Turn a pair of Sennheiser HD 555’s into HD 595’s!
Hope I’m not re-posting, but apparently Sennheiser is using a piece of foam that is blocking up to %50, %50! of the vents causing a restriction in the frequencies responses with the HD 555’s.
AOTS coverage: http://www.g4tv.com/videos/51377/The-Daily-Feed-with-Sara-Underwood-21811/
How to & source: http://mikebeauchamp.com/misc/sennheiser-hd-555-to-hd-595-mod/
Congrats you just saved $150, if you bought the 595. . . .
Sennheiser:
or maybe it cost 100 some odd dollars to remove the foam in the factory.
I pick up the sarcasm, but I don’t see how your comment makes any sense.
If the factory puts on the foam, and they shouldn’t do so in the 1st place. Its not very cost effective. Why would they pay to take it off? Somewhat confused now 
Great find!! I thought first the driver must be different, but the source link has a pic of a replacement driver labeled 555/595 so indeed it is true.
Thanks for the tip! I just did this to my pair, they sound much more “open” now.
No prob, glad it helped out.
I couldn’t let this post slide. This really kills any respect I have for Senn. products. The simple fact that a piece of .05 cents foam, is a difference of $150 is borderline criminal.
+1
happens with all sorts of things in the tech industry.. whether it be a piece of foam or features locked in firmware etc, its been happening for years… and will continue to in the future
Word gets around, though.
Thank God.
I love my HD25’s but this does concern me. This is like the kind of stuff I expect from MONSTER. I really hope they put out some kind of press release explaining themselves or at the very least apologize for gouging there customers.
Sennheiser HD 555 to HD 595 Mod
Dunno if this is old…or BS…but yeah…passing it along…
http://mikebeauchamp.com/misc/sennheiser-hd-555-to-hd-595-mod/
This page will show you how to turn a $199.95 (Canadian – Suggested Retail) pair of Sennheiser HD 555 headphones into a pair of Sennheiser HD 595‘s that cost $349.95. And all you need is a screwdriver.
–HD595–
–HD555–
i buy it. xbox did the same with harddrive they labeled them as 80 gb but they were larger.
Yeah some one posted this about a week ago - I think it is legit.
wow - they look the same. I wonder if Sony is pullin’ the same trickery…
I wonder if it’s the same with other Sennheiser 'phones?
not having ever used or listend these. Are they any good for playing out?
Seems like the are better for casual listening.
They don’t look like they’ll take the bashing about that a good set of DJ headphones would.
I love these - they can take it all and they are as close to unbreakable as you can get, but I heard the sound quality is a C+; design A+
They do NOT fold - bummer!
