I bought a 3.5 mm jack bluetooth receiver. I want to convert to 2.5 mm so that it hooks into my hd560s headphone. Can someone recommend a cable. As you know the 2.5mm end has to be a twist and lock type specific to the hd headphones for senneheiser.
Thanks
Ken
Is there a bluetooth receiver that is compatible with Sennheiser HD560s headphones. With this I wouldnāt need to worry about an adapter
I just bought this one:
works fineāif thatās what youāre talking about.
I use my 560s a lot with my BTR5, and I think it sounds really really good.
With that I use this balanced cable:
How are you finding this for casual or immersive gaming experiences?
They are pretty good gaming headphones, but I much prefer using x2ās, especially if you are after immersion and not pinpoint positional accuracy.
Hi Everyone
I have had the HD560S pretty much since they came out and they have seen off many other headphones. The latest casualty being the GoldPlanar GL2000 double sided. I canāt find anything that has the timbre of the HD560S.
The only thing I would improve would be the bass however the bass boost on the Zen Dac is doing a good job. The HD660S, Sundaras, Phoenix, Elear, Amiron and GL2000 have come and gone but the HD560S has remained with its honest and natural sound with lovely vocals and bright but non sibilant or fatiguing treble.
The planarās give a bigger sound but then they have the haze in the mid range which bothered me too much. I listen mostly at low to medium volumes as I am visually impaired so I want to protect my hearing.
Also people seem to forget that headphones need to be comfortable. Most of the others have not been comfortable after an hour and some have been far to heavy for all day use.
I have managed to get a pair of Focal Elex but I am really worried about their QC issues. They seem to be the only headphone that can give me the HD560S sound with a little more bass. For me the maximum I can really spend on headphones is around 700US.
hmm, well the 560 here is a reference grade neutral but has some brighter treble to itā¦ I would say maybe try some of the other sennheisers if you like the 560 here that much maybe check out the 600 series while these are more intimate they do have some very nice sound qualitiesā¦ personally I like the 650 quite a lot but I know others who swear by 600, 6xx, or 660s
Another you could try since you mention comfortā¦ I would say check out the DT 880āsā¦ I know you checked out amirons but, as someone who loves brighter headphones and beyers brand, I canāt even stand that headphone based on comfort and treble. Amirons are like the little brother of the T1 2nd generation their signature is quite similar but the T1 has the better sound, scaling, and comfortā¦ 1990 is their alternative but is more aggressive and analytical
I just got my pair today, and immediately putting on I feel like the clamping force is very top sided. Itās not making a full seal either. Anybody else had the same issue?
The clamp out the box is killer and top sided, it will get way better as both the pads and headband break in, it took like 3 days for mine to feel right.
Try adjusting the headband 1 or 2 notches looser, it helped me with the clamp, also I find the 560s more comfy when I swivel them towards the back of my head.
Hello. First time posting here, so sorry if I didnāt post in the right place. I have HD560s paired with an iFi Zen Dac and I love this combo and although HD560s is considered an efficient pair, I find myself sometimes getting the volume at around 2-3 oāclock without power match (low / high gain switch on iFi Zen) or 12 - 1 oāclock with power match on. From what I have read, the HD560s driver accept a maximum of 0.2 W and my dac can only output ~280 mW (SE) at 32 ohms which seems pretty low and possible the reason that I have to turn the volume knob up there. Itās my second pair of headphones ever, coming from a Sennheiser Momentum 2.0s with Fiio E10K where at the 2/3 on the volume dial they were loud enough even for my preferences, so I thought that Zen Dac is bottlenecking my HD560s. The main question that I have, should I really invest another 200$ for an iFi Zen Can to get the most out of my HD560s, or should not bother anymore and just enjoy what I currently have? Sorry for the long post.
Kinda late answer, did you end up buying the zen can?
I use the 560s with the zen dac, they warm up their analitical sound a bit.
I think itās great and I donāt think its bottlenecking them, but the real improvement for the 560s comes with a tube amp, they sound a lot sweeter with my little dot mk2 than with other amps, better soundstaging as well.
You could buy a balanced cable for some bucks and use the 4,4mm balanced output of your Zen DAC.
More power & maybe better sound (according to some).
If itās not too much to ask, do you have some sort of tester to check the pinout of the headphones? I canāt seem to find them anywhere in the internet
Hi and welcome to the forum.
I posted the cable pin layout way back in Octoberā¦ thus I quote myself here - hope that helps:
Oh I see, I can just mod the stock cable to be balanced. I was afraid that they only had 3 wires internally. Thanks!
Hi! I just got my HD560s and I just want to clarify since I want to mod my stock cable. Does the (L+,R+,L-,R-) diagram starts from the tip or from the sleeve? Thanks!
From the tip. The 2.5mm TRRS plug layout is:
tip=L+,
ring=R+,
ring=L-,
sleeve=R-
L- and R- are both connected to GROUND (sleeve) in the stock cable 6.3mm TRS plug.
Cool! Thanks for the info!
To summarize, Iām planning on purchasing the Sennheiser HD560S mainly for the purpose of mixing and listening to music and just admiring the mix and attempting to distinguish every last fragment of detail found in the mix. I am fully aware that the HD560S are particularly impressive in the aspect of neutral and accurate sound but I just wanted to inquire for clarification; Would you say that the Sennheiser HD560S do an imposing job at producing detail?
How does this compare with dt880 600 ohm (probably kinda redundant at this point but still considering to buy it even if i have the dt880) and tbh i dont really find the dt880 to be really peaky unless the mix is left to be desired