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madmidget OP t1_iszgzaq wrote

Do you think a sennheiser HD600 is a headphone that would be very revealing of bad recordings?

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dimesian t1_iszno76 wrote

A bad recording can sound bad on cheap earphones. I think this issue of headphones being too revealing might be overblown, unless you're into a genre that is nearly always particularly poorly recorded I wouldn't worry about it. Sometimes rough audio is part of the charm with some types of music. I've seen some comments claiming that a headphone was so revealing that their favorite classical piece sounded terrible, I checked it out and that particular recording sounds rough on cheap headphones and IEMs. The hd600 series headphones all sound really nice with a wide variety of music, if you mostly listen to very bass heavy music open headphones might not be the best option.

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madmidget OP t1_it44kkv wrote

I listen primarily to rock, these are the bands I most listen to:

Grateful dead Led zeppelin The doors Pink floyd Radiohead

Do you think the HD600 would be a good choice?

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