Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Sennheiser HD414 50th Anniversary Edition



Yo Mat Riders,

In this photo above, you will see my girl wearing the Sennheiser HD414 50th Anniversary Edition that was released in 1995. The "cans" you are seeing are the re-make of the original. THESE ARE EXTREMELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND NOW. And i got them for $25!!!!!!! You know when the original was release or not? 1967 man!!!!!!!! They revolutionised the headphone industry my braddas and sistas. They are the LIM PEIs of headphones.

Let me explain man. Before 1967, all headphones were closed design, that means the sound never escape the headphones. Then sennheiser suddenly got idea to make sound leak. This makes the headphones an open design and sound more spacious man. What a power concept sial! The invention was covered by the German patent no. 1537700 on November 4, 1967. You know what? They expected to sell only 400, but 360,000 were sold in 2 years man. Now millions! Basket, so powderful! I SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Technical Data

Frequency Response - 18-21,000 Hz
Transducer principle - dynamic, open
Nominal impedance - 52 Ohms
Sound pressure level at 1 kHz - 94 dB +/- 2 dB
THD as per DIN 45500 - < 0.9 %
Contact pressure - approx. 2.8 N
Ear coupling - supra-aural
Weight (without cable) - approx. 80g
Connector - 3.5/6.3 mm (1/4") stereojack plug
Connection cable - OFC copper cable, 3m

Later,
Mat Love

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Najib Wong said...

Thank you! Please come again! =)

ricardo said...

I was looking for HD414 earpads, and came across your cool Mat Love Blog.

I have HD414 original model, not sure when I bought them, but it must have been around 1978 when I was living in Colorado. After all of these years, the earpads are getting thin and worn. I did find an online store offering new pads for a very low price!

brnd said...

super perfect review
and so good to read.
i found a working pair in the trash and rescued them. but the earpads went off. i just found replacements that look different than the original ones. i remember the original ones having round corners and no edges. replacements have an edge.

Najib Wong said...

I hope you all will enjoy them as much as i do!

Anonymous said...

The original ones had a 600 ohm
impedence.I brouht a pair of the original white ones with blue earpads to compare with the reissue.
The orginal 414's sound far superior putting the reissue to shame.Black is a good colour
for this total failphone.

Anonymous said...

God i loved those...nice and light.

KDKA's main morning guy Jack Bogut used those. board ops hated it 'cause they were so loud in talent mic's.

like a mega ear bud but with real [sic] bass; nice hi end.

WTF's with sennheiser? They should reissue those again.

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