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HD650
24.07.2003 Wedemark. Sennheiser electronic is to launch a new set of high-end headphones at the international electronics fair, the IFA, in Berlin. With their HD 650, the company shows how headphones can sound even better than before. For fans of high-end audio equipment, the ultimate in listening pleasure is to relax with their favorite SACDs – and a set of good headphones. Now, their enjoyment of absolute music pleasure can be enhanced even further: the new HD 650 from microphone and headphone specialists Sennheiser will delight even the most demanding audio purist. Every detail suddenly becomes crystal clear, the sound comes alive, and your living room is turned into your own personal concert hall.
The name Sennheiser has for many years been synonymous with the ultimate in sound quality. Even with the successful HD 600, the innovative company from Wedemark near Hanover impressed the media and hi-fi fans alike. For example, the readers of Audio Magazine gave the HD 600 the coveted "Golden Ear" award four times.
The new HD 650 extends the top of the range by a further set of open, dynamic headphones. Even more so than the HD 600, the emphasis is on expressiveness and emotion. Therefore, with the HD 650, the demanding high-end fan can now enjoy the ultimate in dynamic headphones, reminiscent of the delights of the legendary electrostatic Orpheus model. Experts are unanimous in their view that Sennheiser set the absolute benchmark with this luxurious headphone/amplifier combination, which was made in a limited edition of only 300 and remains unsurpassed to this day.
Now, the launch of the HD 650 means that everyone can enjoy sound in all its perfection. In their quest to develop even better dynamic headphones, Sennheiser consulted high-end specialists, sound engineers and trade journalists. They even consulted internet forums to complete the picture. This intensive research revealed an interesting fact: that listening habits have changed. Today, people prefer to "feel" the music rather than to analyze it. The result was the HD 650 – headphones that captivate the listener with the ultimate in lifelike reproduction, while still maintaining absolute precision.
The HD 650 are headphones with a "soul" – inspiring Sennheiser to endow them with luxuriously rich basses and pleasantly natural trebles. The frequency response covers a range between 10 and 39,500 Hz. Sophisticated system damping and a reduced-resonance, compressed cellulose fleece serve to reduce standing waves in the diaphragm and provide an even more precise sound image, especially for bass sounds. Voice reproduction too is completely authentic A specially developed acoustic silk with precisely uniform damping properties reduces total harmonic distortion to an incredible 0.05 % (1 kHz).
Music lovers can look forward to enjoying systems with the tightest of tolerances that have been hand-picked in pairs. Even the design of the headphones with their attractive finish in silver-titanium shades will make music fans' hearts beat faster.
The chairman of the Supervisory Board of Sennheiser, Prof. Dr. Jörg Sennheiser, himself a professor of electroacoustics, is justly proud of the new development. "The HD 650 is not simply a set of headphones – it represents our philosophy and our ambition to get as close as possible to natural sound
