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Brilliant cheap, fantastically aural. Best pair of headphones I've heard for the money. I bought these second hand after using my brother's, and I just had to have them. The cups are so comfy you don't notice you're wearing them, the sound is rich, clear, bass is thumpy, mids are clear, and highs are brilliant.
If headphones had mileage like cars then my hd 555's would be round the clock at least twice. Yet they still have as good a sound and are as comfy as the day I bought them new on eBay. These are fantastic headphones that can be bought at a fraction of the rrp price back in the day. I can recommend the hd555's highly.
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If you can get em cheap then I recommend. As comfy as their other HD5s and not so open so a great headphone for bed. The only downside is the sable is non replaceable and it has the big jack.
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This is excellent product and I'm very satisfied. Very good sound, very good ergonomy, nice design - that is Sennheiser HD 555.
The HD 555s are open, circumaural, full-sized headphones. That means they let outside noise in and inside noise out (so they're not suitable for use in noisy environments, or near people who don't want to hear a tinnier version of what you're hearing), and they're comfortable even if you wear them for a long time (because their ear cushions sit around your ears, not on top of them), and you'll look a bit stupid if you wear them in public (because they may be all sleek and sci-fi looking, but they're hardly small enough to hide under most hairstyles).f you're looking for slick full-sized 'phones, the 555s fit the bill. Surprisingly strong one-sided headband hinge connection? Check. Single-sided cable input? Check. Shiny black metal grilles, not many corners, tasteful silver-grey highlight plastic? Check, check, check. The silver "Sennheiser" logo on the headband's a bit big, if you ask me, but if you often find yourself having trouble remembering who made your consumer electronic goods, I'm sure you'll find that helpful. More practically, these headphones have a high quality ratchetty size adjustment that should let them fit heads from somewhat-small to downright-enormous. They have a quite ample ten foot non-curly cord. And their headband is tough yet twistable... ...which should make the headphones more resilient, and also makes it very easy to pull one ear-cup off your ear without budging the other one. Like a lot of full-sized headphones these days, the HD 555s are quite light; Sennheiser quote a weight of 260 grams (9.2 oz) without the cable. I think that's actually a bit of an overstatement. The HD 555 earpieces are quite distinctive. The drivers inside are angled backwards - the better to shoot sound straight into your ears - and there's a funny little wedge-shaped "surround reflector for an extremely spatial sound reproduction", too. This design apparently has something to do with Sennheiser's "Eargonomic acoustic refinement" system. Well, that's what their German site calls it; their US branch doesn't have the courage to overrule their spellchecker. Ah, marketing. The 555 cushions are covered with finest black velvety stuff, which is good, but they're a bit on the firm side. Together with above-average pressure from the headband, these headphones end up among the most comfortable I've worn, but not very near the top of the list. I'm happy wearing them for hours on end, though; I'm just happier wearing my softer and squishier HD 590s. This unnecessarily arty image serves to convey the fact that the HD 555 cable terminates in the quarter inch plug that's used by full-size hi-fi gear, not the eighth inch plug used by portables and computers. All full-sized headphones used to have the bigger plug, but most manufacturers have gone with the smaller one these days. You get an adapter with the 555s, of course, but a quarter inch plug adapted down to eighth inch is cumbersome. You end up with the thick end of three inches of rigid plug body hanging off the poor little eighth inch connector, with the weight of the cable on the end of that considerable lever. It doesn't take much of a tug on a setup like that to wreck the plug, the socket or both. Over all these are great! Just don't expect huge bass! Peace.Read full review