Sennheiser HD600 Full-Sized Circumaural Headphone

Digitally compatible, open-air, circumaural headphone.

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 0 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

"Yeah, These Are great Headphones."

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 8 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from uci.edu

Submitted: 3/14/2004

Style of Music: Everything except

Location: Irvine, CA

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Feature:
Straight cable, nicely padded all round, and the 1/4" adapter pulls off (to access the 1/8" plug) instead of unscrewing, which has saved me from damaging the cable by stepping on it about fifty times. They cup the ears pretty snugly, which is necessary for good bass response. Still, they're comfortable for me.

Quality:
Excellent.

Value:
I haven't heard any other headphones as good, but I've compared only one other make in this price range. What do I know about value? They were worth every penny to me.

Desirability:
As impressive as the HD600s are, I still prefer, and mostly use, monitors. I simply needed a good pair of reference headphones for checking details in mixes and when I'm recording in the same space as the musicians.

Sound:
Very good stereo imaging for headphones. Great frequency and dynamic range, not harsh or fatiguing, probably because they start to roll off a little somewhere around 8kHz. They're great for listening to commercial recordings and, to some extent, mixes in progress. But, unless mine are defective, you need to be aware that there may be more ultra high-end energy present in the source than can be heard with the HD600s. I do find them great for tracking instruments on a DI in the control room.

Support:
No experience. I've had mine for a couple of years without any problems, despite pretty heavy and careless usage. I roll my chair over the cable all the time.

Overall:
I'm still looking for headphones that perfectly meet the requirements mentioned above for recording. Nevertheless, these are excellent headphones for listening, and even for my purposes to a large degree. In this price range, the HD600s are the best I'm aware of.

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"Most accurate reproduction I have heard."

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from tds.net

Submitted: 3/23/2001

Style of Music: Acoustic guitar

Location: S.E. Georgia

Since these headphones have a 300ohm impedance,
an amplifier is highly recommended. The detail
is nothing short of astounding. Listening to
my Chesky records recording of Tchaikovsky's
Concerto in D for Violin (Op. 35) starring
Itzhak Perlman, I could hear the musicians
turning the pages of their sheet music. I own
a $3400 dollar pair of Martin-Logan electrostatic
loudspeakers and these headphones sound as good,
without the hassle of dealing with room acoustics.
I wish I would have had these 'phones first: I
could have saved the money on the loudspeakers.
Slightly less comfortable than Sony MDR-F1's (only
because you can not tell you are wearing them),
with superior (flawless?) audio quality.
Detachable/replacable cord a plus. Oh yeah, and
they even have a braille marking so you can tell
left from right if you are blind or are in the
dark!

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"Best Professional Headphone"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
I Want It:: 9 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10

Submitted: 6/13/2003

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Overall:
This is very detailed, high quality headphone. Now I can judge my and other songs with confidence. Note, however, that this is an open headphone. That means, for a home studio owner myself, I cannot record vocal and listen to it with this headphone at the same time. But of course, that's not a big deal since I can easily use another closed headphone for that purpose. For closed headphones, it is very common that too much bass trapped inside can distort the sound, but this headphone provides very natural sound. Even if you are working in a home studio, this is the best headphone for you.

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"The cadillac of headphones."

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 7 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 8/2/2003

Style of Music: everything from gyoto monks to moby

Location: boston, ma

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Feature:
The padding might get a little sweaty after prolonged use.

Quality:
The plastic has a beautiful tortoise shell finish on mine. Very impressive. They feel a bit tight, but hopefully will loosen up -- unless my head gets smaller.

Value:
find a discount

Desirability:
I have it and I'm keeping it.

Sound:
I've listened to Mahler's 8th and heard pages turning and the bow scraping across the string of the bass while the flutists take a breath. I've listend to King Crimson and heard the tip of the stick strike the cymbal while the lowest of the lows growls from the Chapman stick. The sound is crisp and full.

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"SIMPLY THE BEST MASTERING HEADSET"

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 6 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from videoflicks.com

Submitted: 3/1/2001

Style of Music: R&B, Neo-Soul, Acid Jazz, Hip Hop

Location: Toronto, Canada

ITS SIMPLY THE BEST,
BETTER THAN ALL THE REST...
BETTER THAN ANY ONE...
ANY ONE IVE EVER USED.

This headphone, makes you forget that you are wearing headphones.
TRANSPARENT,
OPEN,
DETAILED
..are all fitting descriptions for the HD600.

Becare though - for the HD600 does require a healthy CAN-AMP to drive them. This is not your WALK-MAN compatible headphone.... Just as a CADDILAC needs a Gas-Thirsty V8 for power .... so does this.... for Mwatts

But it is TOTALLY worth it ...that is ...
if your recordings mean your Lively-Hood

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Sennheiser HD-600 Customer Review

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10

Submitted: 9/13/2002

Style of Music: classical and punk

Location: west coast

This headphone provides truly high-fidelity performance. There can be no arguement of that.

What it lacks is the headphone amp you will have to buy to get big sound out of it. And with a pair of headphones such as these, you cannot get the sound they can produce with a cheap front end. But you can compromise and get a good CD player with a volume control and hope for the best. Ususally these are cheap. I got decent sound out of an expesive Philips player.

Good luck.

Mike

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Sennheiser HD-600 Customer Review

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 8 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10

Submitted: 11/15/2001

Style of Music: Movies, Christian Contemporary

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

I think the sound can't be beat. That was
the main reason for the purchase. The only
thing is I wished it came with a volume
control builtin. The other is, it would be nice
if Senn made an open ear headphone this good.
I'd buy the HD600's again and recommend them
to anyone....

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