Hi, first post! I've been reading the forums a lot doing research however. My HD 600s arrived today, I was interested in the model for its reputation of being very neutral and sounding good with everything, as well as liking the Sennheiser sound signature in general. I demoed a pair and liked what I heard as well. My dac/amp won't be here for a week (went with e7+e9), but I wasn't about to leave these babies sitting around for that long, so I decided to get started burning them in the natural way.
Initally I pretty much thought they would spit poison at my ears for the heresy of listening to them unamped and not burned in. My previous cans are a pair of Sennheiser HD 280s and Grado SR 60is, so I was initially pleased to find that that these are more revealing than either, I went through the whole experience of hearing things I never knew were in my music, again. As I listened to a song or two from as many different albums as I could think of, I found that with every album I listen to it's as if I'm rolling a die, and the sound quality can end up anywhere from a 1-6. Two albums of the same genre can sound vastly different, two albums that I know for a fact sound great can as well. One rolls a 1, the other a 6 (I do get a lot of 2-5 as well). I understand it's natural during burnin and especially without an amp - I'm not upset, I just find it humorous. Bad teenpop could potentially sound amazing at this point (though I won't be finding out).
Then I put in Nils Lofgren's acoustic album, and it changed the die to a 12-sider which rolled a 12, I actually cried! It was so unexpected, so completely out of nowhere. In that moment I was sold, it absolutely blew away anything I've ever heard through a set of headphones. I'm shivering to think of what amplification and burnin will do. And I'm certain that the albums which don't currently sound good will come around, hehe.
thanks for your help though
