Sennheiser HD 600 - Audiophile Hi-Res Open Back Dynamic Headphone

The Sennheiser HD 600 is a audiophile class reference headset. It has been in production for several years and has been very well received by professional audiophile magazine reviews and customers who own the headphones.

This is my first review ever. I have a pair of $300.00 Pioneer headphones that I thought were great. I have MS and listen to music a LOT. I really wasnt in the market for different phones but I have a lot of time on my hands and I was just browsing and everything I read about these was 4 or 5 stars. I also have a high quality 7-way Definitive speaker system driven by a very high quality Onkyo receiver. These have phones better sound. I am a little older and have listened to music from records to I-Pods. I may never take these headphones off. They are that good. I am listening to music that I really didnt like but now with all these new sounds they are fun to listen to. It takes a lot for me to come up with $360.00 but it was money well spent. The biggest problem may be listening to them to loud and hurt your ears. Enjoy

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Ive owned quite a few $1000-plus headphones, including the Sennheiser HD-800s. Available at a very attractive street price, the HD-600 are a completely respectable headphone, especially when paired with a good dedicated headphone amplifier. The HD-600s are not the last word in detail, transparency, spatial character or bass reach and definition- but they are VERY GOOD, fairly neutral, having just a slightly dark presentation with good detail and unexaggerated, taut bass. They are also fairly comfortable, well made and pretty rugged. They are nice for classical, acoustic and electric jazz and - unless you are a BASS HEAD and require exaggerated bass- good for rock, techno, hip-hop, etc etc.

These are excellent audiophile headphones, no doubt about it. Their reproduction of sound is superior, and there is no attempt to render the sound excessively bass-y or to otherwise alter/distort whatever signal the source happens to deliver. This actually is a mixed blessing, since many contemporary listeners now seem to expect a exaggeratedly bass-heavy sound from their headphones.

These cans are phenomenal, as everyone in the audio world knows. The high;y acclaimed neutral and accurate HD 600s are perfect for critical listening and getting the absolute best out of music. Pair with an amp and DAC for best results.

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I mixed my whole album on these and it came out amazing. And it is for sale here on Amazon!

The Sennhesier HD600s were my choice of reference-class headphones, and they have exceeded my expectations in almost all criteria. After producing music on low-tier monitors and headphones for the past several years, it was time to upgrade the cans. For a musician who’s in the studio for hours at a time, comfortable headphones with a flat, precise response are necessary. It’s a plus that, in my opinion, HD600s are gorgeous.

Ive owned these cans before but never with a decent amp. They just seemed boring compared to my Grados. But hooked to the iFi Black Label, theyre dazzling. Compared to the HD800, theyre not as spacious. The soundstage is more intimate. But the flat response is anything but a bore. The speed of attack creates a terrifically detailed, textured presentation. The veiled top end is just flat treble. Unsweetened for effect, it makes the presentation cleaner. These cans can be cranked up louder to let in more lush mids and articulate, detailed bass. I own trendier cans - the HD800, the LCD-2C and the DT-1990. This $300 headphone, designed before most of todays top rivals were even on the drawing board, is a fierce condender. They dont just feel pleasant (which they do). They are surprisingly detailed and textured. They gave my old music a hard kick. I heard details Id never heard before - which would be nothing new with the LCD-2, the LCD-X or the HD800 - but to make that claim about Sennheisers long-in-the-tooth workhorse really makes me rub my eyes in disbelief.