Sennheiser HD 600 Impressions Thread
May 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM Post #23,477 of 23,486
Are you talking about the pinna gain peak at 3.5k? Because neither my set nor any others I've seen have a measured 4-5k peak.
Here's the OG marble HD600 vs the modded one. As you can see, the 5K resonance is quite subdued.
 

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May 13, 2024 at 6:35 PM Post #23,478 of 23,486
Here's the OG marble HD600 vs the modded one. As you can see, the 5K resonance is quite subdued.
Huh. Looks like you might have an outlier set. Most (measured) sets seem to peak somewhere between 3.2k and 3.8k, and it isn't a resonance peak. AFAIK the only major resonance on the HD 600 is somewhere around 100Hz.
 
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May 13, 2024 at 6:59 PM Post #23,480 of 23,486
I tried the 620s today and was severely disappointed. The bass was weak, and felt like it lacked dynamics, and overall felt more boxed in than the HD600. The isolation also felt pretty minimal for a closed back.

I would safely say that the HD600, paired with a good bass boost or EQ feature does the job much better than the 620s
 
May 13, 2024 at 7:02 PM Post #23,481 of 23,486
I tried the 620s today and was severely disappointed. The bass was weak, and felt like it lacked dynamics, and overall felt more boxed in than the HD600. The isolation also felt pretty minimal for a closed back.

I would safely say that the HD600, paired with a good bass boost or EQ feature does the job much better than the 620s
Sounds like you didn't get a good seal, as this is the opposite of most feedback so far.
 
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May 30, 2024 at 4:04 AM Post #23,483 of 23,486
. If you like big, full bass that hits very low, I would make sure you have at least one other pair of headphones to supplement the HD 600. But IMO you generally don't need as much bass as you think you do.
I also have the momentum 4's and they do supply very good sub bass.
But outside of those deep, deep sub-bass hits, most of the track's bass content is actually much higher and will be plenty audible. Often mid and upper bass is good at giving the impression of being lower than it is, so it sounds like plenty
And I do agree here. Some tracks give an oomph in the mid and higher bass and act as if it's sub bass
 
May 31, 2024 at 9:32 AM Post #23,485 of 23,486
There must be some unicorn units out there.

And if you have one... Hold onto it. :D
Not sure if we’re talking about the same thing. I mean enclosure resonance. Should only be one of those, and they’re easily identified by an impedance peak. Most dynamic drivers have one in the low end. Maybe you’re referring to what I’d call harmonics (usually subsequent peaks that are harmonics of the pinna gain peak)?
 
May 31, 2024 at 3:02 PM Post #23,486 of 23,486
Not sure if we’re talking about the same thing. I mean enclosure resonance. Should only be one of those, and they’re easily identified by an impedance peak. Most dynamic drivers have one in the low end. Maybe you’re referring to what I’d call harmonics (usually subsequent peaks that are harmonics of the pinna gain peak)?

Perhaps we are on about different things.
I was referring to certain units which seem to be unique by deviation from what is norm.

There was a guy on YouTube with his "unicorn" unit which differed from other units and was less peaky and bass extended more.

Thats what I thought of when you use the term outlier set.
 

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