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ChipsAhoiMcCoy t1_j2d2wcx wrote

The 600 are a very laid back pair of headphones. They won’t really do too much in the way of blowing you away immedistely, but instead what they will do is after you’ve had a long 9 hour day and you realize you were still wearing headphones, and you realize that nothing was harsh sounding, and you’ve simply been in audio bliss the whole day, that’s what they do beautifully.

That being said, while they’re super easy to listen to stock, they benefit a lot from eq. With eq you can lift the veil and bring in some bass and subjectively improve the soundstage quite a lot. They are great headphones that last a long time and are tuned very nicely but they certainly wouldn’t be considered fun headphones. But if you eq them they’re damn near perfect to my ears with a great balance of fun and natural sound. Which is something I can’t say about a lot of headphones. In fact they’re one of the only pairs that I can listen to that sound both natural and very detailed when eqing.

I can’t really recommend them if you don’t eq though even though stock tuning is great. They do truly have a veil and lack of bass out of the box. improve

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West-Steak-3959 OP t1_j2d3cdm wrote

Thanks for the reply! How should I go about EQing and what should I look out for, in regards to these headphones at least?

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ChipsAhoiMcCoy t1_j2d3hpy wrote

Download equalizer apo and use the preset created by oratory. It’s wonderful.

I wish I was home because I would simply send you the text directly but I don’t have access to my computer at the moment

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Doc-85 t1_j2ehlfu wrote

I have a pair and when I want to have some fun times with it I just pump the bass a bit. Works wonders for me. (I'm not a basshead though)

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lightning696969 t1_j2ejzxs wrote

Hd600 is laid back sounding but people said hd650 is laid back sounding one ?? This hobby is very confusing.

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ChipsAhoiMcCoy t1_j2fby4i wrote

They are both laid back but the 650 is more laid back. Even less high end and more low end.

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Then-Effective5434 t1_j2d65xm wrote

What is your EQ preset? Tried oratory1990 harman and it's so so, stock was better, while harman tuning is really great on my Variations, it didn't suite HD600

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ChipsAhoiMcCoy t1_j2d6rig wrote

I use oratory’s harman preset but I half the bass at 105 hz down from 5.5 to 2.75 and it’s the perfect sounding headphone in my experience. Lifts the veil, adds some punch to the low end, etc. generally the perfect sound for me.

I should note that in this configuration the ananda is actually superior but comfort and durability wise I’m not so sure. And my 600 also had worn pads too, so with fresh pads the 600 would probably still compete

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