Sennheiser
HD 800 S
Introduced 2016$1,799 MSRP
Sennheiser's flagship open-back reference headphone, built around a 56 mm ring radiator transducer with an absorber system for a wide, precise soundstage. Ships with both single-ended 6.35 mm and balanced 4.4 mm cables.
MSRP
$1,799
Used market · Excellent
$950
-47% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $1,100 at launch to $950 today.
Specifications
- Sku
- 506911
- THD
- < 0.02 % (1 kHz, 1 Vrms)
- Cable
- 3 m detachable cable (two supplied)
- Weight
- 330 g
- Connector
- 1/4 in (6.35 mm) unbalanced 3-pin stereo jack plug; 4.4 mm balanced 5-pin
- Impedance
- 300 ohms
- In the box
- HD 800 S, cable with 6.35 mm jack plug, cable with balanced 4.4 mm jack plug, manual
- Driver type
- Dynamic, open (56 mm Ring Radiator transducer)
- Ear coupling
- Circumaural (over-ear), open back
- Magnetic field
- 10.5 mT
- Sensitivity spl
- 102 dB (1 V)
- Transducer size
- 56 mm ring radiator; 40 mm voice coil
- Frequency response
- 4 Hz - 51,000 Hz
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