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> God forbid you ever consider buying a Bose or Beats product. Meh, they're okay, but there are better choices out there. I've a pair of Sennheiser HD600 and

> God forbid you ever consider buying a Bose or Beats product. Meh, they're okay, but there are better choices out there. I've a pair of Sennheiser HD600 and it's one of those things that make you go "holy cow, all the hype is justified". And no, I'm not one of those folks who think gold-plated cables make a difference. Right now I'm listening to MP3 Internet radio on a pair of cheap behind the neck street cans.

richardw 12y ago
A friend has had a set of these for ages. We found a difference between two source setups. A particular Sony DVD player sounded incredible - each note seemed perceptible in a 3D space [1]. A CD player he had, didn't. [2] We tried with Yamaha amp, without, different configs of widgets. That DVD player with nothing added was the best. He gave it to his sister and I haven't heard anything like that since. I nearly went off on a tangent and bought an amp etc, but I'm happy with my much cheaper HD380's - great price/performance :) But those 600's are awesome. [1] I've since learned it's called soundstage [2] How would the source influence soundstage? Sounds irrational to me. Hey, one sounded better than the other and I don't know why.
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Bahamut 12y ago
I have a pair of Sennheister 280 HD Pros - they've lasted me about 7 years, an excellent set of headphones. I used it to help critique music for lots of artists on their production, and I know lots of artists who use it as a cheap pair of mixing headphones. Work bought me a pair of 380 HD Pros, and I'm impressed on how much of an upgrade they are over the 280s - I can only imagine how good the other Sennheisers are.
- Florin_Andrei 12y ago
  Open back vs closed back. The 280s are closed back. Great for isolation, for not letting ambient sound interfere with the music. It also changes the way the transducers work, a little bit. The 600s are open back. Obviously there's no isolation, but the transducers work more freely. It's a bit easier to distinguish tiny sounds from a huge background. I've both the 600 and the 280. Great phones both, in different ways.

richardw 12y ago

A friend has had a set of these for ages. We found a difference between two source setups. A particular Sony DVD player sounded incredible - each note seemed perceptible in a 3D space [1]. A CD player he had, didn't. [2] We tried with Yamaha amp, without, different configs of widgets. That DVD player with nothing added was the best. He gave it to his sister and I haven't heard anything like that since. I nearly went off on a tangent and bought an amp etc, but I'm happy with my much cheaper HD380's - great price/performance :) But those 600's are awesome. [1] I've since learned it's called soundstage [2] How would the source influence soundstage? Sounds irrational to me. Hey, one sounded better than the other and I don't know why.

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Bahamut 12y ago

I have a pair of Sennheister 280 HD Pros - they've lasted me about 7 years, an excellent set of headphones. I used it to help critique music for lots of artists on their production, and I know lots of artists who use it as a cheap pair of mixing headphones. Work bought me a pair of 380 HD Pros, and I'm impressed on how much of an upgrade they are over the 280s - I can only imagine how good the other Sennheisers are.

Florin_Andrei 12y ago
Open back vs closed back. The 280s are closed back. Great for isolation, for not letting ambient sound interfere with the music. It also changes the way the transducers work, a little bit. The 600s are open back. Obviously there's no isolation, but the transducers work more freely. It's a bit easier to distinguish tiny sounds from a huge background. I've both the 600 and the 280. Great phones both, in different ways.