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Question: Are these headphones made in Germany or are they the fake Chinese?
Document: One of the best purchases I've made in a while. I would consider these to be the best headphones I've ever bought.
Great sound and very comfortable! I've owned several Sennheiser headphones over the years and these are the best even if they are made in China!
Light, compact and easy to carry, these have made my life easier for everything from  listening in on webinars from the train to working out at the gym. I cannot tolerate ear-buds and do not like the bulkiness of most headphones, but these took care of all my issues and gave me an excellent sound experience to boot.
Got these headphones very recently. My husband's gift as I insisted on the upgrade. Like several others who are so used to their PX 100s, I made the inevitable comparison too. And...these are as good an upgrade as promised. I kept switching my old PX 100s and these while listening to the same song with lots of thump.
When designing its replacement wouldn't you have thought that Sennheiser would have made fixing this problem one of the highest priorities.Well it didn't happen. Same problem with PX 100-II.Why can't a headphones manufacturer that is usually considered one of the premiere in the world supply a cable with its products that is good for at least two whole years? Or maybe even more than two?Planned obsolescence.
They are also built with a strip of metal lining over the top and through the adjusting sections which is KEY to a well-made pair of headphones. They have taken a beating and still work great. The PX-100 II also folds making it an easy fit for a backpack outside pocket.The only flaw with headphone is that there is little to no sound isolation. This could be a bigger flaw to some than others.
The sound on these puppies is comparable to the Sennheiser HD 650 (the King of Headphones) at about a tenth of the price. Beautiful warm midbass, crystal clear highs, well-defined mids, very low dropoff in low bass. Every single negative review of them is somebody throatmad that Sennheiser made them sound more natural than their precious PX 100-I. Don't be fooled. These things are a godsend.
The headphones also get pretty loud considering there is no preamp but keep in mind that the person sitting next to you will also be &#34;enjoying&#34; your music.Overall:  I feel that someone looking at a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre won't be interested in these in the slightest. They have no initial &#34;wow&#34; factor. Looking at them you can just imagine each hinge being cheaply made and the speaker hinge breaking after 10 uses.
For some reason they've made the headband quite a bit heavier (I've never had a problem with the headband), the tiny fragile cables coming out of the earpieces (which I've broken in the past) are replace with one thicker cable. Unfortunately the plug is still straight-through rather than angled (how my last cable broke), but it is more flexible.The enormous price rise is disappointing, but these are great portable headphones and I still recommend them.
These headphones are at the polar opposite end of the spectrum from the "Beats" headphones all the kids seem to be wearing these days, and that's a good thing.Those are just some of my thoughts. Unlike some people, I don't think Sennheiser made a disastrous decision when they updated this model, and I think the complaints against the new model are overblown. I think the old model was superior to the PortaPros (still their biggest competitor) and the new model, to me, sounds better than both.
Answer: There is no marking as to country of manufacture on the product that I can find so can't provide a definitive answer. I can say they surpassed my high expectations for sound quality and portability. I recommend them.