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Sennheiser HD580 Headphones
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Sennheiser HD580 Headphones

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Open-back audiophile headphones from Sennheiser's HD500 series, first released in the mid-1990s.

Why it's buy-it-for-life

Sennheiser sells replacement cables, pads, liners, and even speaker drivers for the HD580, letting one owner keep the same pair running since the mid-1990s with what they call the best cost-per-hour-of-use of anything they've owned.

What redditors say

Recommended on reddit as recently as June 2025

  1. 28
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    Sennheiser

  2. 3
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    Sennheiser sells all manner of parts for their headphones. I've replaced cables, pads, liners, even the speakers on my HD580s, which I've had since the mid 1990s.

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