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dreamwhisper

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Is HD600 obsolete?
« on: November 18, 2014, 12:50:45 PM »
Is there any point in owning an HD600 if you own a SR-007 and KGSS-HV?

And even if you don't, there's so many orthos near that price range, is it really still a standard for price: performance ratio?

Or has that moved to modified T50rp's and other orthos? (Hifiman, PM1, LCD2)
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2014, 01:31:57 PM »
hd600s are still nice to me. I like them more than the he6 for example
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2014, 01:37:51 PM »
The HD600's perform very differently from the planar headphones you've listed. I prefer them over a lot of higher end gear.
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2014, 03:57:29 PM »
Probably not.

Yes. And some OOP stuff is also for me.

No. I'd take HD600 over half the stuff you mentioned; maybe all, if you'd been more specific.
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2014, 04:15:51 PM »
I have to agree, they are still excellent for many reasons. Several years back, I bypassed dynamics when stepping up to the "higher tier", and went straight for HE-500, tried mad dogs, thinking "finally planars are here!" and "planars are mechanically superior so..."

In the last year I have re-immersed, I broke down and picked up HD600, and re-bought DT880 (and also a Valhalla 2, which has helped), and I have to say the 600 is still very relevant (as is to a lesser degree the 880). It sounds different when compared to planars, and it also sounds good. It lets me hear tracks differently, which I like, and which is helpful when evaluating new gear. (This isn't meant to be a planar bashfest: I have and enjoy the HE560.)

As for the price:performance issue, I think it is still worth the asking price, but it is easily found on sale for close to $300, so it is worth watching for those sales.

Also, I think it matters as a common point in the shared experience: it is VERY difficult to form a basis for comparison, especially when starting out in this hobby, due to the lack of local headphone warehouses. The fact that so many have listened to this headphone and will be able to articulate how something differs from it, increases its value.

Now, the above little tirade about community literacy is not the definitive reason to buy/acquire/sample the HD600. It is actually sounds very good and performs very well. Even after I got the HD800, which have dominated my ears in the last few months, I regularly put the HD600 back on, and remember "oh yeah..."

So in conclusion, always hammer a stuck splitting maul down through the log rather than trying to wiggle it back out, and the HD600 is not obsolete.
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2014, 04:16:52 PM »
Yes . its a more than 6 month old headphone. it's definitely obsolete and many headphones really crunch it.






















.. Just wanting to keep Used HD600 as low as possible mates
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2014, 04:27:10 PM »
Quote from: Sorrodje on November 18, 2014, 04:16:52 PM
Yes . its a more than 6 month old headphone.

Good grief, is it?

I just bought a pair. I really should have done more research  :)p13
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2014, 04:32:36 PM »
Quote from: dreamwhisper on November 18, 2014, 12:50:45 PM
Is there any point in owning an HD600 if you own a SR-007 and KGSS-HV?

And even if you don't, there's so many orthos near that price range, is it really still a standard for price: performance ratio?

Or has that moved to modified T50rp's and other orthos? (Hifiman, PM1, LCD2)

The Stax mafia will likely tell you that if you own a SR 007 and the KGSShv, you don't need another headphone period.
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2014, 04:40:24 PM »
I decided to keep my hd580s around even though I have a pair of modded he-560s. I still love how the hd580s sound and they make for a great pair of backup headphones just incase if I ever need.
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Re: Is HD600 obsolete?
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2014, 04:42:15 PM »
Not obsolete. Great performer and personally preferred it over all the stats I have heard so far. I can understand however if others find it's bass inferior to what some planars can provide. Or perhaps lesser in some technicalities vs some stats.

Could be wrong, but so far IMO the HD600 is one of the best all-around performers I have seen in the market.

Now based on Innerfidelity the HD600 time line appears to be HD580 (1993), HD580-Jubelee (1995), and HD600 (1997). One could make an argument about the HD650 being like an HD600mkII (2003).

The SR007 time line seems more like SR-Omega (1993), SR007mkI-Omega2 (1997), and SR007mkII (2008) based on these articles 1, 2.

Maybe I'm missing something but if we are going by logevity I guess the SR-Omega based line is as obsolete as the HD580 based line...

What I do get from all of this is that many (though not all) companies maybe more focused on looks and crazy differentiators than actual performance, and so that's what maybe seen in most FOTM "non-obsolete" offerings.
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