WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.160 I'm not new to the Sennheiser HD 600, 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 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:16.080 with a selection of cans from the likes of Bear Dynamic, AKG, Ody, and Audio 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:18.640 Technica back in late 2013 when I was 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:23.439 working on a review of some other audio file headphones, and I realized that I 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:28.320 lacked the context to discuss their place in the market. Anyway, while I was 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:34.079 able to achieve the context I desired, for one reason or another, I never 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:40.079 actually got around to reviewing any of those contextual headphones. In the case 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:42.480 of the Sennheiser HD600 specifically, it 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:47.840 was because while I loved them and they became my still to this day daily driver 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:51.520 about a year later, they're very, very 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:53.440 similar replacement. The HD 650s already 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 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:04.479 product so that I could make a video that would already be 10 years past its 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.400 best before date. But there's good news. 00:01:04.479 --> 00:01:12.960 Massdrop is in the house with their Sennheiser HD 6X Massdrop edition, aka 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:16.479 the excuse to have Brandon shoot seven minutes of gorgeous B-roll of a 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:21.610 20-year-old product that I think is awesome. Not to mention, spoiler alert, 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:26.430 an unbelievable 00:01:29.479 --> 00:01:34.560 value. Corsair's ML fans feature 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:38.960 magnetic levitation technology and custom engineered rotors to provide a 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:42.400 high performance, low-noise experience. Learn more at the link in the video 00:01:40.720 --> 00:01:47.360 description. So, let's kick this off with what 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.920 exactly makes the Sennheiser HD 6XX a 00:01:47.360 --> 00:01:55.040 Massdrop edition product? Not much. Compared to the HD 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:58.960 650, it features a shorter cord that terminates in a 3 and 12 mm jack instead 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:02.880 of a quarterinch jack. Oh, there's an adapter to quarter inch if you want. And 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:08.640 the plastic color scheme has been changed from a speckled gray to a really 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:09.800 dark almost black matte blue that feels 00:02:08.640 --> 00:02:16.319 a little cheapo. And that's it. They're matte 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:17.920 blue HD 650s with a 50-inch cable and a 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:22.319 smaller connector on the end. And oh right, wait for it. This is where I 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:27.280 dropped the big change, the bomb. They've got a cheaper black and white 00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:32.440 packaging. I've got my confirmation from Sennheiser directly that unlike previous 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:37.239 Massdrop edition products like the K7XX, nothing has been altered 00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:43.920 acoustically. So then for the uninitiated, what are the HD 650s and 00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:46.560 why should you care? They are along with 00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:51.200 their close siblings the HD600 and HD 580 one of the most famous audio file 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:55.280 headphones in the world whose performance has been chased by other 00:02:52.879 --> 00:03:01.159 manufacturers at this price point since the release of the original over 20 00:02:57.440 --> 00:03:03.920 years ago in 1993 and whose sound 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:09.920 signature I would say even more so than the flagship HD800 series is 00:03:06.720 --> 00:03:12.480 identifiable as the Sennheiser sound 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:17.440 since from my experience it bears more similarity to the company's lower-end 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:19.920 products, just better. So, that is to 00:03:17.440 --> 00:03:25.360 say, they're not accurate in the same sense that a studio monitor might be 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:30.159 accurate. They don't have a totally flat frequency response curve, but this is by 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:34.959 design to make them less fatiguing and more natural sounding on human ears 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:40.480 where they're intended to be worn. And they don't make the mistake that many 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:44.720 mainstream headphones do today of overdoing the bass at the expense of the 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:49.840 clarity of everything else because that's what sells to millennials. They 00:03:47.519 --> 00:03:54.200 sound great whether you listen to them out of the box or tune the EQ because 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:59.280 you do like a little bit more thump. On the subject of out of the box, 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:04.159 the included cables are replaceable. So you can go bananas replacing them and 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:10.400 you can run out and buy a audio Valhalla 2 headphone amplifier. But in 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:14.799 spite of their 300 ohm impedance, they also destroy just about anything else at 00:04:13.040 --> 00:04:19.359 this price point running off of an iPhone. So just because you don't have 00:04:16.799 --> 00:04:23.520 additional budget for an amp today doesn't mean I would stay away from 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:30.400 them. With that said though, even fans of the HD600 series don't believe that 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:33.280 they are perfect. They are not a fashion 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:38.080 statement and are definitely part of the reason that the original Monster Beats 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:42.960 by Dre was able to storm onto the personal audio scene in 2008 by not 00:04:40.880 --> 00:04:47.040 looking stupid. Even though they didn't work without a battery in them, suffered 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:52.400 from subpar build quality and sounded like thumpy ass. But at least the HD600 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:56.720 series is comfortable. Clamping pressure out of the box might be a little tighter 00:04:54.479 --> 00:05:02.160 than some would like and the ear cup foam isn't the softest memory foam known 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:07.840 to man or anything like that. That award is reserved for the Bose QC35s, but they 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 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:17.199 that I'm wearing mine entirely. But a part of that too, I think, is the 00:05:13.919 --> 00:05:19.759 openbacked design of the HD600 series. 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:24.160 The benefit of this is the natural sound of the music, movies, or games that 00:05:22.080 --> 00:05:29.759 you're listening to. With the drawback being though that ambient noise can be 00:05:26.960 --> 00:05:34.560 disruptive and well, let's just say I wouldn't flip on some really loud angry 00:05:32.080 --> 00:05:38.880 porn with your mom in the next room cuz everyone around you knows exactly what 00:05:36.479 --> 00:05:44.479 you're listening to. Which leads me then pretty well into a conclusion that is 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:46.960 both obvious and very difficult for me 00:05:44.479 --> 00:05:51.440 to write. On the one hand, I feel the need to defend myself from the incoming 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:55.160 barrage of comments criticizing me for giving a positive review to a product 00:05:53.120 --> 00:06:01.680 available exclusively from one of our sponsors. But on the other hand, I can 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:05.039 use literally any headphone I want. I 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:07.120 literally have more than one shelf of 00:06:05.039 --> 00:06:12.880 headphones and headsets ranging anywhere from 50 bucks to over a thousand. And 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 00:06:15.919 --> 00:06:22.560 some of you that won't be enough and that's fine. Line of shield tips, 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:28.639 whatever. For the rest of you, go grab some HD 6Xs, assuming there are any 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:31.360 left. The 350 that I paid secondhand 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:37.280 felt like a good deal already. $200 brand new is an absolutely unreal value 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:39.440 for these. Enjoy. Today in front of me, 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:43.919 I've got the bloody gaming peripheral lineup from A4 Tech. They sent us a 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:47.199 bunch of their products. Their G500 gaming headset, which has got 40 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:51.680 millimeter drivers and inline mic and is $39.99 on Newegg for a limited time. 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:54.800 Their B720 keyboard, which is a full layout keyboard that comes with eight 00:06:53.199 --> 00:07:00.479 silicone key caps, as well as an extended palm rest. Their ZL50 mouse is 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:06.360 driver-free and comes with an Avago 9800 sensor. And their B070 is a smooth 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:12.000 surface mouse pad that it's getting it all over. You can 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:16.000 see this and more over at Newegg at the link in the video description for a 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:19.199 limited time. So, thanks for watching, guys. If this video sucked, you know 00:07:17.599 --> 00:07:22.000 what to do. 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