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Sennheiser HD560S Open-Back Headphone in black with padded ear cups and mesh ear cup design on white background
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Sennheiser HD560S Open-Back Headphone

Sennheiser HD560S Open-Back Headphone

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The HD 560S features linear acoustics tailored to extended listening sessions and smooth, gratifying bass performance. This Sennheiser headphone was crafted for the analytical audio enthusiast. The HD 560S benefits from having both a clean source and strong amplification making a great pairing with our HeadAmp Gilmore Lite mk2 amplifier.

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Today’s audiophiles monitor their music with measured purpose on a wide range of devices from headphone amplifiers, audio interfaces, computers, and more. The HD 560S delivers the linear performance required by analytical audio enthusiasts at a breakthrough value, allowing the listener to have an honest look inside their music whether for pleasure or productivity.

The HD 560S transducers are specifically tuned for accuracy, offering dependable A/B comparisons of components, mixes, and media formats. The entire frequency range is honest, complemented by smooth, deep bass extension that reveals what nearfield loudspeakers often struggle to reproduce—especially between 20 and 50 Hz. The 120 ohm transducer is all-new, featuring a specialized polymer blend in its membrane for linear excursion and improved brilliance above 10 kHz. The drive magnet offers highly efficient power while its sophisticated damping system manages ventilation—this combination yields deeper bass while mitigating the distortion that otherwise impacts clarity—a difference only the most discerning listeners can appreciate. Whether grading a new hi-resolution master or revisiting a vintage audiophile preamp the HD 560S offers a fatigue-free listen that you can depend on.

The HD 560S features an open-back design that provides natural propagation of sound waves. The E.A.R. (Ergonomic Acoustic Refinement) angled driver alignment recreates the optimal triangular listening position you would find in hi-fi loudspeaker setups and high-end recording studios. This combination creates a wide, articulate soundstage without the need for room treatment, letting you hear the neutral version of your music unaffected by the artifacts of a confined space.

Specifications

Type Open-Back
Fit Over-Ear with Velour Earpads
Cables 6.5mm TRS with 3.5mm adapter
Weight 240g
Impedance 120ohm
Efficiency 110dB/V
THD < 0.05% (1kHz, 90 dB SPL)

Overall rating: 4.3333335 / 5 from 3 reviews.

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HD560S: A Great Value

"The HD560S is the second headphone that I ordered through HeadAmp. (Thanks, HeadAmp, for the great service.) I'm relatively new to high(er)-end audio equipment, and so will forego any attempts to speak to the depth of some other reviewers. Relative layperson’s review here. This is the second 560S headphone that I have owned. The 560S was actually my very first high(er)-end headphone, the first pair of which I purchased a couple years ago. I had, back then, upgraded from the 560S to the 660S. The 660S and I never hit it off. I had never stopped really enjoying the 560S, but I had felt/thought that there was just something missing with the 560S, and I wanted different/more. In time I sold both the 560S and the 660S, and upgraded to the Arya Stealth, purchased through HeadAmp 1-2 years ago. Love the Arya’s. Fantastic headphone. I really appreciate having them to enjoy for almost all genres of music. Fast-forward to about a month ago when I purchased the 560S for the second time. Why re-purchase the 560S when I love the Arya’s, themselves out-performing the 560S technically? I missed how the 560S handles certain genres of music, particularly early Blues and Jazz, live recordings, as well as some Noise music. The 560S is flat frequency-wise. It is appreciably transparent with a good (kind of unique) soundstage. It is flat. It is well-balanced in my opinion, and it portrays sound to my brain in a way that my mind interprets and accepts as quite honest. It is flat. I had missed the 560S. I am somewhat confused by the $150-$200 price of this headphone. It sounds like it costs more than that. The 560S is a great value in my opinion, and I appreciate once again having it to enjoy for the strengths that it offers."

— Philip M. (5/5)

It's like an improved HD569

"Bass: excellent resolution when discerning unique types/styles of bass. Unfortunately a bit bloomy in the sub bass. Midrange: excellent tonality and vocals/instrumental(s) that are slightly hampered by a somewhat hazy low treble response. Treble: very good, but not excellent. Treble extension should be clean as a whistle without this kind of fogginess. Brilliance: average but we should have a bit more air up top and space between vocals, instruments, and small sonic intricacies. Detail retrieval and clarity: 7/10 Soundstage: better than the HD569. Imaging: somewhat lacking due to issue with treble and midrange that gets looped in. Could have been better. I can safely say the HD560s a great pro audio headphone based on its neutral presentation and strengths. I would suggest using these headphones for tracking and mixing. I would not suggest using them for mastering and/or audio forensics. Sharp snares, peaky vocals, and some obvious errors in mastering are more difficult to discern with this headphone. Better headphones would replicate these issues immediately with greater control and transparency. Studio grade for sure, but reference grade like it says on the box is a tier or two higher. Nevertheless, a solid value at this price."

— Dillon K. (4/5)

It's like a Like a better HD569

"This headphone improves upon all of the obvios flaws of the Sennheiser HD569. First off, I bought these headphones "open box" and they arrived in absolutely perfect condition. Thanks for saving me money on this purchase! (As a Canadian) Bass: Texural qualities nd resolving different styles of bass...excellent! Midrange: Tonality and depth of vocals - Wonderful for tracking vocals accurately. Treble: Sightly hazy or too soft like most Sennheiser headphones I've heard. Brilliance: Lacking some air uptop that lends itself to the low treble being hazy. Soundstage: Great for figuring out placement and acoustic effects of a recording. Imaging: Awesome with live performances and tracks that are dynamic in nature. Overall: A somewhat warm-sounding reference quality headphone that performs well for the price. It will sit atop my top headphone rack par excellence, accompanying some of my other reference headphones. It should not be used for audio foresenics in a recording to lower a sharp snares or cymbals etc. in levels accurately in level, or small intricacies in a recording. While audio fidelity is very good overall, it also lacks some detail retrieval that is only present in the most resolving headphones on the market. For this reason, you can mix and do tracking with this headphone and achieve excellent results; but I would not suggest using it for mastering complex recordings or tracks/vocal recordings with many inherent flaws. The HD560s is a solid effort from Sennheiser that I believe redefines what is possible at this fairly low price point. Hope this helps you choose."

— Dillon K. (4/5)

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