Sennheiser - HD 600

**Koss KPH40**. I've got headphones a lot more expensive, but this gets like 90 percent of the headtime. Alternatively, if we're talking of over ears then **HD600** with the bass boost of **ifi Zen Dac**. Its lightweight, comfortable, durable, self-servicable and sounds good enough to the point where I don't feel the need to upgrade (until a much higher price point, but idk if I'll still go for headphones or a speaker system at that price).

I live in a country where none of the audiophile brand exist. None. Therefore I didn't have the luxury of testing headphones before buying them. I had to ask a family member to buy them and then send them over to my country. Therefore for someone like me who didn't have the option to try them, I think it was good to focus on not only the sound but the other characteristics as well. I initially went with the Beyerdynamics 880 and it was the worst purchase of my life. Gave me tinnitus with it's abysmal treble. Then I learned to actually research in depth and make my purchasing decisions around weight, comfort, durability, user serviceability and seeing what the pros already use. Bought the good old HD600. It's my endgame for mixing until I'm ready to spend over £2500 for a headphone. Which is not anytime soon.

In that $ range, I would have to go with the Sennhesier HD6XX or a pair of reburb HD600 off the Sennheiser Outlet Store. FYI: I'm a huge Sennheiser fan just to let you know. I would also have to include the very solid Fiio FT3 in that group. I'm not really a big fan of ribbons yet so I won't even try. I also own a older pair of ATH AD900x and while it's really detailed, it lacks sub bass than modern music needs to have and also can have sibilance on some recordings. If you have a bass boost option, that might not be a problem. I've never heard a pair of the R70x, but I have never seen a bad review on one. \*\*\* As always, headphones are all about personal preferrence, get a demo or a return policy if at all possible.

Go to the Sennheiser Outlet website and get a pair of refurbished HD600 for $229 or a pair of HD650 for $279 a pair. Both of those are great enough to be your very last headphone purchase.

Since I bought hd 600 I haven't thrown a glance at dt 770 except when I have to use perks of closed backs.

Glad you too settled down on a pair of headphones. I don't plan to upgrade from hd 600, maybe in far future. They are simple and that makes them phenomenal.

HD6*0 series compared to the HD800s, before I purchased the HD660s The HD800s was definitely more detailed and an amazing headphone overall, but I thought the HD600s series wasn't so far behind. I actually think I prefer the tonality of the HD600 over the 800s

Sennheiser HD600. Neutral, accurate, uncolored, durable, modular. Avoid: HD650/HD660S/S2 (colored, non-neutral), HD5xx (not anywhere as durable).

Sennheiser HD600. Sure, it's a bit above budget (~$250), but hear me out. Your GPU and CPU you will upgrade within 5 years. Your PSU, Monitor and computer case might last you over a decade. Good headphones are **forever**.

yeah man i stopped at hd600 and super happy.

I've had mine for a few years as well, and I love them. It's so good that makes well made music pop a lot more, but unfortunately also reveals how badly mixed some albums are. I only wish I could replace my earpads, but Sennheiser actively refuses to sell me a pair, so i'm stuck with my decaying ones. And I don't want an unofficial one because everyone says it makes audio sound worse.

I am used to hd600 and the porta pro sounds muddy and not very high quality But damn any 80s songs with them are extremely satisfying By the way, anyone knows any attachable mics I can use with porta pros? I want to use it as a headset, but cant find a mic to fit it

I'm an HD600 user but the Beyerdynamic dt 990 pro seem popular

OP, don't listen to advices here about amps, burn-in, closed/open back differences, etc. I listened to HD600 in a store connected to a $5k system. It sounded exactly as you describe, distant and veil, almost as if tries to emulate speaker experience. I also tried hooking it up to an mp3 player, but it was pretty much the same. I also listen to open backs most of the time, and I still noticed this. The best way to describe it is as if the headphones artificially create a uniform soundstage for all music, regardless of whether it's intended by the music artist or not. If the HD800 can be described as a 3D bubble of sound, where sounds have no depth and everything sounds as if at an equal distance, as if coming from the surface of the bubble, then the HD600 feels like two walls of sound, one on the left and one on the right, always located at the same distance. I'd listen to the guy who recommended Hifiman here. You'll like them 100%. Arya Stealth would be my #1 recommendation, Ananda Unveiled is also worth checking, if you can listen to them in the store somewhere

Wouldn’t recommend it honestly, the 600 sounds way more tame and laid back, and has pretty poor imaging. It’s a reference headphone meant for studio use. Get the HD 550 instead