Ali-Pacha
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Can these K7xxs beat HD600s?
Shipped on 17th, received today, I'm in France.
#490 in drop, #1332 received (I don't care at all).
No customs whatsoever.
First impressions on sound, compared to my HD600 :
- brighter, without any doubt
- high mids / highs have kind of grainy aspect. Fun, but maybe fatiguing...to be tested on more long runs.
- a bit more bass extension
- better soundstage
- less body / "oomph"
Very (very) comfortable.
No angle on the pads.
Build quality a bit cheap...not very confident with the tiny bungee ropes holding the headpad on both sides.
Strong "new item" smell, coming from the pads (glue ?)
Ali
They are in the same league but different.
K7XX have better soundstage, more dynamics, and are more engaging ond rock/pop/electro.
HD600 have more subtlety, better decay, more body on the voices. All around better cans for classical music.
HD600 is more reactive to amplification, maybe because of their impedance curve :
You can turn them in something more engaging with a high Zout amp.
Ali