Beats Beats Pro vs Sennheiser HD 800

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Beats Pro compared with HD 800

	BeatsBeats Pro	SennheiserHD 800
Overview
Released
Released	2010	March 2009
Sound
Type
Type	Over-ear	Over-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	No	No
Driver size
Driver size	–	56 mm
Back
Back	Closed	Open
Impedance
Impedance	–	300 ohms
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	None (wired)	None (wired)
Drivers
Drivers	–	56 mm ring radiator dynamic transducer with 40 mm voice coil and 42 mm magnet; 14 – 44,100 Hz (–3 dB), 6 – 51,000 Hz (–10 dB); 102 dB SPL at 1 kHz (1 Vrms); THD 0.02% (1 kHz, 1 Vrms); diffuse-field equalised; max. 500 mW long-term input power (EN 60268-7)
Noise cancelling detail
Noise cancelling detail	Passive isolation from the padded ear cups; no active noise cancelling.	–
Audio features
Audio features	Aluminium construction with metal hinges. Flip-up ear cups allow room monitoring; two input/output cable ports support daisy-chaining another pair of headphones.	–
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	No battery (wired)	No battery (wired)
Design
Weight
Weight	–	330 g
Headphone cable
Headphone cable	Yes	Yes
Controls
Controls	The maker’s later user guide includes a remote cable for playback, track skipping, scanning, calls, voice commands and volume. Functions vary by connected device; launch accessory bundles may differ.	–
Microphones
Microphones	In-line microphone on the remote cable described by the maker’s user guide.	–
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Padded headband and rotating ear cups. The maker describes the model as over-ear; The Absolute Sound found the pads pressed on the outer ears in its test.	Over-ear (circumaural), open-back; contact pressure approx. 3.4 N ± 0.3 N; handcrafted microfibre ear pads; metal headband with inner damping element; silver finish
Works with
Works with	Wired analogue audio; the user guide lists iPod, iPhone, iPad, HTC, BlackBerry and Android, with remote functionality varying by device.	Detachable 3 m silver-plated OFC cable, symmetrical, Kevlar reinforced, with gold-plated 6.3 mm stereo jack plug