Anyone in the audience who works with sound for a living--be it a rock star or recording studio sound technician--will already be familiar with the name Sennheiser. I was introduced to the company over a year ago by our Systems Admin and Webmaster, Eric Hampton, who is also our resident Audiophile. When my headset conked out, I decided to see what the Sennheiser mystique was all about.

I knew the moment I put them on that they were indeed something special. At the time my old headset died, I was playing lots of BFV. With the “Sennie’s”, the bass was much deeper, and I heard sounds I hadn’t heard with my old headphones. I actually started a bit in my seat while flying a chopper and the Mini-gun ripped.

For those who prefer their audio reviews with lots of synthetic benchmarks and graphs, you will need to look elsewhere.  We employ the real world method of a guy actually putting the headphones on and listening.  Is this a scientific method?  Not at all, but trying to quantify sound quality is a bit like trying to quantify taste; some can tell you every nugget of nutritional info in a meal--while others simply know good food.

As you can see above, the packaging is somewhat sedate by Asian and even US standards. No flames, no shadowy cloaked figures, and no explosions. Just classic understated German brevity. It also doesn’t take a PH.d and a chainsaw to get the thing open. Inside are the Sennheiser PC 155 USB’s and nothing else. No manuals are required, and there isn’t the usual pamphlet pitching other products the company sells.