Since you asked... Sennheiser HD600

Posted by RhythmDevil (A) on April 18, 2020 at 05:38:19

In Reply to: First Pair of headphones advice posted by troutbum on April 17, 2020 at 19:20:52:

HD600 can be had for $300. Longtime favorite of mine (and others), but...

Stretch your budget to $380 and you can rock the HD650; IMO, this is a "buy one and be done" choice, it just gets better as you upgrade DACs and headamps. But....

You should take my advice (and everyone else's) on this subject with a grain of salt. Like speakers, headphones are a matter of personal taste, and generally exhibit a "house sound". Others will tell you that Grados are the be-all and end-all, and I will not disagree with what is a personal preference. You need to listen for yourself. Hard in these turbulent times, I know; perhaps you can find retailers with liberal return policies.

I recognize that wireless is a nice convenience (I use wireless phones when traveling), but my personal preference is avoid the additional codecs needed. YMMV.

Cerebrate!

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Topic - First Pair of headphones advice - troutbum 19:20:52 04/17/20 (18)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - SgreenP@MSN.com 16:59:00 07/07/20 (2)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - SgreenP@MSN.com 13:53:18 07/19/20 (1)

RE: Moondrop Blessing 2 - claud 13:01:34 09/20/20 (0)

Sony 7506? - bassbinotoko 13:46:17 07/07/20 (0)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - Pat D 16:32:41 05/02/20 (0)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - samstone 17:08:00 04/24/20 (0)

headphones - hifitommy 22:34:55 04/21/20 (0)

Decide upon open back or closed back - jedrider 11:23:47 04/19/20 (0)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - cawson@onetel.com 06:37:07 04/19/20 (0)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - pbarach 04:52:51 04/19/20 (1)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - Capt. Z 14:10:00 07/19/20 (0)

Open- or closed-back? {NT} - sisterray 09:21:48 04/18/20 (0)

Since you asked... Sennheiser HD600 - RhythmDevil 05:38:19 04/18/20 (3)

HD600 is a safe choice - Audio Snob 17:25:34 04/18/20 (1)

Agreed. - ghost of olddude55 05:53:52 04/19/20 (0)

Or get a MassDrop Senn HD-6XX... - Ivan303 07:46:17 04/18/20 (0)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - PAR 05:33:24 04/18/20 (0)

RE: First Pair of headphones advice - John Elison 21:19:53 04/17/20 (0)

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Since you asked... Sennheiser HD600 - RhythmDevil 05:38:19 04/18/20 (3)

HD600 is a safe choice - Audio Snob 17:25:34 04/18/20 (1)

Agreed. - ghost of olddude55 05:53:52 04/19/20 (0)

Or get a MassDrop Senn HD-6XX... - Ivan303 07:46:17 04/18/20 (0)

Since you asked... Sennheiser HD600

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