Sennheiser Deals & Offers

It depends... These are closed, the 599 are open. *Personally*, I like open headphones more (and the 599 are super comfy), but they don't block any external sound. If I'm using them close to a person on the phone, I can hear 100% the conversation. If you are going to use them in an office or "noisy" environment, the 280 make a lot more sense.

These or the 599 for the same price?

I've had these for 5 years, excellent sound and very well built. I'd buy again, but my old ones are still going strong!

In contrast I have a pair of the HD 380 for about 6 years and they're still going strong

Don't! They are fragile. I returned two of them.

Just had mine arrive this morning, less than 48h after ordering. They're pretty good!

Was definitely 599, but maybe it was because they weren't burnt in or worn in yet. Either way, I decided that my HD518s were still good enough. The sound was still great on the 599 but I possibly put my expectations too high. I got the Skullcandy Crusher Wireless instead.

is there any chance you got the closed back 598/599? they almost identical. 598/599 open back are well known for it open stage. I have both and they are amazing.

I'm guessing you wouldn't be interested in their Orpheus headphones? Read somewhere they cost around $50000! Crazy.. I'll just wait for the B-stock (lol) Just googled it, and there are a couple more expensive from other brands ($120000, $80000) but they've got diamonds etc. https://wealthygorilla.com/most-expensive-headphones/

Professionals do. As with anything, when you hit the peak version of a product, it becomes very expensive.

Back to full price at John Lewis's.. And back to £250ish at Amazon UK.. Got to think they'll be available again somewhere for no more than £200 in the not too distant future..

I haven’t, I’ve tried the XM3 but not in depth enough - i’ve looked at loaads of comparisons though. I’d say most say the M3 has better SQ, and the sony better ANC

Were you able to form an opinion on which of M3 and XM4 has better overall sound quality? (assuming use of 3rd party eq if required by user, just to make it more about the hardware's ability to sound good and not necessarily about the out-of-the-box sound - hope I'm making sense)

I was being flippant. If airpod pros are anything to go by, the Max should be ace. This is a bargain.

They do, I have owned both. Apm handle sub bass and bass a lot better, and have a slightly more resolving sound. The M3 are the second best bluetooth headphones I’ve owned though, that have ANC. Anyone who thinks the SQ on the £200-£300 cans is better than the Airpods Max almost certainly hasn’t a/b them side by side. I have, and I know others who have, absolutely none of them say M3/XM4 reach apm sq. I’m going to take a wild guess and assume you havent owned both for a meaningful amount of time

This came out only 2 points higher than the HD 450BT which I bought last time (a year ago) in the B Stock so for upgrading from the 450 maybe not a good option. Link below for the comparison review: https://versus.com/en/sennheiser-hd-450bt-vs-sennheiser-hd-458bt

Great to hear. Such good value at that price as well.

Just FYI got these. Delivered within 3 days. They are unreal for sound quality and I would actually say these are completely brand new so not sure what makes them b stock because it's literally packaged brand new with fresh earbuds and chargers etc for anyone looking to buy.

Wow what a find. Was literally about to spend 269 pound on Amazon. For 100 pound less I'll take the hit if they aren't exactly "brand new"

Thanks. Good advice.

Personally I'd go direct with Sennheiser as other users on here who have purchased B Stock stated it was practically new and sealed and also should anything go wrong I feel like dealing with Sennheiser directly for the warranty might be easier. CEX warranty might be good too but I've never used it.

Shame. Honestly, if the £200 for brand new deals had been available a week ago, I may well have gone for that option to save the gamble. But I think they'll refund your return postage so you should be no worse off for giving it a go. Update on second, more accurately timed, full rundown of battery. Came out as 21 hours with 80% anc/20% transparency mode, 40% volume, Samsung s9+ (bt5.0,aptx), smart pause active, tile NOT active.

Mine arrived today. Open box, headband slighty scratched. One ear cup has some stain outside. Going back. No luck this time.

New M3s in stock on Amazon UK right now for £200 again! Gonna try and post deal but thought I'd give you a heads up.. and battery is still going strong on second run, still saying 20% and up to nearly 16 hrs listening 40% vol..

Current £199 @ JL for those looking to pickup a new pair. https://www.johnlewis.com/sennheiser-momentum-wireless-3-0-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-over-ear-headphones-with-mic-remote/black/p4395208? Edit: now gone up again.

Pretty much the same short list I was looking at, except I'd also ruled out PX7 due to relatively high price, and was considering pxc-550 ii too. I only really ruled out the last one due to not having a transparency mode which lets you listen to music - I would have lived with the slightly worse sound (especially treble) quality Aonic 50 was my early front runner due to having a full range of codecs and shure sound quality, and most users saying comfortable but same as what you stated, I saw a few issues that kept getting mentioned that gradually turned me off them. Ideally, I would say M3 would be near perfect if they had a wider codec range and better battery life, but I think I can live with both those shortcomings. Speaking of battery life, my second (more accurately timed) run is approaching 14 hours, with app saying 20% but this is due to go to 10% any time now so looking more like 15.5 to 16 hrs this time (ANC on 90% of the time, 40% volume, aptx/5.0, 1m distance) I think I might have slightly overestimated first run in my previous comment, unless ANC makes a huge difference.