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Chris Kelly
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My HD 600 arrived. I love the cosmetics, including the softer inner earpieces compared to the harder ones on the HD 559 and HD 599. The back is fully open, covered with that steel screenlike material, as opposed to partially open like on the HD 559 and HD 599, which might help a little bit with width in the soundstage. Volume wise, I know the 300-Ohm impedance was a concern of everyone else if I connect these directly to my laptop. I only need to increase the volume level from 25% to 37.5% to achieve the level I'm used to when using my laptop. Either my laptop's headphone output is louder than everyone else thinks it is, or everyone else likes to have their ears ring after they finish listening. Tone wise, I have mixed feelings. When generating a 20Hz sinewave in Audacity, to my surprise, the HD 600 has more natural resonance than the HD 559. Here's where I can't tell how I feel about the HD 600. So far, speech and singers have a quality in between that of a telephone earpiece and extra bass resonance. Those ambient background noises sound more natural than with the HD 559 and HD 599. Amazon's holiday return policy gives me until late January to decide. Are heavier mids in speech and singers inevitable when low-bass, mid-bass, and upper-bass/low-mids are more neutral?