Sennheiser HD 560 S Over-The-Ear Audiophile Headphones – Neutral Frequency Response, E.A.R. Technology for Wide Sound Field, Open-Back Earcups, Detachable Cable, (Black) (HD 560S)
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Sennheiser HD 560S Reveal the truth in your music.
Natural and accurate reference sound.
With linear acoustics tailored to extended listening sessions and smooth, gratifying bass performance, the HD 560S was crafted for the analytical audio enthusiast.
Reveal the truth in your music
Today’s audiophiles monitor music with measured purpose on various devices, like headphone amplifiers, audio interfaces, and computers.
The HD 560S delivers the linear performance required by audio enthusiasts at a breakthrough value, allowing the listener to have an honest look inside their music.
Natural and accurate reference sound.
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Open earcups for open minds Open-back design provides natural propagation of sound waves
The E.A.R. (Ergonomic Acoustic Refinement) angled driver alignment recreates the optimal triangular listening position you find in hi-fi loudspeaker setups. This combination creates a wide, articulate soundstage without the need for room treatment, letting you hear the neutral version of your music.
A paradigm shift for open, dynamic headphones 
Signature sound
The HD 560S transducers are specifically tuned for accuracy, offering dependable A/B comparisons of components, remasters, and media formats.
Comfort is king
A headphone this neutral deserves a distraction-free fit and a “barely there” feel. The velour earpads were carefully considered to keep all contact points soft to the touch. The open, around-ear design offers benefits beyond sound—the ventilated cup remains cool without touching the wearer’s ears.
The lightweight analyst Natural and accurate sound for gamers
The open-back HD 560S delivers linear acoustics tailored to extended gaming sessions. Its analytical sound covers the full frequency range, making all details audible while emphasizing the high frequencies. The HD 560S highlights each nuance and allows you to pinpoint the direction of any sound.
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Frequency Response
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8 reviews for Sennheiser HD 560 S Over-The-Ear Audiophile Headphones – Neutral Frequency Response, E.A.R. Technology for Wide Sound Field, Open-Back Earcups, Detachable Cable, (Black) (HD 560S)
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wjones14 –
Hear music as it was intended to be heard
I’m not an audiophile or headphone expert. I played drums as a teenager and later took guitar lessons for 10 years, still play the guitar almost daily, and love music in general. Hard rock has always been my favorite genre. I use headphones with my PC while watching YouTube music videos and concerts and also while playing video games like Cyberpunk 2077, Skyrim, Diablo IV, etc. I also have a pretty big library of old and new music on a 7th gen iPod Touch (now discontinued) and do some critical listening with that. I had been using budget headphones like the Koss KTXPro1 and Logitech G333 gaming earbuds, but always wanted to try something considered as “audiophile” headphones.My son is somewhat of a headphone expert, so I reached out to him for buying guidance. His ideal headphones would be completely neutral, with no emphasis on either highs or lows. To start, he gave me a FiiO K3, which is a DAC/headphone amplifier. I didn’t know I needed one, but he insisted. He also convinced me to download and install the open-source Equalizer APO application and its companion Peace UI component. It’s a bit daunting for a newbie to get started with the headphone amp and equalizer software, but there are plenty of YouTube tutorial walkthroughs available.In a few hours I had the headphone amp and the Peace interface working, and had separate configurations saved for the Koss and Logitech headphones. I downloaded pre-configured settings for each pair of headphones, which are set with the preferred “Harman Curve”. I had no idea about any of this stuff previously. By the end of that day, I had learned how to tweak and save additional configurations, and now could choose between multiple pre-sets for each pair of headphones. For example, I created a pre-set that boosted the bass, another that boosted the highs, and one that boosted both bass and highs while leaving the middle frequencies at the standard Harman curve settings. That allowed me to experiment and decide my own personal preferences for music listening.Just a primer – the headphone amp connects to the PC by USB, and it disables the built-in PC audio chip with a more powerful and clean signal. Then you plug your headphones into the headphone amp instead of the PC headphone input jack. Windows audio and volume is bypassed, so now the volume is controlled by the volume knob on the headphone amp. (You can turn off the headphone amp to listen through PC speakers or with the standard PC headphone jack.)With the headphone amp and equalizer software, both my Koss and Logitech headphones sounded better than ever and I was hearing details that I wasn’t hearing before. I had heard of headphone amps before, but never thought they were necessary. I couldn’t imagine not using one now.Then my son lent me his AKG K702 open back headphones to try. He likes them because they are pretty neutral. As he puts it, “you hear the music as the producer and engineer intended it to sound.” The AKGs were the best headphones I had ever tried, hands down. I downloaded the pre-configured parametric EQ file for them and listened for a few days. I learned that I preferred a more bass-heavy sound, especially with the hard rock I usually listened to. (I am currently obsessed with a band named The Warning, but like many other artists including Spiritbox, Breaking Benjamin, Band-Maid, Evanescence, Muse, and older classic rock like Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Hendrix, and Van Halen.) Given that I liked a bit more bass emphasis, my son suggested the Sennheiser HD 560S.I love them. With the standard EQ configuration, the low bass is a little lacking for my taste. I want the bass drum emphasized. So I created a pre-set with the bass boosted at 52 Hz and left the rest of frequencies alone. Perfect! I created another pre-set with the same 52 Hz boost and an additional boost at 5K Hz. I have some high frequency hearing loss, so this compensates for that, and allows me to hear the cymbals a little better. Normally I listen with the bass boost pre-set only and can hear everything fine.The only minor gripe I have with the Sennheiser HD 5600S phones is the comfort level. The ear pads are soft and comfortable, and the clamping force isn’t too much. But the headphones are somewhat bulky, especially compared to the Koss which are feather light and have almost zero clamping force. The Logitech earbuds are another story since they weigh virtually nothing and there’s no clamping force. That said, I have used the Sennheisers for hours at a time and they’re fine. You do forget they’re on once you’re immersed in the music or the game. I’ll definitely choose the Sennheisers every time for critical listening. Occasionally I will use the Logitechs or Koss when watching non-music videos like interviews or product reviews, for the improved comfort level.Here’s a good website for scientifically tested objective headphone ratings: https://www.rtings.com/headphonesDefinitely recommend the HD 560S as an entry level audiophile headphone. They’re a tier above sub-$100 headphones for sure.
Da1guy –
A warm Bass and Clear, Natural, Balanced Mids/highs
I was skeptical because studio style headphones are a bit too bright and tinny in the high frequencies and NO bass. These are not that. These are much more friendly and natural sounding. And, oh my goodness! the well balanced clarity in every frequency range. These also have a huge sound stage and instrumentation. It feels like you are sitting in with the band (play Miles Davis “Kind of Blue”). I purchased other headphones like Beyerdynamic headphones, they were not the sound profile for me. I bought these to replace the Beyerdynamic are returning them. I’d buy these again, it was worth it. Amazon is telling me to write more details. So, i will add that they are incredibly comfortable and fit very well. I don’t really care for earcups that touch my ear for long listening sessions. These are incredibly comfortable. A little warm but not bad. I purchased additional earpads that were cooler, so shop around. I hope you take a leap of faith and try them. You can always return them (thank you Amazon!). Oh and they have a plastic feel, but that’s because they are plastic. However, they are well designed for the material they used. But that’s what makes them light as air and relatively inexpensive. Enjoy!
J. Richardson –
Good bass, best headphones I’ve ever owned
From the dawn of time, every headphones set ever made has faced the same challenge: how to faithfully reproduce bass so the listener can clearly hear the beat without overpowering the mids or vocals, which muddies the audio. Nearly every review I’ve read online complains about these headphones’ lack of bass. Those reviews are wrong. There’s plenty of bass in these *if you drive them with the right source*. Their impedance is 120 ohms, which is much higher than even the legendary Sony MDR-7506’s 63 ohms. Thus, if your source has insufficient power (which probably includes most phones and many laptops) you won’t hear much out of them. However, they sound just right on my desktop PC through my Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 PCIe sound card. They’re the 1st headphones of any kind in over 20 years I haven’t had to boost the bass on at the source. At the same time, vocals are crystal. In fact, I’d say these headphones have the best vocals and definitely the best combination of bass and vocals of any pair I’ve owned. They’re also super light, which is great for long periods of listening. I’ve seen some reviews questioning durability, but if you’re physically breaking headphones the problem is YOU, not the headphones. Build quality (fit and finish) are superb. The velour earpads are super comfortable, though I worry about them getting stinky and grimy over time from sweat and skin oil. I really think AirWeave would have been a better choice at this price point, but I’ve only ever seen that material used in aftermarket pads.I really struggle to think of any drawbacks with these, but here are some: there’s no carrying case for the headphones and nowhere to put the 1/4 inch adapter when it’s not attached to the cable. Both are odd omissions on a ~$200 product in this category. Some people might not appreciate the plasticky feel, but again headphones are supposed to be on your head, not in your hand, and everything that comes in contact with your head is plush. As these are open back headphones, sound isolation isn’t guaranteed. Others will be able to hear your music (though it’s not as loud as you might think), and you might be able to hear them (cranked to the max, it’s likely you won’t).I’d comfortably call these the best headphones at their price point and perhaps up to $300, as they easily trump my Audeze Maxwells. If you’re on the fence, have an amp, receiver, or dedicated sound card, and don’t mind their open back config, pull the trigger. You’ll love them.
Eugenio Quero Reveles –
son unos audífonos de primera categoría como la mayoría que hace Sennheiser. aunque sea de plástico no se siente de mala calidad y el memory foam de la parte interna de arriba es una delicia en comodidad.la calidad de audio es prácticamente insuperable por el rango de precio Y que estamos hablando de unos audífonos ABIERTOS. en verdad, usar tidal + un buen dac + formato flac es una experiencia impresionante. no serán como los he-1 en ningún aspecto pero honestamente, para el usuario promedio estará más que satisfecho con la comodidad y Calidad de audio
Carlos Dias –
Orgasmo auditivo !
Artemis –
Edit: I found the adapter by accident… it’s screwed on the end of the cable… Which is confusing because the “From the manufacturer” section has a picture of a cable looking adapter? I looked at the product image again and found the picture at the end showing the screwed on adapter. If you can’t find your adapter now you know where to look———————————-Sounds great but my adapter was missing, I took the entire box apart and the adapter is nowhere to be found. So I was only able to test it on my keyboard and can’t test on my phone. I’ll reach out to customer service and will change my review to 5 stars if I get my adapter. (Edit, I reached out to Amazon and got a partial refund, enough to cover for a new adapter from sennheiser which I received in 2 days. I called Sennheiser but they can’t really help me since I ordered from Amazon and not them, they did point me to where to find the adapter on their website though)Head band length is easily adjustable. It’s not too tight for me but I can see why some people say the clamp is a little tight. Ear cups are very comfy and soft.
maniksdi –
My first ever audiophile headphones. feels like I discovered s3x for the first time. highly recommend for starters.
Lee Han Bin –
I got it at an unparalleled price. I have been keeping an eye on this product since its release, and it seems the newer production units have been improved (see diyaudioheavens review of this). The older units had a treble level just beyond my liking, but the one I recently received was mostly great. Go to other reviewers like audiosciencereview (I left some recent comments in this headphone’s review thread there as user “phoenixsong”) and reference audio analyzer to see how this headphone measures against other more expensive ones. Its comfort and build quality stand out to me too, apart from its sound quality and value.For:- People who desire a relatively portable and easy-to-drive solution that would deliver quality audio at an affordable price- People who enjoy a wider soundstage, accurate imaging and an overall neutral, balanced presentation, albeit with an extra sprinkle of treble detail- People who cannot stand wearing IEMs for extended periods of time, due to either comfort, fit or anxiety-inducing isolationNot for:- People who prefer speakers, be they portable wireless ones or tower speakers in an acoustically treated space- People who desire elevated levels of bass- bassheads, so to speak- People who demand minimal isolation and reduced sound leakage