Bloodflowerz
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I have very different opinions regarding your choices:
-Fostex TH-610 is gorgeous but doesn`t seal and isolate - not really a closed headphone - and is over twice the price.
-The beyer 1770 sounds fantastic, but it`s over twice the price, twice the size and doesn`t fold at all.
-The EL-8 closed is easily the worst-sounding headphone for the money I have ever heard. Totally baffling why they put their name on that thing. It`s also 3x the price of the H6.
-My experience putting the PM-3 against the H6 is also completely different from yours: the Oppo is lifeless, and I was listening to it both single ended and balanced out of 2 different balanced amps (AK120ii and RAL KB-03), against my H6 single ended. The Oppo has great build and comfort, but the H6 blows it away sonically, including bass, IMO. The PM-3`s also almost 2x the price.
-In my experience, the same for the Momentum: gorgeous build and comfort, but muddied middle and bloated bass compared to the H6. (and I`m a Sennheiser fan)
The only closed, isolating headphones I`ve heard that really best the H6 are the beyer T5p (AK and V2) and the Ether C. Which by default means, given the huge price and size/weight differentials, the H6 is the best closed headphone for the money, in my opinion.
It`s crazy that it`s so small and pretty . . .
Nicely put and I also agree with this.
obsidyen, while some headphones you mentioned may sound better for EDM compared with the H6, it's the balanced sound and "realistic" bass of the H6 that make them usable for all genres.
As I stated before, the H6 are truly the Jack of all Trades. I would rather have a headphone that sounds great across the board rather than a headphone which sounds great for only a few genres.