#4 overall · open-back wired
Sennheiser HD 600
The reference headphone for people who care about accurate, fatigue-free music listening.
NeutralVocalsLong sessionsUnder $500
- Owners on record
- 15
- Threads
- 7
- Say they own it
- 5
Check price on Amazon · $300
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Typical price, checked Sep 2026. Sennheiser's US store listed $499.95 on the check date while Amazon showed $267; it usually sells around $300, which is used as typical.
Why people like it
- The most natural, neutral mid-range people can name; a 25-year reference
- Super comfortable for long sessions
- Timbre and tone that owners call perfect for acoustic, classical and vocals
- Owners who tried many others keep coming back to it
What owners complain about
- Needs a decent amp to open up; weak from phones and laptops
- Small, intimate soundstage; some call it boring
- Bass does not go deep
Where opinions split: Owners call it the standard of the world; a vocal minority find it dull next to livelier Beyerdynamic or planar sets.
The 9 sources
Owner = the person says they use it. Recommendation = passed on without saying so. Dates are when the thread started.
- Headphone AdviceSteve Hoffman Music Forums · Feb 2024 · owner
- Headphone recommendations?Steve Hoffman Music Forums · Nov 2023 · owner
- Favorite headphones?Steve Hoffman Music Forums · Apr 2024 · owner
- Favorite headphones?Steve Hoffman Music Forums · Apr 2024 · recommendation
- For those that have found their end game, what is it?Head-Fi · Jan 2024 · owner
- Headphone recommendation for rock musicHead-Fi · Oct 2023 · recommendation
- The best headphones under $300?AudioKarma · Sep 2020 · recommendation
- Headphone AdviceSteve Hoffman Music Forums · Feb 2024 · recommendation
- High end headphone suggestionsWhat Hi-Fi? Forum · Feb 2013 · owner