- Sennheiser has introduced a brand new premium set of headphones known as the HD 550
- It is aimed squarely at audiophiles and avid gamers
- You possibly can pre-order it now for $299.95 / £249.99
Sennheiser has introduced a model new headphone mannequin particularly geared towards gaming and audiophiles.
The Sennheiser HD 550 open-back headphones are pitched as bringing “a compelling new option to audiophiles and avid gamers in search of next-level functionality”. Sennheiser is speaking a giant sport for the HD 550 too saying that the headphones will boast “sprawling stereo imaging and an ultra-light construct, the HD 550 is an open invitation to unpack the luxurious layers of at this time’s music and video games for hours on finish.”
By way of what’s beneath the hood, the HD 550 headphones will characteristic a customized 38mm transducer, that can provide “distinctive readability” from 6Hz to 39.5kHz.
And for gaming particularly, Sennheiser says that gamers will get “excellent, lag-free spatial consciousness and immersion” from the HD 550. Punchy bass, crystal-clear transients, and impartial mids with out straying from the truthful voicing that audiophiles want, can even be on the core of the audio the HD 550 may give you in video games.
Describing the HD 550s, Sennheiser Audiophile Product Supervisor Klas Hanselmann says within the official press launch: “Audiophiles searching for featherlight headphones with trustworthy voicing and deep bass extension are in for a deal with.”
Elsewhere, virtually talking, the HD 550 will share the five hundred sequence attribute of getting a modular design, permitting customers to swap out cables and earpads simply. It is a wired set of headphones, and comes with a 6ft/1.8m cable, with a 3.5mm jack connection, but additionally provides further compatibility by coming with a 6.35mm adapter.
It additionally solely weighs 8.36oz / 237g so is available in lighter than a DualSense Wi-fi controller, for instance, and method lighter than my private premium gaming headset decide, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Professional Wi-fi.
The HD 550 comes scorching on the heels of the brand new Sennheiser HD 505 headphones too which we actually rated in our full assessment.
It is perhaps apparent, but it surely’s value noting that these are Sennheiser headphones by way of and thru – not a dip again into full-fledged gaming headsets from the premium audio model. There isn’t any microphone right here, for instance, and they’re geared towards of us who’re after, merely, top-tier audio for his or her video games – in addition to the flexibleness to decide on their very own microphone.
Nonetheless, I am excited concerning the HD 550 set of headphones. I used to be an enormous fan of a few of the final gaming headset fashions the model made within the GSP 670s, 370s, and 300s.
Whereas the HD 550s are a really distant relation to such headsets, I am enormously wanting ahead to attempting one thing from the model that’s definitively geared in the direction of gaming. Plus, with the HD 550 being wired, it might be an audiophile’s dream PS5 headset, Xbox Sequence X headset, or Nintendo Swap headset.
The Sennheiser HD 550 headphones can be found to pre-order at Sennheiser Listening to proper now for $299.95 or £249.99.
