Sennheiser HD 485

Pros: - Sound - End user replaceable cable

Cons: - Unreliable, breaks easily - Comfort (vice like grip unless broken in)

The Bottom Line: If you want a warm sound and a full size headphone, I recommend them but with reservations, do to poor construction and lack of a toll free number for repair.

Review: I purchased these headphones for home use, as an everyday headphone. I plan to keep my Grado headphones mainly for rock music. Sources that I have tested these headphones with: - Computer as source EMU0404(Pro sound card) -> Monoprice Toslink ...

Pros: Comfortable and well built.

Cons: Almost no medium range, too much bass

Review: I bought these headphones based on reviews available on headphones.com and some other sites. Unfortunately I was disappointed with the overall sound quality: too much bass, there's almost no medium range. The vocals seem to be coming from the ...

Pros: comfortable, cable can be replaced easily if broken

Cons: too much bass

Review: this headphone is comfortable but i notice 2 things about sound : 1/ too much bass in all situations (so sound is warm and pleasant for mid frequencies like voices a but becomes terrible with low frequency sounds 2/ very sensitive to high frequencies ( ...

Pros: Comfortable, Sennheiser Name

Cons: Too Thick And Warm Sounding, Expensive, Poor Value

Review: Sennheiser is a quality company that makes solid headphones. But unfortunately, they have one really bad line. The HD 4... line. This review would also include the HD410, 435, 465, and this one, the 485, as all have similar poor sound quality. The bass ...