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dreamwhisper:
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)

donunus:
hd600s are still nice to me. I like them more than the he6 for example

Thujone:
The HD600's perform very differently from the planar headphones you've listed. I prefer them over a lot of higher end gear.

Claritas:
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.

aufmerksam:
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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