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Updated January 10, 2024·
For an immersive music experience, the Sennheiser HD800S stands out with superior sound quality and an exceptional soundstage, making them ideal for critical listening. However, they come at a higher price and are not designed for wireless use, making them less portable. The 1More Sonoflow is significantly less expensive and offers wireless capabilities with decent sound quality. They have a foldable design for ease of transport and active noise cancelling, making them versatile for traveling and listening in noisy environments. For gaming and watching TV, the latency of Sennheisers may be an issue, while the 1Mores provide good isolation and portability, suited to everyday activities and exercise. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the 1More Sonoflow
Very good for air travel
Advantages of the Sennheiser HD800S
Best in class for music
Good for gaming
Best in class for TV and video
Very good for podcasts and audiobooks
Key differences
Music
7.2/10
9.9/10
The Sennheiser HD800S is best in class for music, while the 1More Sonoflow is good.
Gaming
5.3/10
7.5/10
The Sennheiser HD800S is good for gaming, while the 1More Sonoflow is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
6.0/10
8.1/10
The Sennheiser HD800S is very good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the 1More Sonoflow is only fair.
TV and Video
5.7/10
9.7/10
The Sennheiser HD800S is best in class for TV and video, while the 1More Sonoflow is poor.
Noise Reduction
8.3/10
2.5/10
The 1More Sonoflow is very good for noise reduction, while the Sennheiser HD800S is poor.
Battery
40.0 Hours
N/A
The 1More Sonoflow has 40 hours of battery life. The Sennheiser HD800S does not have a battery.
Cost
$65
$1,600
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
$350
$400
The 1More Sonoflow has a price of $65 and the Sennheiser HD800S costs $1,600.
Build Quality
8.5/10
9.0/10
The Sennheiser HD800S has excellent build quality, while the 1More Sonoflow has very good build quality.
"The SonoFlow is cheap and fun, without going too far into being overly warm or annoyingly grating, or sharp sounding. The ANC features are lovely with strong app integration and excellent battery life."
"The cans offer stellar sound quality, comfort, and good maintenance options—so they're an easy recommendation if you have the cash and the need for the last headphones you'll buy for years."
Get a great deal on the 1More Sonoflow or the Sennheiser HD800S
About 1More
Music lovers, young or old, frugal or affluent, deserve to hear music as it was meant to be heard, as the artist intended it to be heard. Everyone deserves to hear more. That’s how 1More, a China based company, describes their mission. Their products are all tuned by Luca Bignardi, a sound engineer who’s worked side by side with artists such as Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli, in an effort to offer premium quality audio devices at midrange prices.
About Sennheiser
A family-owned company, Sennheiser is a German, high fidelity, audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1945. Their consumer audio division is now owned by the Swiss hearing aid and cochlear implant manufacturer Sonova. Sennheiser offers a wide variety of, very high quality, audio equipment solutions, from headphones to earbuds, full sets of monitoring speakers, amplifiers and microphones. They also make what is widely regarded as the best, and most expensive, headphones in existence, the HE-1 Orpheus, costing a whopping $59,000 dollars.
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