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Sennheiser HD560S - Wow...that's a relief. I expected bass-less sound (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by MartyKinn@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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Bought the Sennheiser HD560S after much deliberation. I considered the HD6xx, HD600, HD58x and settled on the HD560S.

Many people have said the bass is lacking in the whole 600 series except the HD660S2. I just unboxed these phones and plugged them into my FiiO Q11 connected to my PC streaming UltraHD quality - PC audio settings set to 32 bit/192KHz Amazon Music without any EQ'ing and find their sound, so far, to be quite satisfying overall. The bass isn't extended like on Bluetooth headsets, but it's not really lacking.

Currently listening to some Jazz, but they sound good with Electronic/ambient, 90s Rock

My appreciation to everyone on here who recommended these. They sound really, really good.

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[–] KingBasten@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mmm yeah I'm still not really sold on them. Their bass is definitely not bad by any means, it's nice and clear. On the other hand I really like the bass on the 58x, even though it's not as linear. The lack of midbass punch on the 560 is sometimes nice, other times it leaves me unfulfilled a bit. I think I probably prefer the 58x in terms of tonal balance, but I do really like the bigger soundstage on the 560s. The 560s also has a sort of unreal smooth clarity in the mids and treble that the 58x doesn't quite match.

[–] MartyKinn@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, now that I know the bass is fine on these open back Sennheiser headphones, I'm excited to consider higher versions. The HD600 gets a lot of praise

These HD560S are merely my first foray into open back Sennheiser headphones.

[–] RB181@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You might be disappointed in the higher versions. I own the HD560S, HD58X, HD600 and HD660S2 and tried the HD650 and HD660S at a store. I'd take the 560S over any of the others except the 660S2, which cost 4 times the price but are not 4 times better to me.