Sennheiser HD417 headphones

Sennheiser  HD417 headphones

the Sennheiser  headphones  with a  background drawing by my daughter !

This is one of my oldest headphones together  with the Koss UR 20   bought on early 2000s

IN contrast  to the  Koss  and the AKG  headphones  described in the previous article  this model consists  of smaller headphones  with insulation /sleeve  that perfectly  fits  on the top of the ears. But the most important problem with them is that the grip/skeleton  is quite tough that presses my eas and head . Thus  this goes quite annoying  after some time

As wit the remain  headphones  its cable  is ca 2.5 m meters long. In contrast tot the others that use a thick coaxial cable , it uses a double coaxial (?) cable that easily bemuses by itself . I tis  the cable used also with the m@h40 earphones.

As about the audio quality is  very good. The produced sound is quite bass-y , normally bass-ier than any  standard earphone  but also trebly  especially  in the higher treble tones (above 2khz ?). IN terms of sound ou can use it for long time without problem


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PS: In the picture you see also a nice drawing from my daughter ! it is one of the designs she does  in her school !

sennheiser m@h 40

m@h40

Jan 18, '09 1:27 PM for everyone

Category:	Computers & Electronics
Product Type:	Other
Manufacturer:	Sennheiser

The Sennheiser m@h40 is one of my oldest headphones i still use.

Have  been bought   about 6 years ago (i do not remember very clearly but I think it was on 93-4 ), little after i think the Koss 20 for only multimedia usage, ie for computer and mp3 players,   as  advertised. What impressed me very much was their very low price ,  about Eu6   for the at time as afar as i remember . Found and their dealer i Greece Nakas , a national seller of musical instruments and audio equipment . and official dealer of Yamaha audio.

Another impressive with this  is their production : Ireland !

The m@h40 is one of he most lightweight earphones i eve had switch just a  plastic cover that is ca 1.5 mm  thick and  movable heads over an axe/horn of 10 cm of length  and ca 2 m  of cable length using a linear mode plug of 1.9 mm

Its headphones  are open type full ear flat and have a relatively thick ear pad for touching to ear.

As from the side of audio it is a little peculiar

1. Its audio volume level  is generally  quite lower than the mini earphones. you need  to add some 5-6 db of  volume  in order to have the same audio with other mini ears . Audio volume level is close to the most open type  headphones

2. It has  more trebles  than  most earphones of those times , lacks some bass and mid tones are slightly lower . Tha means the trebles in result go higher ...

Using  on computer  and testing with the AKG K66 its audio seems bass up-shifting with little more trebles and  less richer audio and about 1 db lower audio!  . Not to mention that K66  is still relatively  trebly !

All the above  make this  headphones being not 100% compatible  for mp3  computer listening, unless  their treble quality is low  . In contrast after my older Phillips mini headphones used for  SW listening have been  destroyed , this is my best for usage in shortwaves , as it has its audio fitted for the R75 !

Using on R75  it seems  needing  some more attenuation . Fortunately i have a plug-in attenuator from anm Aiwa Walkman  of the older times  (2000) that can lower audio from R75  up to 35 db

And from  ca  2 years on , this is my most used ears.together with the  K66  from Koss  (these Koss 66  are used for computer )