L/R channels reversed on headpho

Hey all,
I'm a bit of a newb here, so bear with me. I'm having a problem that's driving me nuts. I have a Audigy 2 ZS Platinum. When I plug my pair of Sennheiser HD 580 headphones into the headphone jack on the front panel, the left and right channels seem to be reversed. It gets bizarre when I plug in a couple of cheap Sony headphones... left and right are no longer reversed. I have trouble believing that a pair of good quality Senns would have wires reversed. Is it possible? Any ideas?
Thanks for the help!

alexs3d2 wrote:Well, from your sayings, it appears the Sen's use reversed channels. There sin't another explanation.
So it would seem. But is this normal? I mean, are these headphones faulty or are the channels meant to be reversed?

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