But once that was done, replacement was easy ... to upgrading the rather fragile pads on my superb Sennheiser HD25 pro broadcast headphones. So, if you have a favorite pair of headphones that ...

At the time of the announcement, I interviewed Andreas and Daniel Sennheiser, joint CEOs of the venerable German headphone company. What they told me at the time, largely allayed my fears.

So are the compromises you’ll need to make in order to accommodate such an uncompromising pair of headphones worth it in the end? And do the Sennheiser HD 660S2 earn a spot in the best wired ...