keynzeev OP t1_ith55e4 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 4:48 PM

This was my entry in the audiophile world, and for a lot of reasons, I'm still love this and will love to the last day. I don't see too much talk or praise to this guy, and I think that's not fair at all! I like this more than the 600, more than the 6XX and belive it or not, I don't hear much (or any) difference from him to a 660S. He is cheaper than all his brothers, and much easier to drive proppely, has more bass and clarity to me, and continues being one of the best headphones in the world to me, even comparing with my others much more expensive stuff. I did not saw any 58X in the Sennie day, so here is my humble contribution to the king!

oxtoacart t1_ithjoc5 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 6:22 PM

Agreed. I've owned HD600, HD650 and HD58X and the 58X is the only one I've kept.

DrXaos t1_itik4ct wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:13 PM

How is it different from HD600?

I had expected it to be very similar.

oxtoacart t1_itilkt4 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:23 PM

The biggest difference is that the HD600 is much more forward in the upper mids around 3 KHz. I'm pretty sensitive in that area, so it makes the HD600 unpleasant at higher listening volumes. A lesser difference is that the HD58X has better extended and tighter sounding bass, though that might mostly just be because I can comfortably listen a bit louder than with the HD600.

It's been years since I've had the HD600, but I would say that on treble quality (extension and evenness) the HD600 is probably better than the HD58X, so if you listen to a lot of acoustic music, especially string instruments, and you don't mind the shout around 3KHz, the HD600 is probably a better choice.