but that is only one singer though! lol

@@commonman6077 r/overthehead

@@commonman6077 I don't own the hd820. But on my shure srh1540 + a decent amp like topping nx4, I can literally close my eyes, reach out and feel the violin strings vibrating.

Aree bhaii😂😂😂

But u can't listen it for whole year

or make music and along the way make money. studio producers use VERY expensive headphones to make music at the highest caliber.

well, that's kinda inaccurate. Most audio hardware the studios use for commercial production are not that high-end as you would think they are. Since their product is for general consumer's listening, it's unnecessary to use super high-end headphones to edit and tune specific frequencies since consumer market won't use those audio setups anyway and on top of that, they also have to keep their cost in mind. They are essentially business who will have to make as much profit as possible so using high-end audio gear is not a good option.

You pay 1200 rent a month?? where do you live in a castle??? Edit: Thx for the likes

@@namewasstolenstresslevel2111 is that supposed to be high? I know people that have 6k rent and they don't live in big house

@@machinephile I second that, music producers almost never use high end audiophile gear because it's meant to change the original sound to a more enjoyable one except ones like the hd820 and hd800.

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more expensive than my phone + my computer and enough left over to buy like 4 pairs of airpods lol

@@grizzlixx airpods are shit so nothing wrong with that

@Julian L. 3k is cheap?

@Julian L. weird flex but ok..

U don't know but ur telling the truth in some way

The funny thing it is partly true for people who have headphones worth thousands of dollars. When you get to this point, you will be having a hard time finding songs that have a good quality to be able to enjoyed with your gear. A lot of people are joking that the deeper you go into the audiophile rabbit hole, the more you start to listen to your gear instead of your music (which is true to some cases)

@@phatanhduyle7259 At some point, but before that it's fine.

@@shadouxg7150 Yea, that why I said it is funny because it actually becomes a problem some people have later on.

@@phatanhduyle7259 it really starts to happen after a 1000.

I was about to tweet him like did someone record in HDR by mistake? Did a literal rewind. Watched it through....oh...oh wait what?...oh ..I see what you did there.

Beautiful and apt. * nods *

Demetrius Tucker Had the same thought at first, haha.

i was just like wow

*video person

Still looks like $2400 smh

It's an investment, you'll still have these 20 years from now.

If I close my eyes while jumping off of the international space station it kinda looks like $24.00. Dope.

Panache Automotive Never an investment. I'd say it'll at least have a decent resale value.

Lmao

Underrated comment😂😂

A glad to make you laugh

Lol

A glad to make you laugh

bob miah typo

Sennhesier: wait- I need those back

Then Apple creates Airpods Pro Max for audio professionals but many rich average people will buy them too.. Goodluck to Sennheisser. If Apple make detachable earcup for the back for optional open and close back (with noise cancelling)...and earcups that don't heat up....Sennheiser will be doomed. Jon Prosser said about this months ago that Apple will release first lower price headphones before the pro...except that lower price turns out to be 550usd.😂. Apple Music Pro too.

Abyss 1266 Phi: "Amateurs..."

@@samuelmanny6231 Eh, I think Apple will stick to a more consumer-centric market. They focus heavily on that end of the audio spectrum. Though I'm sure some form of Airpods Pro Max is coming, I don't think Sennheiser is really worried about it. They've been makin' high-end audio equipment for audio professionals for 75 years now, and at least a few of their products are priced lower than the current Airpods Max. Sennheiser has been a much-lauded name in professional audio for that long for a reason: they know their audio. But I am quite interested to see if your prediction holds true, and Apple leans into the professional audio market.

Samuel Manny no way Apple is entering the high-end audiophile market. Get out of la la land.

Digged it, heavily. Loved the days he was doing these videos from his bedroom rather than this big flash office space.

That ain't the classic one that I remember from like 2014 though

Nathan Shlapobersky different pitches

Cheesy Goodness No I'm talking bout the intro from the Audio Technica M50x vid

LOVE IT VEDY GORD

manuar 1771 lmao

more like airpods: Im broke and dont like music HD820: im rich and love music

Aidpods are actually fucking trash. Literally any product of sennheiser would say “lol hold my drivers u boomer, this is german art, manufacturing and perfection you fool”

Senna De hond I hate it when fanboys just shit on other companies’ products.Just shut the fuck up. No one cares about what piece of tech you use.

Senna De hond then again - I appreciate my AKG K712 Pro at home, while the comfort and the ANC of the AirPods Pro makes them perfect for on-the-go. Ofc the sound quality of AirPods is no where near that of high end headphones, but that‘s not the point. I have multiple headphones for multiple purposes, saying „AirPods are trash“ is a pretty dumb argument. They are not made as an audiophile headphone, but rather a comfort thing with decent audio quality.

It was on purpose obviously

It looked horrible!!!

it was on purpose, so when he puts the headphones back on every thing becomes more clear and crisp, IT HURT MY EYES FROM THE CONTRAST, THO

I mean the term "colored headphones" Is literally described like that and he couldn't have chosen a better analogy. But the way he made it understandable for people that may never get to experience it for themselves is impressive.

Lol for the most part the speakers/headphones themselves are a much tighter bottleneck than the digital processing if it's 128k or higher because it's much harder to control the complexity of the physics of mechanical parts

@@arande3 Mastering and production quality is an even bigger bottleneck that anything else.

@@CallanElliott That's really interesting that you have the opposite experience. I've mastered thousands of tracks over the course of 10 years and I repeatedly find my speakers to be the bottleneck in what I hear. Note that I'm talking SPECIFICALLY about the spatial dimensions of the sound. In terms of frequency balance, energy, and impact mastering is definitely a huge deal.

@@arande3 Okay, I'm talking as a listener. Obvisouly if you're on the other end of the pipe it's different.

I would say: when you get more high end drivers, you start to hear the difference in mastering quality, and in my experience, songs I used to like, I do less so because they don't sound as good anymore on the better speakers/headphones.. and conversely, I tend to start appreciation other tracks more, just because they sound so good on my good system. BTW: I'm an audio developer, working on perceptual coding atm.. I'm pretty sure most modern codecs can sound transparent at high enough bitrates on any sound reproduction system. If interested google 2018 Audio Developer Conference keynote by Marina Bosi, she gives a nice intro/overview/history of audio codecs.

@@cylifio2103 i think he means a used car...

@@cylifio2103 dummy

@@cylifio2103 oh wow not where im from here you can get a used car for like 1000$

Clyde for a fiat punto? More like £500, clearly lying...

@@ethangilbertmedia He might be from Singapore. The costs of cars there are ridiculous.

nevermind

They spend also a lot more on buying some apartment ...but it's still headphones. It's 2 different things.

It’s because headphones are headphones, and a vacation is a vacation. For headphones, they’re used for sitting in your room or whatever and listening. Whereas on a vacation, you’re flying to an ENTIRELY DIFFERNT FREAKING COUNTRY! (most of the time though) and staying in a temporary house that people prepared for you and having fun for a week. Sorry, but there is a difference between headphones and vacations.

@@potato2635 Listening to music through a good system / headphone is a mini vacation ... in my experience - cheers

HD820 is a bad buy.

Oh no no

Then you are a fucking bum

I got some $500 headphones coming in the mail. Thought they were expensive

@John James Rambo oh what a roast

@John James Rambo and I am not 12 😗

XD

Best comment on the video goes to you.

Out of my ass 😂

You ever heard of TurboTax?

Fuck do my taxes, it better pay my taxes

Real MKBHD fans know that his old intro is 'Slow Down, Star Over'

name?

Deadmau5 - Slow down, Start over

AudriusLTT ongoing thing

Ongoing Thing by 20syl

Google translate, your computer/phone and get a dog. (P.S I know this comment is kinda stupid, but I wanted to shove this down here.)

Peteto Chibs calm down there then mate it was just a joke

Calm down then mate it was just a joke

Peteto Chibs ok

You can buy Sennheiser headphones up to $50k btw. They are called Sennheiser HE-1

At 120 fps!

No

*Was waiting for this*

THIS JOKE IS OLD STOP USING IT

If you have them you can actually hear crysis running. As you can with any headphone for that matter.

Veridian you forgot to include the tax

I'm in

We can means who

We’ll take turns, i’ll take one for the team and go first

If each person tries it for a day, the 2400th guy/girl will get to use this headphone after 6.5 years

Indeed 😞

@@Talia.777 call me daddy

I'm not sure how you would take this but $2400 is just the beginning. Professional Headphones like this can range from this to $50,000. Just look up the Sennheiser HE-1 Orpheus.

@@jax1670 The HE-1's: "please put down a $10k deposit first"

Yeah, god forbid you spend 5 minutes off your phone...

Poor dog :(

its kinda like cars, a car made for high speed, will do better in low speeds (excluding low cars and race cars)

Peteto Chibs yes but then 22000hz or 48000hz it makes no difference both beyond human hearing.

EatingDonuts That analogy makes no sense to me. Sorry.

Peteto Chibs sorry i should clarify that i meant only what the response up to say 20khz matters to our ears, so yes if it needs to reach 48000hz to achieve a linear extension to 20hz so be it but that actual data is a marketing gimmick right? If it only reached 34000hz but was steady up to 20000hz that's just as good as it reaching 48000hz right? As not all drop offs are equal from driver to driver. I didn't know wear or burn in reduced the higher frequency response. That's new info to me!

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legend

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Kyle Li same

Kyle Li I'm so poor I'd only be able to pay on installments. :-/

underrated comment.

$0 I’m down 😂

last 2 zeros you mean?

Peter Gašperan headphones are speakers though

@@twmax4137 that's the poijt

Peter Gašperan like having “floating speakers” on your ears.... they float though man.....! Lol

@@twmax4137 woosh

I’m waiting

So does 10 children

:-):-):-)

@@surya-rg9kz Oof

ehh MKBHD is definitely not an audiophile. he recommended (and probably still recommends, as he has alluded to himself using $100-130 headphones) the audio technica m50x, a headphone that has received terrible reception from audiophiles. not gatekeeping here he's not one and he knows it

Lashan he is best at this

Seeking Knowledge Dan Mace is better. :P

Pretty trivial stuff imo.

compliment his producers

Sorry but what does that mean? I want to learn :/

Daniel Khoshnejad underrated analogy, good job

Daniel Khoshnejad on point.

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Of course we cannot reply on a comment made in the future

No I'm watching before they came out

lol

hahahaa

He did show Tidal. Tidal definitely sounds better than Spotify or gpm.

Doesn’t matter that much.

@@theearthisbread I use to think that too until I got a good pair of headphones. As a matter of fact, you can hear the difference with a pair of Sony mdr 7506. Tidal HiFi mode sounds cleaner and has more detail.

L S oh oke. Didn’t think that it would but who am i to say that with some low fi earbuds haha.

@@zarelinoise3866 if you blind test with crappy headphones then you won't be able to tell the difference. Tidal HiFi has a richer/cleaner sound.

I was thinking the same thing. I could afford these headphones, but they're so expensive you could literally buy a a used car for that price. But to each their own.

EverydayTechnology lol same

what car you getting for 2400 ?😂?

but u dont have to pay monthly insurance or fill up gas with this headphones.. lol

Victor Hassan but they're headphones like wtf

MVP right here

You're* But thanks!

Thanks

Add Helix by Flume to that list.

Shakka*

Lol he's ass

Aquaman reference??

Stop

@@roninbayacal7857 rewind 2018

Fortnut and mark ass brownie hahahahaha,

for real! Listen to some song with for example a full on decked out genelec system in a room designed for the best audio and then listen to something on your average bt speaker..

or wharfedale, kef, b&w, ba or any proper hifi-system

nah, it's just different master produce different quality. it's no use getting over 44.1/16, all you get is supersonic sound you can't hear (according to nyquist theorem). The dynamic range in mastering plays more important role (as in studio master these days compressed the dynamic range to make their music loud) not bit depth because to achieve the full dynamic range of 16 bit, you would have to crank up the volume till you become uncomfortable. However I won't deny that Hi-res in recording and mastering is completely relevant but as a delivery format? not so relevant. Think of it like watching a 4K HDR TV, Which is more noticeable? 1440p vs 2160p or HDR vs Non-HDR? It seems like streaming service like tidal uses different master for their track when you choose master quality as opposed to Hi-Fi and they credit the improved sound quality to hi-res.

High Res audio is nonsense. Even CD is more than what 99.99% of the population need in terms of quality. Maybe some super human genetic freak with an IQ of 150 plus, hearing range of a bat and has trained as a musician and sound engineer would actually hear to the fullest extent CD's.

@@bighands69 quite alot of audiophiles can tell the difference in blind-testing different files.. 24bit/196khz sounds better than 16bit/96khz. The former one simply has more resolution, so more detail/better controlled sound/soundstage etc. BUT you can only hear these differences using proper headphones which have good detail retrieval with a quality dac/amp-or-IEM's with a solid dap or amp/dac. Then there is also 32bit/384khz which has an even higher resolution than FLAC, now this requires even better headphones to notice the differences in quality. Most audiophiles are happy with FLAC's since they don't take up much space and the difference they notice compared to DSD isn't worth the extra space an DSD-file requires.

I just bought the hyperx cloud revolver 7.1 and they are amazing for me because I have been using 7 year old wired AirPods

Had to hold back the tears

It’s for dogs

The unheard frequencies may have a sublimenal effect or necessary interaction with the others we dont know.

Jack Moore if the headphone can go to a much higher frequency response it means that the frequencies we can hear are easier to play and less distortion

for Aliens

@@yoursensiblefriend lol

Pfft pleb

Only six? Come on...

Don't waste your money on those... buy Orpheus instead.

What do you mean? How much are those? Orpheus?

If you can find one on sale the Sennheiser Orpheus is probably around $50k right now

Its not entirely fair to directly compare the Utopia to the 820s in this video as the Utopias are open back. The Utopias straight up destroy the 820s when listening in a quiet environment. It would be fairer to compare the Utopia to the HD800s. In this case, both headphones have their own sound signature which takes longer to describe.

grey how would you know? I'm willing to bet that you haven't heard either...820s are remarkably close to the 800s despite being closed back...also when you spend that much on cans they mostly stop being "better" than the other, they are just different.

J not true. I know sennheiser pretty well, I don't like the built quality and over bass. Just Focal Clear are over their level a lot. Neutral, built quality and crisp sound.

krtek you don't know what you are talking about. You've never heard the 820 and probably never even heard the focal. You are a dumb fanboy who probably listened to a 558 and assumed you now know the senn sound lol..pathetic. how can you say something sound so much better when you haven't heard either one?

J funny how stupid fanboy of crap senn is kicking around him with no arguments. Yep, I would bet you don't even have decent DAC and amp, just talking shit. Not worth any more of my time. Try Focals, Audeze or MrSpeakers. These 820 are overpriced for audiofools, u like it or not.

Get the Superlux HD 681, 20$ headphones that sound like 100$ ones.

Sander169 not really, lmao

juliangst how about you try them out instead of speaking out of your ass? They do sound better than many 100$ headphones, especially in comparison to "gaming" products. I once had Monster headphones for around 150$, they got completely blown away by the Superlux ones. If you're on a budget, those are the best you can get. Do your research!

Sander169 I have tried many headphones in this price range, no way that they can outperform dt770/990 or sennheisers 500 series.

juliangst Jesus.. NO SHIT they dont compare to the dt 770/880/990 lineup which originally ranged from 200-350$... But they actually can hold up against 558/559s. First time ive discovered them i was listening to my old 990pros on a daily but was still impressed how good the superlux headphones were. That was like 5 years ago. And even today i think they are very listenable despite being spoiled due to my own setup and the things ive tried so far.

Or maybe he got paid by sennhieser to lie about it. I tried it myself and it was really bad. Mid range is almost none exitance. The ath-R70x is way better and doesn't cost a kidney. Really disappointed with sennheiser.

Yea, the HD 820 is well known to be a great example of why you can't just take an open back headphone and make it a closed back. The HD 800S is excellent, but the 820 is horrible.

@@jasonfranciosa yup yup a great example also as to why you should always trust your ears and listen for yourself .

Crinacle aka one of the most respected audio gear reviewers on the internet said these suck ass.

so do grados but my 325’s still kick ass

Also, 'Kiss' is a completely different song from what you're used to hearing on the radio when you get it from a clean source on nice headphones. I can barely think of another song that is mastered across the range from silence to dance-floor banger. There's actually a couple of instruments in that I didn't even know were in that song until the first time I heard it on some nice, balanced, recording-monitor level headphones.

Worth giving anything on the Earth Wind & Fire greatest hits album a listen as well. All their classics have production through the roof. Tons of sound stage and instruments you won't pick up without a decent headphone, and they just sound better the fancier the rig.

I was sitting in a train while watching, was very confused what was happening.

Same here 🤦‍♂️

Actually I was watching this at night and I was wearing headphones with full volume It was frightening

Kevin Li lol did the same

same

Lol same

You're making it sound like you dropped a baby or something.

You also spent nothing.

@@_Palestine yeah I know, I was just making a joke.

Nothing to joke, the cable costs 200 dollars

dude you get too much likes

Hey Justin! You're here again 😂

LMAFDLO

Justin Y. Lol 😂

nah bro have u heard Focal Utopia?

$1900

You need to have a third party liability insurance with these. In case they fall on someone’s feet.

Most people's home and vehicle insurance actually cover these. Signed - a HD800 user

@@magtamilan They're made from plastic and not heavy. I have the HD800. Very similar in build

Benj Are you *_rich‽_*

Me too

Send help I'm dying 🤣

hey i read this comment this comment is by prasenjit

I'd rather listen to Focal Elegia that costs 1/3 of a HD820. HD820 has very weird tuning and distorted soundstage.

@@allansh828 Elex and the HD800S are also some of the better options. They are both open back though. For closed back the Radiance is also solid.

Man yahh I also it seems he was so serious

Paul Smith First thing I said too! I actually checked the date to make sure I didn't click on an old video

Ashon Woodbury same

Paul Smith Yeah! 🔥

ongoing thing

Agniva Bagchi Yep 👍

less actually if you wait for sales, unless you want a titan and I don't know why the fuck you'd want a titan

+Moo Who the fuck told you that? If you spend 2 grand on your pc it's going to last more than 5 years There isn't even a use for the titan right now so how is that going to be obsolete in 10 years? My 1070 can play just about anything on ultra so I know for a fact that the titan will last at least another 10 years.

This is going to be a buy for 10-20 years though.

Delimon007 yes of course it will but it won't play games at 4k high setting 60fps in 5 years. (Which is what a 1080ti does for current games)

Ok I didn’t mean to start an argument lol

ever heard of ZeosPantera?

unbox therapy

I disagree. He's not an audiophile, he doesn't really explain the sound signature of these headphones. Just that they "sound awesome". A real review would tell us how detailed the low-end, mids and treble are. Express the imaging, dynamic range or sound signature and compare these to other high-end headphones.

SugarFreeTargets yep. I still prefer for example Aeons over these. He's just not audiophile and its probably his first time with decent headphones

he has HD800s so hes not new to hifi gear but his audience arent audiophiles so he has to dumb it down a bit

Try it and maybe you'll get a better perspective.

Have you ever dreamt of buying a McLaren P1 or a LaFerrari? A $50,000 vehicle be be much better at day-to-day tasks and still feel luxurious. The same applies for these headphones.

Noah Akkerman What an oddly specific dream lol.

Noah Akkerman Sennheisers don't really feel luxurious though (except for HE-1s). Boutique headphones like Abyss (both Phi and Diana) are what I might call luxury. I own the HD800S, it really doesn't feel that way.

funny thing is, the hd820 in particular is not worth that money when u can get the hd800 or hd 800s for less. Id go with a used hd800 EQed or SDRed and spend an extra a couple extra for a schiit magni amp and i can easily get god tier sound for less than half the price of the 820

No, it’s not a problem unless you literally let your phone sit on the same screen for hours a day. The only reason it was ever a problem was for display models and people like you that worry for no reason.

Shayan Givehchian the OLED display is not the problem ...the owner is the problem.

Michael Low what about on screen displays

Rushi Vaghasiya such as always on displays? Disable or complain to the manufacturer. As I said though, minimal effect unless it’s used a shit ton.

Thats not evtirely true. The software buttons many phones have on the bottom may actually burn in over time. Ofc todays OLEDS are pretty good and no one who changes there phone every2-3 years should worry about that too much but still.

Subham Bhattacharjee you should have sold your ear too maybe?

ganesh basa hahahhahaa

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Subham Bhattacharjee WOW! You really got scammed!