Updated (6/20/21) - HD600's are still a great pair of headphones, and here's what I've learned since I bought mine. You get out what you put in; these headphones like better quality recordings, so if you have live-recorded and properly made music, you can crank that music up and it will sound phenomenal. With poor quality recordings, you'll find yourself steering away from those songs pretty quickly with how badly they sound. These are good to listen to records with, too, as long as you have a decent record player. I've had my HD600's for 4 years now, and they're still going strong. You may need to replace the cable, earcups, and headband over time, but these will last you a very long time.
TL:DR - These headphones are great, especially for the price. The sound is neutral, but the quality is far from lacking.
FULL REVIEW
Despite an issue with my first pair of HD 600's, I liked the sound so much I got a second pair once the first was returned. Here's what I've found out about the HD 600's in the 6 months I've had them.
Comfort - These headphones are very lightweight, so it's easy to forget you're wearing them. However, when you first get them, these headphones clamp your head hard. Keep on using them and let the headband stretch out, and over time you'll be able to wear them for literally all-day use without any soreness.
W/O Amp and DAC - The bass is very recessed on anything you listen to without a proper amp. Mids and highs are still good, but the sound isn't as full or realistic without a proper amp. The sound is still good enough to outperform everything else I've tried and blew me away when I first tried them out, which was with this set up.
W/ Amp and DAC (Magni 2 and Modi 2) - The music really seemed to come to life. From classical remixes of songs to Slash's performance in Paradise City, these headphones still leave me impressed. Bass, mids, and highs all sound good with none over powering the other. There is a lot of detail with these, which has led me to picking up background sounds I couldn't hear or overlooked before. Hearing a lot of extra details in music I already knew took a bit of getting used to, but I very quickly started to like certain songs more because I realize they had more sounds than I realized. This has been very helpful when comparing the sound between my HD 600's and other speakers and headphones I've tried.
The only real problem with the HD 600's is that if there are any imperfections in your music, such as problems with sound mastering or just being an MP3 you converted from YouTube, you will hear every imperfection. Keep that in mind when getting these or other audiophile grade headphones; you will need to get CD's or, at the barest minimum, 320 kbps MP3's for listening to music. The static and distortion in anything lower quality will be really annoying. Not to mention their open-back design and 300 ohms of impedance mean you shouldn't be using them while traveling, though this doesn't bother me as I use the at home.
Overall, if you want to get a pair of audiophile grade headphones for under $300 and you can afford these, do not hesitate. There are definitely other and better options out there, but not for the same price as these (unless these go back up $385 again for a short period). Sure, they aren't the best sounding headphones in the world and the $270 I spent when I got these is still a lot of money, but I haven't regretted these since I got them. These changed my perspective on listening to music for the better and you'd be hard pressed to go wrong with buying a pair of HD 600's.
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Sennheiser HD 600
The HD 600 is the audio purist’s choice for reference playback. An instrument of Sennheiser’s passion for perfect sound, it is globally recognized as the standard for analytical high-fidelity listening - even 20-plus years after its release.
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The HD 600 was developed to give audiophiles an impartial scale of everything before it in the audio chain.
Purpose-built to vanish when the listener presses “play”, the HD 600 is the benchmark reference headphone for both analyzing and enjoying your hi-fi setup. This disappearing act starts with an innovative, systematic approach to sound reproduction using transparency as the driving principle. Leveraging Sennheiser’s progressive production techniques and computer-based transducer optimization, it perfectly fuses the art of sound with the science of it.
Opening up your mind
The foundation of the HD 600 transducer system is an acoustically transparent open-back earcup that lets every single sound wave expand freely - a Sennheiser innovation pioneered and perfected for the most natural personal listening experience.
Sound emanating from our exclusive 42mm driver is free from turbulence and distortion thanks to a specialized acoustic silk that controls airflow—one of the finest materials available for this task—while requiring hand assembly.
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We worked tirelessly to build a headphone with the luxurious comfort and lasting durability audiophiles demand.
The velour HD 600 padding is supple to the touch for extended listening at your hi-fi stack. Even the earcup grille pattern was crafted specifically for this transducer system, guaranteeing a pristine personal sound experience. The HD 600 is assembled in Ireland at a state-of-the-art production facility with the attention to detail required to handle a wide variety of acoustic materials. Our production tolerances are extremely tight, ensuring that your HD 600 experience is consistent with those all over the globe, whenever or wherever it was purchased.
It’s all about connection
Your HD 600 comes with a detachable, impedance-matched cable with ultra-low capacitance.
The ¼-inch / 6.3mm stereo connector offers the audiophile-standard plug for connection to devices such as headphone amplifiers and A/V receivers, digital audio players, analog gear, and more. At 9.8 feet / 3m long, it offers unencumbered listening on gear deep within your shelves or in a favorite listening chair. A premium adapter is included to reduce the 6.3mm to 3.5mm / ⅛-inch for plugging into countless other audio devices.
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I have been avoiding buying these for a good while now. At times it’s above $400, as of now they’re $299($320 or so after tax, for me in Fl, it may be different according to where you live). I’ve been avoiding them mainly because I can’t justify spending that much in relation to my budget at this time, just did a big move and money is tight. I was always a home audio loudspeaker man, I have never really cared for headphones and found them quite underwhelming. I had some Bose sport ear buds that I actually loved but they got stolen🤬. So here in Miami Beach, living in a high rise-ish(on the 7the floor, it’s honestly the best view I’ve ever had. I’d put a picture up but no one’s reading this about that, it’s about the cans, if you’re still reading, thank you for dealing with my way of getting to the point sometimes. I seem to only do that when the product is on a level like the HD600. With the right amplifier (you need an amp, your dongle isn’t going to feed this @300ohms and you can’t enjoy it properly without enough amplification)these things are as close as you can get to perfection. I imagine some eq(definitely not necessary with these but it’s your party, do what you want and piss on anyone trying to tell you otherwise) will make it whatever you’re chasing. But it really is amazing. I Have 2 pairs of cans now and feel like I’m set. The Emotiva GR-1 and now the HD600. What else do I REALLY need? Oh and a set of iems, they were pretty cheap and sound quite good, ZS10 pro or something. I’ve realized I need to get the right amp for these, but even when it’s not at true potential it’s obvious that it would be a chef’s 😘. If you’re on the fence, just go for it. I promise you’ll be happy with it. Of course these are all over eBay and marketplace but there’s something very nice about buying your own, knowing exactly where they’ve been, how old they are, having a warranty, all that good stuff… The fit is the most comfortable fit you’re ever going to find. At least within a reasonable amount of money to spend on headphones. If you’re willing to spend anything in the $1k range, just get these. Seriously. You can try exotic shit that costs X amount of dollars just to say your cans are the fanciest or you can buy these and have the closest thing to perfect headphones money can buy. That person with $2k headphones will defend his or her’s as the superior headphone, because they spent that much money. You can be an audiophile and not have to spend more money than everyone else. You can be an audiophile without being a snob or a know it all. It can be done graciously. Oh how I wish that trend would go viral. If people could just stop focusing on price and start focusing on what works best with what. You can create a $5k system that sounds like 💩. If you don’t know what you’re doing. And trust me, if I could build my own system for that amount of money I certainly would. But the two pairs of cans I own would still be my cans of choice. Hands down!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2017
Updated (6/20/21) - HD600's are still a great pair of headphones, and here's what I've learned since I bought mine. You get out what you put in; these headphones like better quality recordings, so if you have live-recorded and properly made music, you can crank that music up and it will sound phenomenal. With poor quality recordings, you'll find yourself steering away from those songs pretty quickly with how badly they sound. These are good to listen to records with, too, as long as you have a decent record player. I've had my HD600's for 4 years now, and they're still going strong. You may need to replace the cable, earcups, and headband over time, but these will last you a very long time.
TL:DR - These headphones are great, especially for the price. The sound is neutral, but the quality is far from lacking.
FULL REVIEW
Despite an issue with my first pair of HD 600's, I liked the sound so much I got a second pair once the first was returned. Here's what I've found out about the HD 600's in the 6 months I've had them.
Comfort - These headphones are very lightweight, so it's easy to forget you're wearing them. However, when you first get them, these headphones clamp your head hard. Keep on using them and let the headband stretch out, and over time you'll be able to wear them for literally all-day use without any soreness.
W/O Amp and DAC - The bass is very recessed on anything you listen to without a proper amp. Mids and highs are still good, but the sound isn't as full or realistic without a proper amp. The sound is still good enough to outperform everything else I've tried and blew me away when I first tried them out, which was with this set up.
W/ Amp and DAC (Magni 2 and Modi 2) - The music really seemed to come to life. From classical remixes of songs to Slash's performance in Paradise City, these headphones still leave me impressed. Bass, mids, and highs all sound good with none over powering the other. There is a lot of detail with these, which has led me to picking up background sounds I couldn't hear or overlooked before. Hearing a lot of extra details in music I already knew took a bit of getting used to, but I very quickly started to like certain songs more because I realize they had more sounds than I realized. This has been very helpful when comparing the sound between my HD 600's and other speakers and headphones I've tried.
The only real problem with the HD 600's is that if there are any imperfections in your music, such as problems with sound mastering or just being an MP3 you converted from YouTube, you will hear every imperfection. Keep that in mind when getting these or other audiophile grade headphones; you will need to get CD's or, at the barest minimum, 320 kbps MP3's for listening to music. The static and distortion in anything lower quality will be really annoying. Not to mention their open-back design and 300 ohms of impedance mean you shouldn't be using them while traveling, though this doesn't bother me as I use the at home.
Overall, if you want to get a pair of audiophile grade headphones for under $300 and you can afford these, do not hesitate. There are definitely other and better options out there, but not for the same price as these (unless these go back up $385 again for a short period). Sure, they aren't the best sounding headphones in the world and the $270 I spent when I got these is still a lot of money, but I haven't regretted these since I got them. These changed my perspective on listening to music for the better and you'd be hard pressed to go wrong with buying a pair of HD 600's.
TL:DR - These headphones are great, especially for the price. The sound is neutral, but the quality is far from lacking.
FULL REVIEW
Despite an issue with my first pair of HD 600's, I liked the sound so much I got a second pair once the first was returned. Here's what I've found out about the HD 600's in the 6 months I've had them.
Comfort - These headphones are very lightweight, so it's easy to forget you're wearing them. However, when you first get them, these headphones clamp your head hard. Keep on using them and let the headband stretch out, and over time you'll be able to wear them for literally all-day use without any soreness.
W/O Amp and DAC - The bass is very recessed on anything you listen to without a proper amp. Mids and highs are still good, but the sound isn't as full or realistic without a proper amp. The sound is still good enough to outperform everything else I've tried and blew me away when I first tried them out, which was with this set up.
W/ Amp and DAC (Magni 2 and Modi 2) - The music really seemed to come to life. From classical remixes of songs to Slash's performance in Paradise City, these headphones still leave me impressed. Bass, mids, and highs all sound good with none over powering the other. There is a lot of detail with these, which has led me to picking up background sounds I couldn't hear or overlooked before. Hearing a lot of extra details in music I already knew took a bit of getting used to, but I very quickly started to like certain songs more because I realize they had more sounds than I realized. This has been very helpful when comparing the sound between my HD 600's and other speakers and headphones I've tried.
The only real problem with the HD 600's is that if there are any imperfections in your music, such as problems with sound mastering or just being an MP3 you converted from YouTube, you will hear every imperfection. Keep that in mind when getting these or other audiophile grade headphones; you will need to get CD's or, at the barest minimum, 320 kbps MP3's for listening to music. The static and distortion in anything lower quality will be really annoying. Not to mention their open-back design and 300 ohms of impedance mean you shouldn't be using them while traveling, though this doesn't bother me as I use the at home.
Overall, if you want to get a pair of audiophile grade headphones for under $300 and you can afford these, do not hesitate. There are definitely other and better options out there, but not for the same price as these (unless these go back up $385 again for a short period). Sure, they aren't the best sounding headphones in the world and the $270 I spent when I got these is still a lot of money, but I haven't regretted these since I got them. These changed my perspective on listening to music for the better and you'd be hard pressed to go wrong with buying a pair of HD 600's.
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Víctor Díaz
Entiendo porque suele ser la referencia en el HiFi
Reviewed in Mexico on March 11, 2024
Víctor Díaz
Reviewed in Mexico on March 11, 2024
-Estos audífonos en sí son muy buenos, su principal fortaleza es la naturalidad con la que se suelen escuchar los instrumento y voces, esto gracias a su enfoque un poco más a los medios-altos hace que se escuchen de forma más presente ciertos instrumentos y voces.
- Su mayor fortaleza es al mismo la causa de su punto más débil la cual es la presencia de las frecuencias bajas. Este punto es más o menos notorio dependiendo de la música o incluso canción, hay que admitir que a veces se necesita cierta pegada de los bajos que una canción tenga el impacto deseado entonces puede que existan algunas canciones que se sientan algo flojas, sin embargo son casos muy específicos en los que al menos yo he podido notar eso, se podría decir que en el 90% de las canciones los bajos son suficientes y muchas veces te quedas más con el detalle y presencia de las otras frecuentas.
- Comodidad muy buena, construcción adecuada sin ser premium ni nada por el estilo, un detalle que al menos a mi todavía no me toca hacer es el cambio de los pads que con el uso se siente que irán perdiendo su consistencia y esto según dicen afecta su sonido, entonces solo tener eso en cuenta para un futuro.
- Por la naturaleza técnica de los audífonos definitivamente se recomienda usarlos bajo una buena amplificación, esto porque dependen de eso para que te puedan ofrecer un volumen, claridad y hasta especialidad del sonido adecuada.
En resumen puedo decir que son unos audífonos los cuales te sirven de referencia para saber que es lo que te gusta, su sonido se disfruta mucho más si aprecias la claridad y presencia de voces o frecuencias medias/altas sin llegar a ser lastimantes o demasiadas analíticas, logran representar una versión "natural" del sonido y eso se aprecia mucho sobretodo si tienes otros audífonos para sentir esos contrastes.
Creo que te ayudan a conocer y definir lo que te gusta, a un precio que considero bueno si los encuentras por debajo de los 7k y claro, considera que tanto con ese como en muchos otros audífonos es necesario contar o contemplar adquirir un DAC y amplificador los cuales ayuden a exprimir y apreciarlos al 100%.
La verdad no creo que te arrepientas de adquirirlos sino al contrario, creo que te alimenta ese deseo de saber más sobre el tema y seguir en este camino. Incluso como un único par de audífonos considero que son demasiados correctos para disfrutar de todo.
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