DonR
Major Contributor
Absolutely not. Had a pair of these way back for much less and they were not great then.
These headphones are not $485 headphones. Their MSRP when they were in production is less than $100. $485 is the price asked by one guy on ebay. There are other listings at much lower prices as well.
That was my impression too—having owned the MDR-V6, and later MDR-7506 (long since supplanted by MDR-7520). I bought the 'V6 in a consumer electronics store, and the '7506 some years later at Guitar Center after the former wore out. I don't recall much physically different, besides the 7506 plug being "gold".I always thought that the V6 was the consumer version of the 7506, the latter being the "pro" version. I don't recall where I first heard this, but possibly from a recording engineer colleague.
Imo for a headphone design of its age and era it measures fine. People arent actually supposed to pas swap the Headphone because Sony state that they tuned the 7506/V6/cd00st all w/ a flat pad in mind. For a headphone in its original MSRP & age its doing just fine. I use them like a treat for their era, but by modern standards they are all wildly dated in terms of objective sound.
I have had a pair of MDR-V6's since around 1988. Gone through a lot of ear cups over the years but they still sound fine.How was the durability during professional use?
Revision history in the service manual spans over 20 years which is pretty impressive too. Another question stands, if the spare parts were available for reasonable prices..
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LOL, the overwhelming reason for headphones in a recording studio is not the enjoyable experience of listening to music. As crazy as that sounds.This headphone was and always will be a fail for me. As a teen, I would hunt down places to try headphones. This was a mainstay at the pro audio and musician specialty stores, and it was a real head scratcher. The overwhelming resonating distortion and disjointed frequency response was just too much. The sad part is how I still see these routinely used in recording studios.
Aren't this and the still widely available 7506 almost identical? I don't see why anyone in their right mind would pay 500 dollars for a middling 100 dollar headphone
This shows how much better value the latest IEMs tested are comparatively. Much better frequency response, lowest distortion and a fraction of the price. To me this is as obsolete as a typewriter in 2024.