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People who settled or keep coming back to the HD 600/650/6xx, why? (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BrutalFeather@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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Upon reading a lot of opinions, the most common one I see is that a lot of people keep coming back to the HD600 series of the Sennheiser's even after trying high end headphones.

Why is that actually so for you?

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[–] niccster10@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Coming from someone who builds and tunes speakers, the 6xx is ABSOLUTELY veiled sounding. It has an amazing midrange but the lack of bass makes it feel a little like a bookshelf speakers without a subwoofer and the high frequencies are just not present enough to sound realistic to my ears

Edit: I still really enjoy the 6xx though because it does have a certain "magic" to it

[–] BrutalFeather@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thats interesting. I have no experience with speakers and I was under the impression that you need a headphone for an immersive experience.

What is your opinion on speaker vs headphone? Are speakers really more realistic and immersive than headphones?

[–] niccster10@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I was under that impression for the longest time until I got a proper hifi speaker setup. Ever since then, I BARELY use headphones.

Speakers take a LOT of work to get sounding their best. You need to treat your room, find the best placement, integrate them with a sub. Alot of tinkering.

But once you get it right? Headphones are easily blown out of the water. It's a fully encompassing and 3d experience. The soundstage is nothing short of SCARY real.

I'm VERY into DSP and measuring speakers and that's the other incredibly fun part. I get to actively see what my personal speakers frequency and phase response is and correct it, which really can't be done on headphones without an expensive measurement rig. A good room(and speaker) correction algorithm or process can essentially make the speaker completely disappear and just leave you with a room filled with the music.

Also speakers have crosstalk which headphones don't. That's one of the main reasons why I think speakers are better. That crosstalk is essential for realism imo.

Anyways sorry for the wall of text, I really want to see more people on here experience the magic of speakers 😁