Sennheiser HD 600 vs Bowers & Wilkins P7

[ThatFatMan1911]

So as the title says, how would these two compare from one another? I think my Bose QC15's are starting to get speaker damage or something. They make an odd sound every time I touch the right ear cup. 

[ZacDaMan72]

The P7's are more of a fashion statement and don't sound as good. With the HD 600's you'll need an amp to make it show it's true potential so it'd be inconvenient bringing a portable amp around if you're planning to take it around instead of keeping it at home. It really depends if you're going to be going outside your place because if you are, go for the P7. If not, go for the HD600 and an amp.

 

EDIT: I forgot to say that the HD600 is an open headphone, meaning you have a larger soundstage but you can hear what's happening outside and people around you can hear your music. The P7 is a closed back headphone so you'll get a smaller soundstage but have minimal (depends how loud/quiet your music is ) sound leakage to the outside.

[ThatFatMan1911]

The P7's are more of a fashion statement and don't sound as good. With the HD 600's you'll need an amp to make it show it's true potential so it'd be inconvenient bringing a portable amp around if you're planning to take it around instead of keeping it at home. It really depends if you're going to be going outside your place because if you are, go for the P7. If not, go for the HD600 and an amp.

 

EDIT: I forgot to say that the HD600 is an open headphone, meaning you have a larger soundstage but you can hear what's happening outside and people around you can hear your music. The P7 is a closed back headphone so you'll get a smaller soundstage but have minimal (depends how loud/quiet your music is ) sound leakage to the outside.

Ok both sound undesirable now. What do you recommend as a professional headphone for about $400 USD or under?

[ROK]

Ok both sound undesirable now. What do you recommend as a professional headphone for about $400 USD or under?

What will you be using them with and what will you be listening to with them?

[ZacDaMan72]

Ok both sound undesirable now. What do you recommend as a professional headphone for about $400 USD or under?

Do you want open or closed headphones? 

 

Are you going to be wearing it in public?

 

What sound signature are you looking for?

[NannerBeans]

Ok both sound undesirable now. What do you recommend as a professional headphone for about $400 USD or under?

By professional do you mean studio use? If so, maybe something by Shure? I hear the Shure 1540 is a great headphone (you can get it used on Amazon for $400). I kinda want to try one myself. And then there's the Fostex TH600 at a higher price. If you want to spend a lot less, there's Shure 440 with 840 pads as well. 

[SSL]

The P7's are more of a fashion statement and don't sound as good. With the HD 600's you'll need an amp to make it show it's true potential so it'd be inconvenient bringing a portable amp around if you're planning to take it around instead of keeping it at home. It really depends if you're going to be going outside your place because if you are, go for the P7. If not, go for the HD600 and an amp.

 

"True potential"

 

Just no.

[ShearMe]

The P7's are more of a fashion statement and don't sound as good. With the HD 600's you'll need an amp to make it show it's true potential so it'd be inconvenient bringing a portable amp around if you're planning to take it around instead of keeping it at home. It really depends if you're going to be going outside your place because if you are, go for the P7. If not, go for the HD600 and an amp.

 

P7's sound plenty good, and the 600 don't necessarily need an amp.

 

Ok both sound undesirable now. What do you recommend as a professional headphone for about $400 USD or under?

 

There's a lot of different professional uses for headphones, but please tell me you weren't using a Bose for that same purpose...

[creatip123]

By professional do you mean studio use? If so, maybe something by Shure? I hear the Shure 1540 is a great headphone (you can get it used on Amazon for $400). I kinda want to try one myself. And then there's the Fostex TH600 at a higher price. If you want to spend a lot less, there's Shure 440 with 840 pads as well. 

 

I remember 1540 being too flat for me. Then again, my preferred FR is always curved. It's certainly a step up from 440 though, almost in all aspect, except the price

 

For curved FR, their DJ series was good, the SRH750DJ. 

[SSL]

I remember 1540 being too flat for me. Then again, my preferred FR is always curved. It's certainly a step up from 440 though, almost in all aspect, except the price

 

For curved FR, their DJ series was good, the SRH750DJ. 

 

The graphs look nearly identical doggie

[NannerBeans]

I remember 1540 being too flat for me. Then again, my preferred FR is always curved. It's certainly a step up from 440 though, almost in all aspect, except the price

 

For curved FR, their DJ series was good, the SRH750DJ. 

i've been taking a liking to flat responses lately. It was a very different experiance from the V3s by Mayflower I used to have. 

[creatip123]

The graphs look nearly identical doggie

 

Yea, strange, they do look identical. Dunno, maybe the little high spikes of the 750DJ, or the isolation or something. Coz I remember thinking 1540 wasn't my type, but the 750DJ was categorized 'the type to remember from Shure'

 

Forgot to add, aesthetically, I like the 1540 better, with the carbon fiber decal on the cup and metal hinges. The 750DJ got good design, but still feel plasticky. 

[ThatFatMan1911]

Do you want open or closed headphones? 

 

Are you going to be wearing it in public?

 

What sound signature are you looking for?

1. Prefer closed if possible

2. No

3. I don't know what that means?

[Lays]

i've been taking a liking to flat responses lately. It was a very different experiance from the V3s by Mayflower I used to have. 

 

 

flat response master race bud, now buy my hd800's coz deysoneutral

[Lauen]

1. Prefer closed if possible

2. No

3. I don't know what that means?

sound signature would be bassy, warm (mid-bass slight boost) balanced / flat, or bright (less bass and more highs / treble)

[NannerBeans]

flat response master race bud, now buy my hd800's coz deysoneutral

I gave you an offer for them... lol. I don't have enough money to get them without trading my TH600s. 

[Lays]

I gave you an offer for them... lol. I don't have enough money to get them without trading my TH600s. 

 

 

But i would just have to sell the th600's after i got dem so I could buy k712

 

so much work mang and im like the laziest person in uganda

[NannerBeans]

But i would just have to sell the th600's after i got dem so I could buy k712

 

so much work mang and im like the laziest person in uganda

To my surprise, the TH600 has very little isolation which is why I want to change headphones