LMAO. Tbh, totally fair. I think they’re a bit better in terms of “detail” since the midrange overtones are more present for things like piano + guitar, also helping with things like vocal intelligibility. That said, I totally get why the 6x0 line of headphones—which can be really dark for some people (but not me)—would be called unimpressive regarding most subjective metrics.
This is where I’m gonna have to vehemently disagree. Even if you don’t like the headphones, I think it’s pretty impossible to reasonably disagree with the value offering from the HD 6xx in particular.
The fact that it has one of the best midranges available in headphones, at any price while being available new for $200 any day of the week (and used for $125-150 extremely often) makes other headphone companies making much more expensive, much more colored options look pretty bad. However…
This is also very true, except for the obviously hyperbolic language I’ve omitted.
People tend to forgive and/or forget its flaws—lacking sub-bass, lacking treble (for some people), comfort issues, pad wear issues—much more quickly than other headphones. But one has to ask themselves: Why?
It’s because the other headphones that are usually much more expensive still have the same—or even greater—issues that could even be bigger deal-breakers than the flaws that 6x0 has.
While I agree that yes, the HD 6x0 lineup is easily one of the most overrated headphone lineups out there, it’s also one of the only lineups that has had any period of staying power over a decade. While yes, its a balance of compromises like any headphone, it’s one of the least expensive with the fewest absolute deal-breakers.
As a price:value ratio option, it’s truly among the hardest to beat if you’re focused on getting an “anatomically neutral” sound for most of the audio band instead of focusing on colorations like “soundstage” or “detail.”