I should not have read this thread when I’m just about the buy the hd600…

personally I think hd600 is boring af

TQ(-6)∞∞

DT770

Kennerton GH50; closed back, wide soundstage, dark tonality

Grados. Not neutral, not objective, out-of-head staging, moddable, not durable, not popular, not corporate, made in a brownstone basement and will never be loved by everyone. Suffice to say, many of the influencers who hail the HD600 as the “perfect” headphone hate Grados and even scoff at their mere existence. I’ve even heard “not real headphones”, “causes hearing loss”, and (from a major YouTuber) “only a starting kit”. The entire concept of a Grado is the polar opposite of everything the HD600 tried to achieve.

Basically scoop out the mids, boost bass below 100 hz to the skies, and throw in treble spikes to offset any opinion if smoothness. The worst variation of this idea I heard is Ultrasone, makes Beyerdynamic sound comparatively mellow. Westone also can sound like this, with a specific suck out right where HD600 has its upper mid presence spike.

Who is “everyone”?

I can’t stand the HD600 beyond half a song, nevermind an album.

I love my 600’s but when I need something more exciting it’s my Monolith M1570’s.

harmonicdyne zeus? k712?

Meze 99?

LD -600?

Emu Teaks.

AKG 701

Not everyone loves these. I hate the HD600 series. To my ears, they are dry and lifeless. Don’t assume they represent the panacea of what makes headphones good. It’s a highly subjective field with no opposite because everyone prefers something different.