyzed separately. At around $100 give or take shipping, sales, etc, these headphones are more expensive than anything found in most big box electronics stores. To me the sound quality, noise reduction and other features are enough to justify the price, but the real kicker comes in durability. While probably not fully bulletproof, these have stood up to a good amount of abuse from me. I have rolled over the cable with a desk chair more times than I can count, got the cable caught in many different places, thrown them in the back of a van or station wagon with my other gear at the end of a gigs, left them in a car in the sun on a hot day, etc and they still sound as good as the day I bought them. No: they sound better than the day I bought them, because I did have to break them in first. Three years after the purchase I am now replacing the earpads for about as much money or less as I had previously spent on decent consumer level headphones. Consumer level headphones that invariably needed to be replaced at least twice a year, and that's without being hauled to gigs and band practices. The failure mode of these pads leaves the headphones just as comfortable and sonically pure as before, but are aesthetically quite ugly and the ear pads may fail totally soon. Additionally, these headphones spend much more time on my computer listening to music, watching videos etc than any pair I previously had, in addition to using them for practice which would have blown the speakers of regular phones. I would overall say that while the price may be a little higher than most people are comfortable dropping on a pair of headphones, they are actually an excellent value and a long term wise financial decision.
Comfort: for me these are pretty comfortable. I often find most headphones are simply too small for me. The HD280's are quite adjustable and well padded, I can wear them comfortably for hours at a time. Earbuds would leave my ears burning, itchy and sweaty if I wore them nearly as long as I wear these cans. While the arms do hold the speakers pretty tight to the head, there is adequate padding such that it doesn't irritate any one particular spot, such as the thin metal headband found on most consumer level headphones, or even the feel of the speaker housing itself through the thin foam fabric covering you are used to. After wearing these a couple times they are no more uncomfortable than, say, a pair of sunglasses. Your mileage may vary with different head shapes, sensitivity, etc, but in general the whole class of sealed headphones will be the most comfortable for long term use for most people. However, due to their bulk, they may not be very appropriate for the bus or other commuting, although the noise blocking would come in handy. These headphones wear quite comfortably dropped around the neck in "standby" position while talking between takes or whatever.
Finally, an area that headphones usually don't have much to talk about with: features. In addition to the build, sound, price, etc already discussed, these headphones have a list of features that recommend them for the pro/am level musician. The cord is long enough to give plenty of movement in a practice space/studio environment (I'd say about 3-4 yards of effective play without an extension.) The coils in the cord allows it to spring back and not get tangled up in the web of power and signal cords going between instruments, foot switches, amplifiers, microphones, etc. Replaceable parts: ear pads, headband pad and cable are replaceable. Musicians tend to be hard on their gear, and the ability to repair equipment is important. And at the price these aren't exactly disposable, but even if the entire headphones need replacing it shouldn't break the bank. The 1/4" jack adapter screws onto the 1/8" jack rather than just slipping on. Musicians will almost exclusively be using the 1/4" jack and are hard on their gear, so this removes the inevitable hunt for the adapter and frequent trips to radio shack when the plug is gone for good. Also, with a spring loaded jack this means the connection can take a little tension before popping out. While some people mentioned that these aren't exactly portable, they are stowable. As I said before, these are a bit clumsy for actual portable music listening, but they do fold in such a manner that they can be stowed away with your bag of cables or whatever in a fairly stable shape so the bag can be thrown around without much worry (which anybody who's played a gig where the band wasn't able to remove gear until after bar close/festival end/whatever can doubly appreciate.)
Cons: The headphones are a bit bulky. You won't find yourself wearing these things running anytime soon, and they aren't good for throwing in a backback with an ipod for listening on the bus or between classes or whatever. Their bulk just plain looks weird if you aren't actively playing an instrument... not quite as out of the loop as the guy with the am/fm radio built into a pair of headphones sitting on the bus or at a baseball game; more like you are trying too hard to let people know you are really into music and don't like interruptions.
Other posters have mentioned that the cable is a bit noisy if you touch it. This isn't electrical noise, but vibrational noise transmitted up the cable like a string between two soup cans. If there isn't much tension in the cable this isn't much of a problem, so sitting in your living room intently listening to music won't be much of an issue. Guitar/bass players can string the cable around their instrument strap to reduce the effect. Keyboardists/etc usually don't move enough for this to be a problem, and drummers... well, they're drummers. They'd probably be much better off with something wireless.
Cable length: the cable is quite long, too long and cumbersome for actual portable use. It would drag along the ground if you were actually jogging with them on. The weight alone is enough to drag ipods/etc off of tables.
Summary: for most music fans, there are much better headphones out there: the Sennheiser HD448's might be a better choice with a similar quality build and price range if you just want to listen to music. A true audiophile might think anything below Grado's is a sin. An audiophile in training might do with Alessandro's. But for an entry level pro/am rock musician, the HD280 is the headphone equivalent of the Shure SM57 microphone. Sure, a wireless setup would be preferable in live situations but then you probably have monitor speakers anyways. For occasional studio use, day to day practicing and listening to music "as a musician" these are going to be your go to piece of equipment. There are far better studio headphones out there, but for your standard rock (or country, really any kind of music featuring amplified music usually heard live in a bar) musician who dreams of one day having roadies... it would be hard to find anything with the same value at this price point. Shure SRH440's are about as close that I know of, and some prefer their feel or sound distribution, but in my opinion the HD280 just feels more solidly built which is in my opinion of extreme importance to the working musician. But knowing brand loyalty, it's probably a Coke/Pepsi thing and Shure fans will probably tell you that the HD280 feels flimsy, so if you have a chance I'd try both of them out trying to get pairs that have a little use so they're broken in. Remember, at this entry pro-am level there is some break in required (about 24 hours of playtime should be good.) Cheaper classes of headphones will sound their best right out of the box, but what quality they have will fall pretty quickly. Really high end headphones on the other hand generally don't need much break in period, as they tend to be more individually tuned during manufacture. I guess the best comparison would be to footwear: Most Sony, skullcandy etc that can be purchased in a big box store would be like a pair of sneakers. Grado's would be bespoke italian leather dress loafers (Or the emperor's new clothes, depending on your outlook.) The HD280 or the Shure SRH440 would be like a good pair of work boots: clunky and ugly, but the people wearing them actually get the hard work done: building the ball courts that the sneakers are used on and the country clubs the loafers are worn to. And Bose? Well, there's a saying in the audio business: no highs, no lows? Must be Bose. Remember: they pioneered the "wave guide technology" which is the epitome of bass tuned to one particular frequency which sounds really powerful in the store, but is actually quite muddy sounding.
great phones August 6, 2010
Susan E. Rogers (Boston, MA)
These are great phones for the price. No complaints with the performance, sound, or fit.
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