No, it won’t.

Yes, they are different. One is carefully designed to have the desired characteristics, they other isn’t. Are the materials and sizes different? Not necessarily.

Listening to mine right now, I also had to have the countertop design, the new ones are boring IMO. 8hr workdays is what this headphone was designed for, easy to listen all day with no fatigue.

I didn’t lose them.

The presentation matters when you are charging more for a minor FR change, the chassis of the headphone hasn’t changed at all so there is no RnD costs there, just seems cheap on their end. Disappointed is all.

I would still want the box, it’s crazy to think that the 6XX comes in a box but this being 3x as expensive doesn’t get the box.

If you dont mind buying used you may get lucky and be able to try a tube amp for low risk and sell it again for the same price, assuming demoing equipment local isnt possible. Otherwise, I dont notice a huge difference.

I’m going back to solid state. The beauty of tubes for me was always the glowing lights and the novelty of it. But with my current layout I need something that doesn’t get hot that can hide under my shelf on my desk. In a roundabout answer, I don’t think they matter that much (all of my daily headphones are high impedance Sennheisers) as I can’t really hear much of a difference. I also certainly don’t have golden ears so that’s just my take on it. If you think they look cool go for it, if you want it for sound change try to demo it first.

On the used market you can buy this combo commonly. On a market I use there is one up for $1300 CAD currently.

I get aggravated whenever I see someone comment or post about buying lots of headphones at once with the sole purpose of keeping one and returning the others. Seems wasteful on many fronts.

For mountain biking I use ear bud style wireless (like original airpods) due to allowing sound in and not having to deal with transparency mode. I’d recommend going that route as the convenience is worth the loss in audio quality IMO.

It’s why I’m not going down the IEM road, personally. I don’t like them for desktop listening, and would prefer wire free on the go. Everyone is different, but my S12 and Q5k will be the last on the go setup with wires for me. After this, I will go TWS. However, I think both will continue to exist, preferences and whatnot.

I love my ribbon cable and will never give it up. Also I have no alternatives. It’s a forced love, but a good love.

I’ve got a fat head so you must have a damn watermelon. Stock the fit was very uncomfortable, had to bend them out to the point I thought the plastic would break while also bending the metal bands that extend.

I just bend the headband to accommodate. 2XL helmet size here, they are very comfortable.

I can’t use software EQ at work due to software restrictions on my work laptop. So I use it as a DAC that I feed in to my amp.

I also use it for travel so I can charge my phone and have EQ for whatever IEM I feel like bringing with me over Bluetooth.

I exclusively use my turntable for headphones. I don’t have a good setup for speakers so I don’t bother.

Aliexpress has more options than you know what to do with. I’d start there. Pick the look of the cable you want and usually they all have options for pin type and jack size.

If you can afford it keep both, but it sounds like you already made up your mind.

Everything really.

But what I noticed the most is how much attention and care some of the really big pop songs get that most people blaring on their crappy car speakers are missing.

I must have listened to Shadow of the Moon like 100 times when I found out about Strawberry Girls.

What are you using to listen (earbuds, phone, dongle, other source, etc)?

If you want to replace with the same headband pad and not the new style, AudioSanctuary still has old Sennheiser stock on them.

If you live in the states I’d order a 6XX. Get a better case, sounds the exact same, much cheaper price.

Find a local headphone shop to demo them?