[allets]

After years of enduring me sleeping on them, dropping them on hard floor, tangling on the cable and what not, the HD600 has finally broken and even that is just one side breaking up which is probably the cable being worn but shh, I'm looking for an excuse to buy another What a durable headphone!

Gifting myself Brand New HD600! Happy Holidays.

 

[Shaffer]

I've had my HD600 for about a year. While I enjoyed many of the positives discussed in this thread, I didn't love the cans. Liked them a lot, but that last bit of satisfaction was lacking. Most of the time I drove them with a Vio V200, and sometimes with a Corda Concerto. Neither combo really did it for me. It felt like the cans were almost stuck to the head, sonically, with limited staging abilities. Then, a couple of months back, I picked up another Little Dot mkIII. I had one before and didn't really care for it, but the offer included a number of tube choices and a price that was hard to refuse. To make a long story much shorter, I absolutely love - no, loooove - the LDIII/HD600 combo. While I still prefer the other amplifiers with most of my HPs, the HD600 now only see tubes. The staging issue is gone, the cans have more life to them without sounding etched or exaggerated. It's as if I got a new set of truly superb headphones. Listening to the combo at this very moment playing a HD file. Stunning sound quality.

 

[sokre]

Guys, how do I unscrew metal headband part form headband?
It is connected to plastic earcup holder with some kind of screw or nut (some sort of metal nut with 3 very small grooves).
Right side is too tight, I d like to loosen it a bit.

EDIT: here s the picture of right earcup

 

[Kon Peki]

  Got my HD600.
 
Guys, is it normal if I wiggle cable (both can wiggle just a bit) connector and I hear cracking (as if it looses contact)?
Only left headphone connector does that.
 
Also my left headphone seems to turn a lot harder (I ll disassemble hp and clean them good).

 
Quote from the Head-Fi guide:
 
"Troubleshooting/Known Issues:
Some HD 600s are known to ship with the cable inserted loosely. This can cause the sound to cut out of either side when the cable is moved. To fix this, push the cable in hard, not just a little hard, but push it in with the angry fist of a god hard. Once it's in hard, it should stay that way on it's own."

 

[dsound]

I've had my HD600 for about a year. While I enjoyed many of the positives discussed in this thread, I didn't love the cans. Liked them a lot, but that last bit of satisfaction was lacking. Most of the time I drove them with a Vio V200, and sometimes with a Corda Concerto. Neither combo really did it for me. It felt like the cans were almost stuck to the head, sonically, with limited staging abilities. Then, a couple of months back, I picked up another Little Dot mkIII. I had one before and didn't really care for it, but the offer included a number of tube choices and a price that was hard to refuse. To make a long story much shorter, I absolutely love - no, loooove - the LDIII/HD600 combo. While I still prefer the other amplifiers with most of my HPs, the HD600 now only see tubes. The staging issue is gone, the cans have more life to them without sounding etched or exaggerated. It's as if I got a new set of truly superb headphones. Listening to the combo at this very moment playing a HD file. Stunning sound quality.

Congrats on finding an awesome amp. pairing.  

 

[Lestat]

Oh... oh god....

 
Finally have this running.  Setup is an Air/PC > Modi > Magni > HD600
 
I do not even have the words.  Music has changed for me forever.  If it gets better than this my wallet doesn't want to hear it.

 

[bavinck]

I just got an hd600 and cmoybb played from my note 3 phone. Even running a portable and using stock android dac these cans are amazing. Almost didn't like the sound at first, came off as hollow. But for whatever the reason, about 5 hrs of listening today they definitely sound very nice. Deep, deep bass when called for and such detail in the music I have not experienced before. Very cool.

 

[Midgetguy]

  Oh... oh god....

 
Finally have this running.  Setup is an Air/PC > Modi > Magni > HD600
 
I do not even have the words.  Music has changed for me forever.  If it gets better than this my wallet doesn't want to hear it.

Your wallet's gonna wanna keep you away from some of the pages on this site. And has it slapped you yet for the Schiit stack?

 

[CrunchyChick]

   
Quote from the Head-Fi guide:
 
"Troubleshooting/Known Issues:
Some HD 600s are known to ship with the cable inserted loosely. This can cause the sound to cut out of either side when the cable is moved. To fix this, push the cable in hard, not just a little hard, but push it in with the angry fist of a god hard. Once it's in hard, it should stay that way on it's own."

Thank you, I don't even want to say how long I've had my 600s with loose connectors. 

 

[kman1211]

I decided to put the HD 600 drivers in my old HD 545 black screen housing to see what effect the black screen has compared to the silver screen on the sound. The black screen caused the drivers to sound a bit leaner, brighter, more open, but also more sibilant and etched in the treble.

 

[Lestat]

 
Your wallet's gonna wanna keep you away from some of the pages on this site. And has it slapped you yet for the Schiit stack?

 
You don't like the Schiit stack or you mean some of its bigger friends like Asgard?
 
And yeah I'm trying hard to be happy with these for awhile before going into any other areas.

 

[wahsmoh]

I skipped the smaller Schiits and went straight for Asgard 2/ Bifrost Uber, a decision I am still glad I made today. Now my qualms exist with DSD and a portable setup. Future money for me to burn is probably going to be iBassoDX90 combo with iFi Micro iDSD and portable custom IEMs

 

[Lestat]

Yeah I like that the Modi/Magni are still small enough that they're somewhat portable.  Had I known the O2/ODAC combo was going to be a black friday sale item I might have gotten them on that reasoning alone but oh well.  I like the look of the Schiit's and the HD600's arent something I can really take to work.  Maybe I'll eventually get a home setup with the bigger Asgard/Bifrost and take those and some other cans to work.
 
See there goes my wallet again!

 

[StanD]

  Oh... oh god....

 
Finally have this running.  Setup is an Air/PC > Modi > Magni > HD600
 
I do not even have the words.  Music has changed for me forever.  If it gets better than this my wallet doesn't want to hear it.

Just surrender, then take your plastic out of the wallet and toss aside the cowhide.

 

[VALIENTE]

Barry Manilow's voice is digging the HD600's soul.