[toadthedry]

Hi.

What closed headphones have similar sound to sennheiser 650s?

Thanks
Mike

 

[KG Jag]

Don't think there is such an animal.  You might want to look into the Fostex TH 600--if it falls within your budget.

 

[billybob_jcv]

I think the TH600 is much bassier than the HD650. The Audeze LCD-XC might be closer?



In the old days, I might have offered up the Denon D5000 as a possible candidate - but alas, those days are long gone...

 

[KG Jag]

The TH 600 is in the next generation of the D5000 & 7000--all made by Fostex.
 
The Audeze is in an entirely different price zone--more than 4 or 5 times the price of the HD 650

 

[toadthedry]

Thanks for your responses. How about the sennheiser momentum or the mad dog pros. Do they sound similar to the senn 650s?
Thanks
Mike

 

[KG Jag]

Thanks for your responses. How about the sennheiser momentum or the mad dog pros. Do they sound similar to the senn 650s?
Thanks
Mike

 
No and no.
 
Except that the Momentum sound signature has some similarity to that of the HD 650, but they are not all the same overall.

 

[toadthedry]

Thanks KG Jag,
In your opinion do you know how the mad dog pros signature is compared with the senn 650.
Thanks
Mike

 

[Argyris]

Maybe the NAD HP50?
 

I've been involved with this stuff long enough to know that the graphs, while sometimes helpful, don't always tell the whole story, so the similarity in the >100 Hz measurements here might not be indicative of much in actual practice. However, in the comments of this article on the HP50 there were some vague hints that the two might sound similar (or at least that the HP50 and the HD600 do, and the latter is in the same family as the HD650, so extrapolate out from there).
 
Headphone makers have been trying to make a closed headphone that sounds as good as the HD6x0 line for a long time. Or a closed headphone that sounds as good as any notable open headphone, really. It's a tough cookie to crack.

 

[toadthedry]

I own the NAD too. I do like the NAD but it is not as warm or full a sound as the 650s. If I am looking at the graph correctly, it would make me think the NAD should have more bass but to my ears the 650 has more. Can anyone compare the mad dog pros to the NAD HP 50 or the senn 650?
Thanks
Mike

 

[Sadkmf]

JVC DX1000 of course..

 

[KG Jag]

Thanks KG Jag,
In your opinion do you know how the mad dog pros signature is compared with the senn 650.
Thanks
Mike

 
They are more neutral--closer to the HD 500.  Except of course they are planars.

 

[tehidiot]

Focal sprit professionals are pretty close.

 

[KG Jag]

  Focal sprit professionals are pretty close.

No--they are dead neutral & much closer in sound signature to the HD 600.

 

[kapanak]

Either way, it'll be pretty difficult to find a pair of closed over ear headphones that sound similar to HD 650. Your best option is to go with great sounding closed headphones, rather than trying to match HD650's sound signature. Focal Professionals, Momentum, and Shure SE1540 are good options.

 

[KG Jag]

  Either way, it'll be pretty difficult to find a pair of closed over ear headphones that sound similar to HD 650. Your best option is to go with great sounding closed headphones, rather than trying to match HD650's sound signature. Focal Professionals, Momentum, and Shure SE1540 are good options.

 
For on the go use without an amp, I recommend the NAD VISO HP50, PSB M4U 1, Focal Spirit Pro or Sony MDR 7520.  This range of cans can currently be had in about the $250 to $350 range.  These cans are listed in order from warm to dead neutral (I call it a tie in that regard between the FS and Sony).  See:
 
http://www.soundandvision.com/content/sony-mdr-7520-headphone
 
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/two-strike-zone-focal-spirit-professional-and-spirit-classic
 
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/i-love-these-headphonesthe-nad-viso-hp50
 
and
 
http://www.cnet.com/products/psb-m4u-1/