In late 2016 massdrop collaborated with sennheiser to produce this hd650 variant broke their website with pre orders and has since been unable to keep stock of the new model hd6xx.
Sennheiser hd650 cable problems.
Aesthetically and build quality wise the hd650 cable is miles better than the hd600.
Otherwise they are good to go already out of the box.
Sennheiser is one of the leading brands when it comes to headphones and hd 650 as well as hd 600 justify its position as one of the leaders in this segment.
Upgrading from the stock cable to any of the cables we tried including the diy cat6 will give you a much improved transparency detail and soundstage.
I m considering purchasing a schiit jot as my first venture into a balanced system but obviously i don t have a balanced cable for my sennheiser hd650 s and need to get one.
However they lack sub bass frequencies below 100 hz and high mids around 2 5 khz need to be tweaked a bit.
Sennheiser hd650 stock cable 12 standard cable that comes with the hd650.
Let s do a detailed comparison of these two headphones across different aspects to understand which is better.
The cable is reterminated with a 1 4 canare jack.
Sukira hifi cable with 4 4mm balanced male for sennheiser hd580 hd600 hd650 headphones and sony wm1a nw wm1z pha 2a silver plated audio cable 3 7 out of 5 stars 8 49 99 49.
Sennheiser hd 650 is pretty much the most neutral headphones available on the market.
Popped into the hidden hi fi store custom cable today and picked up the hd650 cable for 20 much cheaper than anywhere else and to their credit price matching their own website.
The hd650 still owns all the land in the sub 500 tier for open backs despite a few competing threats to its 15 years or so reign after it was first released.
Was expecting a slight premium for the retail privilege as per usual but nope.
Newfantasia audio upgrade cable compatible with sennheiser hd650 hd600 hd580 hd660s hd58x hd565 massdrop hd6xx headphone silver plated wire with 3 5mm 1 8 male 6 3mm 1 4 adapter 1 9m 6ft 5 0 out of 5 stars 2.
Silver wbt was used for soldering.
The comparison was done on a hd650 and hd25 1 amped with 3 channel beta22 and the source is a cec cd5300 cdp.