Sennheiser HD 660 S

Inle · Sep 18, 2018

The Sennheiser HD 660 S is a direct successor to one of the most legendary hi-fi headphones of all time, the HD 650. With a price tag of $500/€500, does it have what it takes to carry on the legacy?

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Space Lynx · Sep 18, 2018

The H58X only costs $149.99 and sounds 95% as good as the 660S. See review below: sennheiser only changed the foam... its the same driver... lol... you just remove the foam and its basically a 660S...

Fleurious · Sep 18, 2018

How do these compare to the 6XX and what justifies the price increase?

Mescalamba · Sep 18, 2018

Its not same as 58X. Sure its very similar, but not exactly the same. Question is usually only, if someone can notice difference or not.

Anyway, since I own DT880, I dont care.

Space Lynx · Sep 18, 2018

Mescalamba said:
Its not same as 58X. Sure its very similar, but not exactly the same. Question is usually only, if someone can notice difference or not.

Anyway, since I own DT880, I dont care.

HD58X has better bass, and when you remove the foam it sounds almost the same as 660S vocally... $500 vs $150... ummm yeah.... same driver, same build...

R-T-B · Sep 18, 2018

lynx29 said:
HD58X has better bass, and when you remove the foam it sounds almost the same as 660S vocally... $500 vs $150... ummm yeah.... same driver, same build...

I'm assuming factory tuning means nothing here?

Mistral · Sep 18, 2018

Fleurious said:
How do these compare to the 6XX and what justifies the price increase?

If you already have the 6XX, I'd say no. They are less than half the priceand unless your other equipment is damn high-end, I doubt you'll find that much of a difference.

Space Lynx · Sep 18, 2018

R-T-B said:
I'm assuming factory tuning means nothing here?

I'm not sure to be honest, I just know that when you take the foam out of the HD58X which is not in the HD660S, it sounds almost identical.

Inle · Sep 18, 2018

Hey guys, if you went through my review and now you're reading the comments, could you please be so kind to give me your input in this thread?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/requesting-feedback-for-headphone-reviews.247716/

Much appreciated! Cheers

R-T-B · Sep 18, 2018

lynx29 said:
I'm not sure to be honest, I just know that when you take the foam out of the HD58X which is not in the HD660S, it sounds almost identical.

Well maybe this line is different, but the entire HD 5XX line used the same driver and was simply tuned differently (higher end ones with more care / less automation)

Still no denying bang for buck wise, Jubilee wins hands down.

swirl09 · Sep 19, 2018

I liked these in the shop when trying to pick my next headphones. I ended up going with the Sundara tho. I preferred the flexibility of the lower impedance (while they are primarily for music listen on PC, its nice to be able to drive them with just a controller when couch gaming at night too). And also the hinges are metal, I have had plastic ones crack in the past! Genuinely not "used and abused", I have no idea how it happened, and when your paying half a grand or more that should not even be a factor!

_UV_ · Sep 19, 2018

Well, same thing for about 20 years... for 580, 600, 650, now 660, ok
Frankenheiser (or maybe Hellheiser), way of fixing broken HD650 headband cheap and dirty

i have done it twice already for my 2 pairs of 650 bought in 2003 and 2004, and it was "softcore" usage 2-3 hours of music listening twice a week during 2 years
also about the price, both pairs cost me 600$...

stimpy88 · Sep 19, 2018

Thanks for the review, it's nicely done!

Shame about the lack of bass... Starting to roll off at 80Hz is far from sub-bass territory, and has stopped me from considering these.

I like my music natural, but I insist that if it's present in the recording, then I want it present at my ears.

noel_fs · May 18, 2019

using shitty spotify master to judge fr @Inle

well done

Inle · May 18, 2019

noel_fs said:
using shitty spotify master to judge fr @Inle

well done

Spotify embeds are in my review to let everyone hear the songs I'm discussing. The only other option was to use YouTube links for the same purpose. I can't embed my FLAC collection or even Tidal Masters/Deezer HiFi samples into the review.

noel_fs · May 18, 2019

Inle said:
Spotify embeds are in my review to let everyone hear the songs I'm discussing. The only other option was to use YouTube links for the same purpose. I can't embed my FLAC collection or even Tidal Masters/Deezer HiFi samples into the review.

actually most deezer/tidal masters sucks too xD

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Sennheiser HD 660 S

Inle

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Fleurious

Mescalamba

Space Lynx

Astronaut

R-T-B

Mistral

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Inle

R-T-B

swirl09

_UV_

stimpy88

noel_fs

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