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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2015, 06:31:36 AM »
Quote from: kothganesh on May 20, 2015, 05:38:27 AM
Sooo....Bill-p, when are you selling your modded HD 600?

If/when I feel like a mod is even necessary to begin with. :D

And by the way, direct comparison showed the LCD-2 is ever so slightly less bright than this one. I hope the LCD-2 will arrive some time soon! Just so you can put it on and go "oh, that's what he meant".
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2015, 07:42:28 AM »
Did you send it UPS, USPS etc etc? No word yet.
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2015, 05:54:44 AM »
That's funny...when I EQ'd mine by ear, I put -3 dB Q4 at 3500 Hz and -4 dB Q4 at 5500 Hz. I also have 3 dB Q2 at 7500 Hz for some reason.
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2015, 09:27:29 PM »
Quote from: kothganesh on May 20, 2015, 07:42:28 AM
Did you send it UPS, USPS etc etc? No word yet.

Mm... that's weird? I think it should arrive by now, unless something weird is happening. I'll ask the post office.

Quote from: PianistOne111 on May 21, 2015, 05:54:44 AM
That's funny...when I EQ'd mine by ear, I put -3 dB Q4 at 3500 Hz and -4 dB Q4 at 5500 Hz. I also have 3 dB Q2 at 7500 Hz for some reason.

Haha, I can see that.

I finally got my HD600, and it's indeed slightly bothersome at the upper mids, but not terribly annoying. The sound it puts out is still tonally better than a lot of other stuffs on the market. I'm thinking I'll leave this one stock after all...
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2015, 10:04:56 PM »
Will this be your first.. kept virgin pair of headphones?  :)p8
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2015, 10:15:08 PM »
Yep, essentially. If you don't want to count some ear buds and IEMs.
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2015, 12:56:32 AM »
Here's measurements for my pair.

Different from CEE TEE's pair? Quite.

Is it brighter? Hmm... I'm using an amp that inherently has some roll off on the top end, so maybe that's why it doesn't bother me, but I did notice that the bottom was slightly lacking in heft. Overall, still neutral, but if this is how some of the new HD600's are measuring, I can totally see why some may think they are bright. Everything >3KHz is just a tad elevated from neutral on my rig. Funny enough, 3-5KHz seems consistent.

Would I mod these? Mmmm... still very much on the fence about that. Maybe to reduce that 3-5KHz peak? But I wouldn't want to touch anything else.

Anyway, CEE TEE's pair is amazball. End of story.
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2015, 01:08:50 AM »
It could also come down to differences in ear pad wear and the level of clamp between the pairs. Not sure how old CEE TEE's pair is.

Go HD650 if you want a bit more bass and want to tone down that 3-5KHz area. ;)
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2015, 01:56:41 AM »
CEE TEE's is probably much older than mine. I have receipt for my current pair.

Anyway, definitely not going to try driving this headphone out of any bright source. It tears my ears apart. But out of a warm-ish rolled source, it actually is very enjoyable. Much more so than other headphones I have in my collection.
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Re: Sennheiser HD600
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2015, 02:23:49 AM »
Quote from: Bill-p on May 19, 2015, 01:39:09 AM
Yeah... I'm honestly not sure what the differences are between my rig and others that cause the other rigs to not show the amazingly fast speed of these drivers, but I think they are quite fast and clean, and that contributes to their resolution and detail retrieval capability.

If not for the weird ridge around 3-5KHz, these would be practically perfect IMO.

I really do think that Solderdude's filters are worth checking out for the HD600/HD650. My 650 has lost that mid-range hump and the bass goes very low in a good way. The veil and treble issues are gone. IMHO.  Yeah, I have one of the SeNNators.
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