Sennheiser HD 555 Consumer Headphones

Pros: Great, balanced, rich sound; very comfortable; solid build
Cons: Large, bulky size; open design gives no isolation

I've had a fair share of decent headphones--I've listened to the Bose offerings and own a Shure E2C and Sennheiser's own HD 497 (a portable-use headphone, roughly a little bit fuller than the better-known PX 100). That said, I'm simply amazed by ...

Pros: Smooth, Warm, semi flat responce and easy to ware for hours at a time.
Cons: 1/4" jack and big goofy adaptor for 1/8'.

I've have these cans for about a month and cant find anything I dont like about them. They do all of my music really well. I cant get over the fact that they only ran $112. to my door! I've had dozens off headphones over the last 25 years and none of them were as musical as these HD555s Some of my cans from the past ran me up wards of $475. I've used what would have been top of the line some years back. Everytime I go shopping I find more junk and less quality! Its nice to see some company's still make good quality products and continue to improve there products. I'm not going to go qwear with this review and start talking about this song or that fat chicks vocals. I'll just say this, if you have no way to get out and try a bunch of cans? You'll most likely be pleased with these HD-555's