I don't know if I'm having a "placebo" effect, but I feel like the music sounds more clear, less veiled (compared to the toggle on) when I toggled off the "Safe Mode" in Fiio Control Panel (Buffer Settings > Safe Mode). Sennheiser HD 600, Tidal hi-fi source. All windows enhancements turned off...

isn't it just easier to get warm signature headphones, though? Like ATH-R70X.

thanks for the advice 1. I don't really care about physical copies of anything anymore, except books which feel better to read compared to Kindle. 2. I haven't listened to analogue and don't know anyone who has it. 3. Yes As for the previous message, I've seen a few turntables which have...

wow, this hobby is cursed

Hello. I'm looking to check out the turntables and vinyl, out of curiosity... Does it sound different? Better? Or is the flac CD as good as things get? My budget is under 350-400$, though I'd prefer to not break the bank and get something cheaper if the difference between 350-400$ models isn't...

It's 10$ if you have the PS4 version of Director's Cut.. and 29.99$ if you upgrade PS4 version to PS5

I keep getting the same responses when asking for a dac and amp, and it seems like the people in this hobby absolutely love proving to themselves that item A is good... then they move on. I've been recommended some things which were completely not what I'm looking for and then when you ask for...

I haven't used tubes yet but I agree totally about them being good for metal, rock and any heavy music. The thing that makes HD 600 great for ANYTHING is that they don't color the sound and that's just all you need: for gaming, movies, music of any type.

I've decided not to try it. Even if I could justify the discounted price, the repair costs would be too much. If something happens to them. Plus the brightness is simply not okay for my health and the wide sound stage will likely not work well for some of the music I like to listen to. I was...

So far all of the opinions I've had and all of the more objective and not "lush body, rich woof-woof" comments I've seen alligned almost 1:1 with Crinacle's reviews. And he puts Sundara rated as B+ while HD 600 is A- (S- tonality and B+ technical).. which is insane for this price point as...

ok, thanks

Isn't Massdrop known for having much worse QC?

I almost hit the "purchase" button on "Monolith Desktop Headphone Amplifier and DAC with THX AAA Technology (Dual AKM 4493 DACs & Dual AAA-788 Modules)". The reviews say that it is very neutral which would, I imagine, pair well with HD 600? It's been pretty exhausting browsing the forums...

560s sounded slighlty brighter to me when doing A/B test on the same equipment. Not by a lot but just a bit to make it noticeable for me.

It has been a while since I posted, haha. I find 600 way better tuned and yeah, it is more resolving.

they look a bit oof, though <___> i think i'm good, thanks. Maybe I'll do tubes in the future. And I'm still interested in trying 800s.

I was interested until I heard it has more bass. I’m a sensitive femboy fox and I need minimal bass :xf_cool: :fox: HD600 and 560S both have the perfect amount to me. I wouldn’t want more. I’m still looking at 800S and considering it but the “bright neutral” signature and “bright” price...

what do you guys think is the true technical upgrade that carries over HD600 strengths? I thought 800S would be one but apparently it’s not as neutral and leans more to the “bright neutral” side. I’m also bothered by some reviewers claiming 800S is fantastic for classical but not so much...

Cool

I thought this topic is only for people with 3+ over-eat headphones, hence why I said "not sure" :3 Yeah, they're great.

I think my amp is definitely on the bright side, though. I'm way too confused about the amps, so I don't think I'll be going deeper with it.

600 is different. Even 6xx which is supposedly its "newer" version is far from being the same. HD 560s is 600 but less. Only major advantage of 560s is bigger soundstage but I think it might depend on your amp. To me both soundstages felt almost the same. And I should probably not talk about...

Hmm, what about an amp?

So they lost the soundstage which was one of the selling points for DT 770 ("for a closed headphone this is quite open") and 990?

Yeah. And I thought the thing with the arm wasn't shocking at all. Maybe it's me being a fan of The Walking Dead... It's pretty wild that a show on TV was able to have character loosing arms, dying all over, et cetera but Resident Evil 8 couldn't loose the arm for real. It happens but then he...