[pigmode]

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Originally posted by ArChaos What's "YOWZA"?

It's another way of saying "yes sir".

 

[ooheadsoo]

I'm currently looking for an amp, actually. I'm quite desperate! Hopefully I will be getting one very soon.

 

[Duncan]

The biggest difference to me, is in the bass... the HD600 bass is a lot tauter... a lot more there than on the HD580s... in a strange twist of fate... I can now hear the dreaded Sennhesier veil on the HD580s, when compared to the HD600s...

BUT, this isn't as apparent at moderate volumes, its only when you give the 'phones a little bit of stick that the HD600 shine a LOT more than the HD580s... at more normal volumes, I think you'd be hard pushed to pinpoint a difference

 

[GlowWorm]

Duncan -> You've ALREADY got me thinking about what I'm missing, AND I HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED MY HD 580's YET! Guess I'm gonna have to get the HD 600's too, soon as my wallet recovers.

(Boy, this little hobby of our's sure is addictive isn't it?)

GlowWorm

 

[Duncan]

GlowWorm...

Put that wallet away!!

Most people can't really tell the difference between the two... just a shade of difference maybe... the only reason that I can seemingly tell such a huge difference, is because i'm a volume junky ~ I think that the carbon / metal finish of the HD600 comes into play there as much as anything psychoacoustic...

So, stick with the HD580s and a nice aftermarket cable, sit back and smile as you realise that you've got 110% of the STANDARD HD600 sound for less cash

(unless of course, you abuse the volume control like I do??

)

 

[gswpete]

Enjoying my 580's at "moderate" volumes now

I also have the Clou Blue, but it's still a bit too stiff for me despite Jeff's mods to it. Thus, it's still stock cable for me, until I find the money to get a more expensive (comfortable) cable.

 

[GlowWorm]

gswpete -> When you say "stiff" do you mean of the garden hose variety, or what?

 

[gswpete]

Hmm...it means that there is more pressure on my head and less freedom to move it. Not as stiff as a garden hose, but much more restricting than the stock cable.

 

[GlowWorm]

gswpete -> I understand what your saying, but is it THAT uncomfortable that you would actually PREFER the stock cable.(comfort over quality?)

 

[gswpete]

Hmm...I like to move around ,sleep with my phones on, so that to me is an important factor. The Clou Blue, is not THAT bad in this regard, but to me (at least for now) it was enough for me to use the stock cable. Besides, the 580 sounds good enough (for now anyways

) with the stock cable to me.

 

[GlowWorm]

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Originally posted by gswpete Hmm...I like to move around ,sleep with my phones on, so that to me is an important factor. The Clou Blue, is not THAT bad in this regard, but to me (at least for now) it was enough for me to use the stock cable. Besides, the 580 sounds good enough (for now anyways ) with the stock cable to me.

Thanks gswpete, I should be o.k w/ the Clou's, because I generally dont sleep w/ my cans on but w/ my new 580s ya never know?

 

[gswpete]

I dunno...once I put them on, I can't seem to take them off

 

[skippy]

anyone ever try testing 2 hd580's against each other (or 2 hd600's)? there are variations due to manufacturing (i mean if every driver off the line sounded the same, why would they have to be matched?

)

if there is a difference, it's probably because of the tighter driver matching and/or the metal rear grill. but then again you could always wind up with a lucky 580 with great matching or listen to the 580 with out the back of the earpiece on.

i'd like to see someone get 50 hd580's and 50 hd600's and see if people could blindly sort them by sound.

 

[GlowWorm]

Hey skippy -> I thought about the same senario myself... Maybe it's a case of "the luck of the draw" w/ the 580's, and you might by "chance" get a pair that have matched drivers within 1db like the 600's do?

 

[aerius]

Ignorance is bliss I suppose, the only way I could tell the 2 headphones apart when I was shopping for them was that the 600 clamped my head tighter and seemed a tad heavier. Playing everything from Tori Amos to Metallica they sounded the same to me. It came down to whether I wanted to spend an extra $100 for the spiffy carbon fiber goodness and metal grills, which was a hard enough decision too. Knowing that I'd need to get a new amp was what made the decision for me, so 580's it was, no regrets.

I believe there's a fellow head-fier who lives about 5 minutes from me who also has a set of 580's, perhaps some listening can be arranged....