Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread
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protoss
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Oh dont worry protoss got that cover...
I have my HD6XX with a custom cable with a dual 3-pin xlr cables on my beautiful gxx-mk2.
Not sure why he wants to expose the summit-fi cult (all of them are amateurs) to explain that a 22 year old headphone is actually top-tier and can scale.
The headfi police will be after him now because the Karen's over at summit-fi will report for emotional damage.
Yes, both or like 10 of them, lol, i found a few sounding different. And yes, it could be the pads, the wires and the degraded internal wiring that could of made it sound good or bad. But my HD650 sounds just a tab and more better than my HD6xx. As of being more cleaner, less dark and muffle vs the hd6xx.
overall 90-98%+ the same.
WILLJS
500+ Head-Fier
ok this seems like a low blow.
Sure, a decent pair of headphones will sound better on a thousand dollar amp than a $200 one, so would everything. but are you seriously telling me that with $2000 you’d get better sound if you spent $300 on a 6xx and $1700 on a source, and not the other way round?
Delusional.
btw that video only shows that in this guys opinion, a headphone scaled well on a $10k amp, he literally says to the level of a hd800. Do you know what would be cheaper than the hd6xx + a 10k amp? A hd800 + really nice 1k tube amp.
I still do not see your point and i’m not being contrary for the sake of it.
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aier8Robert
New Head-Fier
The HD650s just have that magic. No matter what else I try, I always end up coming back to them too
WILLJS
500+ Head-Fier
does the fact that I have many better pairs of headphones without spending mega money not indicate better the misplaced hype in the HD6xx?
if you’re going to be a dick about it, i’d rather just listen to speakers
megabigeye
Headphoneus Supremus
I don't think anyone should get their blood pressure up over a pair of headphones. Some people like one thing, other people enjoy another. No surprises there.
I don't quite understand why somebody would come into the HD 650 thread and start complaining that it's over-hyped, or whatever. But then I suppose it's an open forum and you're free to express your opinion. Just be prepared for pushback.
I don't quite understand why somebody would come into the HD 650 thread and start complaining that it's over-hyped, or whatever. But then I suppose it's an open forum and you're free to express your opinion. Just be prepared for pushback.
pk4425
Headphoneus Supremus
Nice comparison: Two headphones with dramatically different sound signatures.
I know it's hard for you to fathom, but there are audiophiles out there who crave and love the reference mids and timbre of the HD 6xx and think the wide soundstage of the HD 800 and 800s is a parlor trick that overrates what's a pretty average headphone -- especially for timbre -- for the FAR higher price than the 600 series family. I'm one of them.
The HD 6xx at $200 is such a better value proposition than the HD 800s at $1,700 that it's comical unless you value soundstage more than anything else.
Not to mention the 600 series scales with gear/power/tubes like few headphones on the market. Not to mention the HD 6xx is a very moddable headphone with a cottage industry supporting those mods.
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jonathan c
Headphoneus Supremus
Actually, yes. The source is functionally the most important link in the sound reproduction chain.
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WILLJS
500+ Head-Fier
i’m fine with pushback but I just jokingly (mainly) made a comment and got taken apart for it by a bunch of people I don’t know
atomLI631
500+ Head-Fier
I love coming back to my HD6xx after a few weeks/month of listening to my other cans. They are my reference, sort of like a palette cleanser. They have a permanent home in my collection no matter how high up the summit-fi ladder I might climb.
I mean....CMON!! name a more iconic duo! It's like the Batman & Robin of headphones (or maybe the Cheech & Chong!
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I mean....CMON!! name a more iconic duo! It's like the Batman & Robin of headphones (or maybe the Cheech & Chong!
)
HWB3
Headphoneus Supremus
It builds character.
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To me HD600 and HD800 are complementing each other. They are way too different. I’m sure a lot of us have both of them in their collection.
pk4425
Headphoneus Supremus
Nice try. If you were joking, you would have let it go after your first post, as most people do with jokes.
jonathan c
Headphoneus Supremus
** .... right there with: Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Lennon & McCartney, Keith Richards & Mick Jagger, Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole .......I love coming back to my HD6xx after a few weeks/month of listening to my other cans. They are my reference, sort of like a palette cleanser. They have a permanent home in my collection no matter how high up the summit-fi ladder I might climb.
**I mean....CMON!! name a more iconic duo!** It's like the Batman & Robin of headphones (or maybe the Cheech & Chong!
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Digital Enigma
1000+ Head-Fier
I’m sure he’s happy with a susvara running off an apple dongle
