if you are looking for an enjoyable headphone. One that is pleasant and pleasing to listen to after a long day at work, just get a pair of these. I have had mine since the end of 2016. I was able to jump into the original drop of the HD6xx. I have bought several other headphones throughout this time and I always ended up with these.
the 6xx lacks quantity in bass, but it does not lack quality. it has enough for genres like Jazz, not enough for other genres though. I am currently powering my 6xx through the Massdrop Liquid Carbon and it just such a beautiful pairing. There is zero fatigue. the liquid carbon adds a bit of umph on the bass too.
these are great headphones for vocals. Male & female
After almost 3 years of buying and selling headphones, these are still sitting on my desk, because I have not found a better value than these anywhere
From the painless ordering process to making sure that the product arrived on time professionally packaged, along with an invoice to the actual product itself - the HD 6XX - Wow! I have been listening to music for over 40 years and have never heard my music like this before. Little nuances that were never heard before come out here. Not like hearing it for the first time, but like hearing a different mix of the same song. Very impressive Drop, please give yourselves a big hand for making these beautiful headphones even more available for all to enjoy!
Open backs project sound both towards your ears and out the sides of the earpieces.
This makes the sound feel as if they are coming from further away. Good for replicating the directions of where each vocals and instruments are coming from; like at a concert. Close backs sound as if the music is coming from the centre of your head; you get less "directional" experience but they feel more intimate.
Open backs leak sound so if you are riding on public transport, the people sitting next to you might look at you sideways wonder why you are playing music for everyone around you.
Most high end headphones are open back so don't worry about losing any sound quality from the leakage!
Music Genres:Classical, Country, Electronic, Jazz, Metal, Pop, R&B, Rock
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Disappointing
Bass is boomy rather than deep. HD? No, not really. There is a lack of detail and immediacy, as if I was in a big, heavily draped room with far away speakers slightly muffled. They sound better than a set of $50 'phones I have but not by much. I've got a $30 Logitech USB on ear headset with mic that sounds almost as good. I also started using a pair of OnePlus Earbuds 3 recently. They sound a lot better than this Sennheiser set. Blow it out of the water, in fact!
That out of the way, the Senn is quite comfortable, perhaps the most comfortable over ear 'phones I've ever used but again, the Oneplus buds 3 beat this set because they're even more comfortable. I forget I have them in, can't forget the 6XX is on.
Activities:Casual Listening, Critical Listening, Movies & TV
Music Genres:Classical, Electronic, Hip-hop, Jazz, Metal, Rock
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My best headphones so far
Using it with FiiO K7, the sound is great (especially for the money).
Earpads lasts only 6 month and sound quality decreased. Also, the 3.5mm to 6.3mm adapter was defective. But otherwise these are great headphones
Realice mi compra desde México (Bajío), el pago se realizo por PayPal (179 dólares + 15 dólares de envió), una vez realizado el pago tardaron unos días en realizar el envió, mismo que se realizo mediante la paquetería DHL Global mail, y de ahí se turno a correos de México, en el caso de otra orden esta se realizo por DHL y de allí paso a USPS y posteriormente a correos de México, en el caso de el paquete enviado DHL-Correos de México, no se pagaron impuestos en aduana, el otro paquete DHL-USPS-Correos genero un cargo aduanal de alrededor de $500. ambos paquetes llegaron en aproximadamente 25 días en una caja de cartón y en perfecto estado, con el inconveniente que hubo que recogerlos en la oficina de correos local (para pagar los impuestos en los que cobraron).
Como recomendación adquirir un cable balanceado (yo compre un marca open heart en Ali) y usar un buen DAC.
A+ on build quality and comfort for these. Know you will an amp to ge the most out of these. I took a cheap approach and got a dragonfly red but it worked well enough for my needs.
In fact, there is nothing extra natural and special about these headphones. It is absolutely incomprehensible to me why gentlemen audiophiles praise these headphones so much, it speaks of their incompetence. Especially when they start telling tales about how these are the best headphones under $1000 or other similar nonsense. The HD 6XX are absolutely inferior to my German studio headphones, which can still be found today for $140. Specifically, HD 6XX are inferior in depth and volume of the stage, as well as in transparency and detail, and are also inferior in bass. I'm not saying that HD 6XX is bad, but just nothing special. Perhaps the headphones will play better after a long warm-up, but this is not a fact. Do I recommend 6XX? Go to the nearest Guitar Center and choose headphones that suit your ears, this is the best solution. You will see that, unfortunately, it is not always the case that something that is expensive can produce sound for its money, and this applies not only to headphones.
Sennheiser HD 6XX is simply a well-promoted brand.
I also want to add information about service on Massdrop. This is my first time making a purchase here on the site. I ordered headphones on April 18, although in my orders they simply changed the information to April 25, so let it be on their conscience. In general, in reality, I received the headphones after 2 weeks because instead of headphones they sent me two desk mats that I did not order. I had to contact support and take photos of what I received; in general, there were unnecessary problems and the waiting time to receive the headphones was 2 weeks. Orders from China are now arriving faster. In short, this is my first negative experience of shopping on Massdrop.
Very smooth and laid back sound. Nothing is artificially emphasized or boosted !
I've had these headphones a a few weeks. Upon my initial testing, they sounded kind of dull compared to other headphones and ear buds I had used in the past. After a days of use with a Fosi SK02 headphone amp, the improved immensely and I now find them pleasant and refined. I'm not a bass-head and these headphones suit my needs for hours-long listening sessions.
If you’re looking for something in the < $200 range or even < $300 range, this is the best thing you can get for the money. The only thing you need to look out for is it’s an open-back design, and it lets in much more noise in than I thought on a plane. However, if you mainly use this on a desk or in a quiet room, it’s a no-brainer to get this headset. I’ve tried a ton of gaming headsets like Logitech G Pro X 2 and Razer Blackshark V2 Pro, etc., and HD 6XX is miles above their sound quality.