Sennheiser Headphone Preamp

Purchased to split preamp XLR output signal between 2 cables to headphone and floor speaker amps. I didn't appreciate any degradation of sound quality. Pleased with results at a reasonable price, vs. 2 expensive splitter boxes.

The monitors are well built and sound great. They have good volume with a very nice amount of bass, and they are not too big for a desk. I connected them to a headphone amp / preamp (PC-DAC-amp/preamp) via RCA and there is very little to no hiss, whine, or static. I’ve only heard a bit of hiss a couple of times in over a few weeks of use. An on/off switch at the front would have been convenient, but my headphone amp/preamp has a remote that allows to turn preamp output on/off and also control the volume, so with a setup like that it is a non-issue. For someone connecting to PC via USB-C directly this is probably not an issue as well. Overall they are reasonably small, well-built speakers that sound great and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a good pair of desktop monitors!

I upgraded my Apogee Element 24 to this new Symphony Desktop interface. The first thing I noticed was the quality of the headphone preamp.  I don't have a well treated room in my apartment. So mixing with headphone(Sennheiser HD650 is my main workhorse) is my usual practice. Element 24 has a solid HP. But the HP on Symphony Desktop gives me even better details and clearer bottom end on frequency spectrum. Compared to Symphony Desktop, the HP on Element was a bit muddy at the bottom end. The sound stage is also noticeably wider with symphony desktop. For mic preamp, I haven't done any comparison yet. I'll update this post when I have time to do it.

I have tried several different on-camera microphones (Rode VideoMicro, MXL, Sennheiser) and they all sounded awful because of the weak mic output level. The VideoMic Pro actually works because it has a switch that will give you a 20dB boost of the mic's output. This hotter signal from the mic allows you to turn down the noisy preamp on your camera and essentially lower the preamp hiss.

It works flawlessly with lapel mics, Sennheiser MKE2 and Sanken 11D. It allows one to test the lapel mics directly into a preamp. The lapel mics also work using this adapter with a plug-on transmitter for stage mics.

It is a great headphone case. B&H displays it at the bottom of the Sennheiser HD 800 listing, which at least suggests the HD 800 would fit in it. It is not even close. The HD 800 heaphones do not fit in this case.

I have used Sennheiser headphone for years but the Rode's are the extremely well designed! Got 2nd pair

I have both Sennheiser & Koss headphones before but Sennheiser has always fit me the best. I needed a Pro headphone that would really, really filter out outside ambient noise because of the recording of the show that takes place in an animal shelter. The Sennheiser HD280 Pro sounds great and more importantly eliminates just about all outside ambient wonderfully. And the headphones sound great with my A/V receiver to boot!!

This headphone holder fits perfectly on my desk shelf, is really easy to adjust, and holds my Sennheiser headphones perfectly. Got here sooner than expected, would buy again!

I usually use my highend Sennheiser headphones during my music time. Now I spend less time with my headphone. I am so happy with this Play 5 sound quality. It create vibration out of my wooden floor, the small effect that create live music feeling. In my previous speaker, I need to adjust the setting to meet the best setting of each music, with this play 5 what I need is only set the volume. The istalation was very easy. It did not required my wifi password.