DemonFox
Headphoneus Supremus
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I think the D600 sounds fine, just overpriced at $500. Then again the HD800 is priced at $1500 when they sound more like 1000, seems like that is common business practice these days. However at $300-350 the D600 easily beats out all the pieces of crap at Apple Store, with the possible exception of the Momentum (just talking full-size only of course).
People seem to forget that the new Denons were made to compete in the same market that Beats currently reigns supreme, so an *audiophile* sound approach most likely won't work. Basically the D600 sounds like a refined Beats, with less muddy, more quality bass and better mid/treble performance, packed in a luxurious box with BS marketing written all over it and all kinds of cool extras. The D600 is not perfect, but neither were the D5000 or the D7000, some people modded the hell out of their pairs and claimed that the stock model were borderline awful after listening to the modded version. What gives?
And last but not least, if you don't like bassy headphones, don't buy one and then complain that they are bad, period. I bought the D600 knowing exactly what to expect, so I wasn't in any shock whatsoever.
So true about the mods on the older Denon line. Seems like modding them is almost a most! Primarily it's the cord that's the real problem. Kinks way to easily, isn't made very well, and most say holds the headphones back quite a bit. Now a good amp I imagine goes a long way but it would be nice to have a $700+ headphone sound great out of the box you know. Totally agree with you on what you said about bassy headphones and its the same for non-bassy cans as well. Do your homework before buying any of these great deals we keep posting because you'll just end up waistline time and money on something you may not want.
Oh and it's not the bass that worries me about the Sony's it's the sound in general!! I love bass heavy cans like the XB500 for how fun they are but the new XB line is on par with Skullcandy is terms of sound quality. Not very good at all. And build quality was even worse than the sound. So new Sony's kinda worry me at the moment.
Companies selling their souls to try to get that "Beats" money... Sad