SupremeFist
Senior Member
AKG K701 here, love them. They are one of a handful of headphones that have an EQ curve preset in the Abbey Road Studio plugin, which tell you something.
I have the Massdrop HD6XX, which are HD650 clones. They're my first open back headphones so I can't really compare but I can say that they are crystal clear and comfortable enough to wear for long sessions. Ive been using them for 18 months and have not felt the urge to upgrade. They're keepers.Check out the start up called MassDrop.
There’s some phones not on the market but a collaboration from lots of people making suggestions to Sennheiser and other companies.
They end up making some really cool stuff that’s not available and inexpensive.
I have the Massdrop HD6XX, which are HD650 clones. They're my first open back headphones so I can't really compare but I can say that they are crystal clear and comfortable enough to wear for long sessions. Ive been using them for 18 months and have not felt the urge to upgrade. They're keepers.
And if you're interested in the Sonarworks correction software why not buy a individually calibrated pair from them.
Lots of great feedback here! Thnx I currently own ATH-50x but I think I'm gonna get HD650 as well to try them out...
I strongly recommend trying on whatever headphones you are looking into. If you're going to be spending a lot of time in these headphones and it is highly recommended that you make sure they are comfortable before you buy them.
I recently bought some AT-50s online because they were highly recommended on the internet. And they do sound pretty good, but what I discovered is that, for me anyway, they are extremely uncomfortable. The padding is kind of stiff, but worse they have a sharp plastic seam around the inside that causes actual pain when I wear them for more than 15 minutes.
And once they start causing pain, it really doesn't matter how they sound.
I also went with the Massdrop variant of the HD650...until recently I hadn’t heard of Massdrop (now they‘really just called Drop). Got the 6xx for $180 on Black Friday...amazing deal!I just got a pair of the Massdrop/Sennheiser 6XX and I think they might replace my 701s. For me it's easier to hear when I've dialled in too much low-end, and with the AKGs I was also rolling off a lot of upper-mids (maybe because I'm sensitive to those frequencies) resulting in a duller sound on other playback systems, whereas the 6XX don't make me want to do that so much.