Supertangerina

Supertangerina t1_j1uyhio wrote

A decent dac amp sould noticeably improve mostly the technical performance of those hd600(which btw are said to be notorious for scaling very well when paired to a better amp) and if you notice a difference from different devices you have that indicates that you should benefit a lot from a proper amp.

Also dac is what generates the analog signal from the digital stream aka turns 1s and zeros into an analog signal and a better one should hep you avoid all the usually terrible built in circuitry so when you have the sub 10 bucks apple dongle available that should be the minimun requirement for you.

I'd say get a decent dac amp or a stack or an apple dongle with an amp connected (i got the very cheap topping dx1 (100$ dac amp that could totally drive the hd600) recently and i am very happy with my purchase- sound improved noticeably).

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Supertangerina t1_iyajxpi wrote

When you buy new headphones your brain is always used to the old ones and it always takes a week or so to adjust.Usually we always find a headphones tonality weird at first, even if its a super neutral one like the 560s.

And coming from the really bassy xm4s, that could be a weird process.

I would advise you against returning the hd560s... give them a couple of weeks of frequent listening to get to you.

I can actually tell you that the hd 560s have really linear bass and are the pair of headphones I own that have the most sub bass (disregarding iems). You will probably end up liking their bass and their overall superior linear fr and technicalities if you give them a chance.

And if you never get used tho their bass, then 70% of all audiophile headphones just got off your potential buy list....

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