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I work in a loud lab (AC, lots of computer equipment etc). I had a pair of Sennheiser's HD 280 which sound great and I think a little better then these Denons but they are just too tight and I could not wear them for more then an hour at a time. I think the reason the Senns are too tight is because they are noise isolating, so they need to have a tight fit over your ear. Like I said before, sound quality wise the Senn's are a little better but comfort wise these Denons blow them away.
I have had these for a little more than a month and really like them. and when the music is on I dont hear any of the background noise.I also own a pair of Senn's in-the-ear head phones and they are also very uncomfortable, cant have them on for more then an hour. The Denons are not, but once the music is on you cant hear any outside noise anyway. It took about a solid week to break them in, sound and comfort wise.
I compromised the quality of sound for comfort as I have them on at work all day. I wish they can make comfortable ones, if they do it will be tough to pass on them. Now I can have them on for a long time and they dont bother me. Returned the Senn's and got these and love them.
While not as sound isolating as most sealed designs, the around the ear design means these won't fall of your head when jogging or working outdoors, a very important consideration for me. After reading many reviews, I decided on the Denon's and I'm glad I did. The Denon's make a great match for the Zune and Lossless WMA, pure audiophile geekdom. I use The Giant Hogweed Orchestra's "Halogen" to evaluate the high end as this psychedelic jazz composition features some of the best captured drum and cymbal work in my music collection.
Both headphones are ok, but too much external noise leaks through the PX-100's open air design and the sound quality of the sealed PX-200's is a definite drop off from the PX-100's. Just the right amount of pressure and feather light weight.While they won't replace my highend Sennheiser's for home studio and home stereo listening, they are perfect for high quality portable listening. Rated 5 star based on fit to application.I recently purchased a Zune 80gb because it supported lossless WMA playback. However, I didn't have a good set of portable headphones to use with it. They sound fantastic, on par with my Sennheiser HD-570's (actually, the Denon's bass is better) but not quite as good as my uber expensive Sennheiser HD-650's. The high end is almost perfect.
Best yet, they are every bit as comfortable as my HD-570 / HD-650's for extended listening. You can hear every nuance of the cymbals and the brush work on the drums is absolutely esquisite. I have to max out the Zune (20 on the volume) just to get a reasonable sound out of the HD-570 / HD-650's. The closed air design fits over your ears, not on them unless you have Dumbo or Spock sized ears (this coming from a 6'2" 270lb guy). I've never heard a pair of enclosed headphones that sounded like the Denon's. It only takes a volume setting of 10 with the Denon's. I had been using a pair of Sennheiser PX-100's and PX-200's, but they were ill suited for jogging and outdoors activities.
Once again, not as good as my HD-650 which cost a nearly rediculous 6-7x as much, but every bit as good as the HD-570's with even better bass extension.And, the Denon's work very well for portable players. Good recordings really have an air to them and vocals on some of my reference recordings just seam to float in space. Either way, neither worked well for jogging as both tended to slide around my head.So I started a search for pair of enclosed headphones that could be driven by the Zune. The Denon's don't suffer from the "in a can" sound, rather, they are almost as open and transparent as the HD-570's.
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