New version of Sennheiser HD 560S (!)

[cattaneogm]

Hello, i'm new here, i read through all the pages, and wanted to understand if soundstage and imaging are also different between old and new version? thanks in advance

 

[Robbo99999]

Hello, i'm new here, i read through all the pages, and wanted to understand if soundstage and imaging are also different between old and new version? thanks in advance

Not really, I can't say I've noticed a difference. I use them EQ'd to the same target though, so that helps reduce differences too, because it's likely frequency response related too rather than just physical design of the headphone.

 

[jurgu]

Sennheiser updated their official replacement pad from the HD559 (Article No. 572287) to the HD 598 SR (Article No. 575209) pads.

On the product site of the HD559 (572287) pad they say that the pads will produce a warmer sound with the HD560s.
On the product site of the HD598 (575209) pad they say the pads will produce a more analytical sound with the HD559.

Some time ago I posted measurements in this thread of how the HD559 pads produce a quite different sound than the stock pads on my HD560s and concluded from that that there is no suitable replacement pad or that there might be quite some variation in the pads. Other users thought the pads i got might were fake. Turns out that their replacement pad listing/recommendation was probably just wrong from the beginning (or at least for the time period when i checked their site for replacement pads).

So if you get replacment pads for your HD560s, make sure its the correct one.

 

[Robbo99999]

Sennheiser updated their official replacement pad from the HD559 (Article No. 572287) to the HD 598 SR (Article No. 575209) pads.

On the product site of the HD559 (572287) pad they say that the pads will produce a warmer sound with the HD560s.
On the product site of the HD598 (575209) pad they say the pads will produce a more analytical sound with the HD559.

Some time ago I posted measurements in this thread of how the HD559 pads produce a quite different sound than the stock pads on my HD560s and concluded from that that there is no suitable replacement pad or that there might be quite some variation in the pads. Other users thought the pads i got might were fake. Turns out that their replacement pad listing/recommendation was probably just wrong from the beginning (or at least for the time period when i checked their site for replacement pads).

So if you get replacment pads for your HD560s, make sure its the correct one.

From the website it seems that the following one is the one to get for the HD560s as it says it's already included with the delivery of an HD560s, which I take to mean they're saying it's the stock pad:

Velour earpads for HD 500 series, analytical tuning

Earpads for HD 500, one pair. (Specific models only.) Technical data: Surface: velour Contains one pair of earpads For open-back headphones Color: brown or black Sound tuning: analytical Compatible with: Sennheiser HD 505 (original) Sennheiser HD 550 (original) Sennheiser HD 559 (more...

eu.sennheiser-hearing.com

 

[adelaidestevens]

Sennheiser updated their official replacement pad from the HD559 (Article No. 572287) to the HD 598 SR (Article No. 575209) pads.

On the product site of the HD559 (572287) pad they say that the pads will produce a warmer sound with the HD560s.
On the product site of the HD598 (575209) pad they say the pads will produce a more analytical sound with the HD559.

Some time ago I posted measurements in this thread of how the HD559 pads produce a quite different sound than the stock pads on my HD560s and concluded from that that there is no suitable replacement pad or that there might be quite some variation in the pads. Other users thought the pads i got might were fake. Turns out that their replacement pad listing/recommendation was probably just wrong from the beginning (or at least for the time period when i checked their site for replacement pads).

So if you get replacment pads for your HD560s, make sure its the correct one.

I knew it, I bought the 572287 pads that everybody said to buy as well but they never sound quite the same as the stock ones on the 560s. Glad we got some clarification from Sennheiser altho it's too little too late