1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,160 I'm not new to the Sennheiser HD 600, 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:09,920 650, 6XX, whatever it is you want to call it. I bought my pair of them along 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:16,080 with a selection of cans from the likes of Bear Dynamic, AKG, Ody, and Audio 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:18,640 Technica back in late 2013 when I was 5 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:23,439 working on a review of some other audio file headphones, and I realized that I 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:28,320 lacked the context to discuss their place in the market. Anyway, while I was 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:34,079 able to achieve the context I desired, for one reason or another, I never 8 00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:40,079 actually got around to reviewing any of those contextual headphones. In the case 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:42,480 of the Sennheiser HD600 specifically, it 10 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:47,840 was because while I loved them and they became my still to this day daily driver 11 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:51,520 about a year later, they're very, very 12 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:53,440 similar replacement. The HD 650s already 13 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:58,160 existed and I wasn't going to run out and drop another $400 on the same damn 14 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:04,479 product so that I could make a video that would already be 10 years past its 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:06,400 best before date. But there's good news. 16 00:01:04,479 --> 00:01:12,960 Massdrop is in the house with their Sennheiser HD 6X Massdrop edition, aka 17 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:16,479 the excuse to have Brandon shoot seven minutes of gorgeous B-roll of a 18 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:21,610 20-year-old product that I think is awesome. Not to mention, spoiler alert, 19 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:26,430 an unbelievable 20 00:01:29,479 --> 00:01:34,560 value. Corsair's ML fans feature 21 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:38,960 magnetic levitation technology and custom engineered rotors to provide a 22 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:42,400 high performance, low-noise experience. Learn more at the link in the video 23 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:47,360 description. So, let's kick this off with what 24 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,920 exactly makes the Sennheiser HD 6XX a 25 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:55,040 Massdrop edition product? Not much. Compared to the HD 26 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:58,960 650, it features a shorter cord that terminates in a 3 and 12 mm jack instead 27 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,880 of a quarterinch jack. Oh, there's an adapter to quarter inch if you want. And 28 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:08,640 the plastic color scheme has been changed from a speckled gray to a really 29 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,800 dark almost black matte blue that feels 30 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:16,319 a little cheapo. And that's it. They're matte 31 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:17,920 blue HD 650s with a 50-inch cable and a 32 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:22,319 smaller connector on the end. And oh right, wait for it. This is where I 33 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:27,280 dropped the big change, the bomb. They've got a cheaper black and white 34 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:32,440 packaging. I've got my confirmation from Sennheiser directly that unlike previous 35 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:37,239 Massdrop edition products like the K7XX, nothing has been altered 36 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:43,920 acoustically. So then for the uninitiated, what are the HD 650s and 37 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:46,560 why should you care? They are along with 38 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:51,200 their close siblings the HD600 and HD 580 one of the most famous audio file 39 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:55,280 headphones in the world whose performance has been chased by other 40 00:02:52,879 --> 00:03:01,159 manufacturers at this price point since the release of the original over 20 41 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:03,920 years ago in 1993 and whose sound 42 00:03:01,159 --> 00:03:09,920 signature I would say even more so than the flagship HD800 series is 43 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:12,480 identifiable as the Sennheiser sound 44 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:17,440 since from my experience it bears more similarity to the company's lower-end 45 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,920 products, just better. So, that is to 46 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:25,360 say, they're not accurate in the same sense that a studio monitor might be 47 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:30,159 accurate. They don't have a totally flat frequency response curve, but this is by 48 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:34,959 design to make them less fatiguing and more natural sounding on human ears 49 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:40,480 where they're intended to be worn. And they don't make the mistake that many 50 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:44,720 mainstream headphones do today of overdoing the bass at the expense of the 51 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:49,840 clarity of everything else because that's what sells to millennials. They 52 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:54,200 sound great whether you listen to them out of the box or tune the EQ because 53 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:59,280 you do like a little bit more thump. On the subject of out of the box, 54 00:03:56,879 --> 00:04:04,159 the included cables are replaceable. So you can go bananas replacing them and 55 00:04:01,519 --> 00:04:10,400 you can run out and buy a audio Valhalla 2 headphone amplifier. But in 56 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:14,799 spite of their 300 ohm impedance, they also destroy just about anything else at 57 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:19,359 this price point running off of an iPhone. So just because you don't have 58 00:04:16,799 --> 00:04:23,520 additional budget for an amp today doesn't mean I would stay away from 59 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:30,400 them. With that said though, even fans of the HD600 series don't believe that 60 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:33,280 they are perfect. They are not a fashion 61 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:38,080 statement and are definitely part of the reason that the original Monster Beats 62 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:42,960 by Dre was able to storm onto the personal audio scene in 2008 by not 63 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:47,040 looking stupid. Even though they didn't work without a battery in them, suffered 64 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:52,400 from subpar build quality and sounded like thumpy ass. But at least the HD600 65 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:56,720 series is comfortable. Clamping pressure out of the box might be a little tighter 66 00:04:54,479 --> 00:05:02,160 than some would like and the ear cup foam isn't the softest memory foam known 67 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:07,840 to man or anything like that. That award is reserved for the Bose QC35s, but they 68 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:12,000 break in very nicely over time to the point where it's easy for me to forget 69 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:17,199 that I'm wearing mine entirely. But a part of that too, I think, is the 70 00:05:13,919 --> 00:05:19,759 openbacked design of the HD600 series. 71 00:05:17,199 --> 00:05:24,160 The benefit of this is the natural sound of the music, movies, or games that 72 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:29,759 you're listening to. With the drawback being though that ambient noise can be 73 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:34,560 disruptive and well, let's just say I wouldn't flip on some really loud angry 74 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:38,880 porn with your mom in the next room cuz everyone around you knows exactly what 75 00:05:36,479 --> 00:05:44,479 you're listening to. Which leads me then pretty well into a conclusion that is 76 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:46,960 both obvious and very difficult for me 77 00:05:44,479 --> 00:05:51,440 to write. On the one hand, I feel the need to defend myself from the incoming 78 00:05:49,039 --> 00:05:55,160 barrage of comments criticizing me for giving a positive review to a product 79 00:05:53,120 --> 00:06:01,680 available exclusively from one of our sponsors. But on the other hand, I can 80 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:05,039 use literally any headphone I want. I 81 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:07,120 literally have more than one shelf of 82 00:06:05,039 --> 00:06:12,880 headphones and headsets ranging anywhere from 50 bucks to over a thousand. And 83 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:18,000 these or ones almost exactly like them are the ones on my desk at home. So for 84 00:06:15,919 --> 00:06:22,560 some of you that won't be enough and that's fine. Line of shield tips, 85 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:28,639 whatever. For the rest of you, go grab some HD 6Xs, assuming there are any 86 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:31,360 left. The 350 that I paid secondhand 87 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:37,280 felt like a good deal already. $200 brand new is an absolutely unreal value 88 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:39,440 for these. Enjoy. Today in front of me, 89 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:43,919 I've got the bloody gaming peripheral lineup from A4 Tech. They sent us a 90 00:06:41,759 --> 00:06:47,199 bunch of their products. Their G500 gaming headset, which has got 40 91 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:51,680 millimeter drivers and inline mic and is $39.99 on Newegg for a limited time. 92 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,800 Their B720 keyboard, which is a full layout keyboard that comes with eight 93 00:06:53,199 --> 00:07:00,479 silicone key caps, as well as an extended palm rest. Their ZL50 mouse is 94 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:06,360 driver-free and comes with an Avago 9800 sensor. And their B070 is a smooth 95 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:12,000 surface mouse pad that it's getting it all over. You can 96 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:16,000 see this and more over at Newegg at the link in the video description for a 97 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:19,199 limited time. So, thanks for watching, guys. If this video sucked, you know 98 00:07:17,599 --> 00:07:22,000 what to do. 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