Philips Fidelio X3 vs Sennheiser HD 600

Inside the headband, the seam is very visible. Looks rough to me, honestly. It's still the same comfort strap assembly, though oddly they feel smaller...

Clear: It’s pretty crazy how comfortable the Clears are for how heavy they are. They are so perfectly balanced on my head that I do forget I have headphones on sometimes.

The acoustic strums don't sound overly bright, but they still cut through the mix pleasingly for a solid balance. These are headphones for audiophiles looking for accuracy without things sounding thin or clinical.

I’m not a headphone expert, though I have been using them in one form or another dating back to 1977, so a good 40 years on everything from the old Koss white eggshell looking things to Sony’s 1980s on the ear to noise canceling Sony and Bose phones. But for music (hi-fi) my AKGs had been my reference until they were damaged. But this review concerns some AKG K-712s that I purchased at the same time as the Sennheisers specifically to test. In truth I picked up the AKGs after being disappointed with the HD600s; feeling like something was missing

The moment I took it out of the box and put it on my head, I was blown away by the sound. So clean, detailed, airy, extended, wide and a decent stage. Such a big contrast to all my previous headphones.

The original HD 600 is a legend in our hobby and its design and its sound has stood the test of time. This is one of the newer versions that has been ...