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Sennheiser - HD 800 S

Sennheiser · Released 2015-11-04
HD 800 SSENNHEISERRENDER
Expert take · Tier B

Who is the Sennheiser - HD 800 S for?

Solid mid-pack headphone. The 73.6 score lands in B-tier (68-77) — competent across the board with one or two specs holding it back from a higher tier.

Right buy if pricing matters and the trade-offs the formula penalizes don't affect how you use the device. Worth comparing against the A-tier picks in our best headphones list.

Mars Score is computed from 16 measured specs against the transparent formula for the headphones category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.

The good and the bad

Pros and cons at a glance

Pros
  • Driver size: 56 mm.
Cons
  • Battery life: 0 h (below category average).
  • Active noise cancellation — not supported.

Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.

Quick stats

At a glance

Driver size
56mm
Battery life
0h
Weight
330g
Type
over-ear
Full readout

All specifications

Design

Type
over-ear
Weight
330 g
Water resistance
none

Audio

Transparency mode
false

Battery

Battery life
0 h

Connectivity

3.5mm jack
true
LDAC?
false
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