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Author Topic: The Amazing Super Duper Underrated HD650. A Headphone That Kicks Serious Ass.  (Read 51298 times)

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I'd love to read some impressions of SeNNator users here.
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All this HD650 talk is making me want to buy one again too...

See, you need to be careful of the Changstar shills. They are incessant with their "Flavor of The Decade" recommendations. Don't let it get to you Mav, stay strong!
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Have owned and enjoyed the HD580 for a decade, which my middle son now enjoys, still going strong. The HD600 has served me well for many years now as well. But all this talk and the recent price drop at Amazon made me cave and get an HD650. I'll spend some time with it again and see if it stays in regular rotation.
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See, you need to be careful of the Changstar shills. They are incessant with their "Flavor of The Decade" recommendations. Don't let it get to you Mav, stay strong!

At these prices, I'm having a hard time resisting...
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The HD650 arrived. This one does not sound as dark as the HD650s I remember from multiple auditions in years prior. In fact this one sounds pretty close to my HD600 but with a bit more bass sound level, not necessarily any difference in quality. Puzzled I am.
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yeah I am looking at bills measurement of the cee tee's hd600 and I don't really see that much different from the Purrins measurement. 

The Amazing Super Duper Underrated HD650.

 Also, if there was one thing that bothered me about the HD600, it was its slight vocal harshness, a bit shouty at times. This characteristic of the HD600 didn't do any favors with the mastering of the second and third Taylor Swift CDs.

I don't exactly know what the differences are between the HD600 and HD650 drivers outside of a slightly different FR, but it does seem like that the HD650 driver is better damped, more controlled, more refined. The HD600 driver sounds looser - less controlled. What was surprising to me that some of the older HD650s had a depression the upper mids and similar bass, but this one wasn't like that all at. This HD650 had a very similar FR response as the HD600 outside of a slight bass elevation around 100Hz. Maybe this is why people who heard this particular HD650 didn't think it sounded veiled at all.


purrin when you said this about the hd600 were you using a recent pair?
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See, you need to be careful of the Changstar shills. They are incessant with their "Flavor of The Decade" recommendations. Don't let it get to you Mav, stay strong!

At these prices, I'm having a hard time resisting...

Screw it.  They just went up to $318.16 on Amazon.  Got to get in low.  Just pulled the trigger on a user pair over at Head-Fi.

I can always sell them again if I need to
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yeah I am looking at bills measurement of the cee tee's hd600 and I don't really see that much different from the Purrins measurement. 

purrin when you said this about the hd600 were you using a recent pair?

Both recent and old pairs. HD600s have always been consistent in sound to me.
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I heard newer pair of hd650's bout month ago and never found them dark or veil. I would definitely put them above the akg 701/702's if I had a choice but, that's me. Only akg I still liked was poorly departed 240df's that's no longer with me after of years of faithful service.

But, yea, I can definitely see why the hd650 can be under appreciated compared to other headphones in its given price range.

Im not really planer type guy either. Stuff gotten way too hipster quick as well.
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