upstateguy
Headphoneus Supremus
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I brought into the HD6XX hype at the start of 2017, so I paid $199 like many others and waited a staggering 3 months for them.
When I received them, I plugged them into my Schiit Fulla 2 that was previously occupied by my M40xs, so as you can tell these were my first audiophile headphones.
Now I know the HD6XX is said to scale up extremely well but my review is based on the sound signature and I don't think a better AMP will really change anything but I'm no expert.
it has been 1 month of listening to a lot of music with these and while I'm disappointed to say that they might not be for me, I now know what I possibly enjoy in cans.
These headphones have great detail and separation, you can very well hear the different instruments and pin point them out, its no exaggeration when people say they are detailed and have great resolution.
I'm not a bass head, and don't really know about bass that much but these headphones had a good low end, nothing amazing but it didn't matter to me much as previously stated.
When it comes to mids, the vocals are the best I've heard. Both female and male vocals are very enjoyable and come to life on these headphones, something that the HD650 is legendary for.
Now the sound signature, is very relaxing and very non-fatiguing on the ears, this is obviously due to the rolled off highs, and from what I've heard, this is what Sennheiser is known for.
With everything I liked said, what puts me off with these headphones is that they sound too smooth for me, I used to be able to enjoy synthwave and trance.
Coming from my previous headphones, it feels like someone took my knife and chopped off the tip, and then sanded it down to where there is no sharpness at all.
I struggled to enjoy high frequency noises with the HD650 and its taken the life out of my said listening preferences.
The treble is one thing I really dislike about the HD650, in other words if I don't put my volume loud enough, it feels as if I've come across some sort of veil here,
but I'm not sure if that's to be confused with the smoothness.
I also feel as if the entirety of the headphone is very laid back and feels slow sometimes, which is a bad pairing with certain music genres but good with others, a double etched sword here.
I'd also like to point out the clamping force is sort of annoying but everyone has a different head.
EDIT: I have mixed feelings about these, but for $199 I'd say they are definitely worth the price despite the additional AMP/DAC Cost to power these.
EQ your treble to where you like it.... The headphones respond well to EQ. You can give them what ever sound signature you prefer.