The first thing that became evident was that the HD600s had quite an even frequency response. I was wishing I had the money to buy the HD800s but alas not at the moment, so I tested the HD600s thoroughly on all types of material. But, Metal and Rock sounded great through them as well as Electronic Music, mainly because of the great low end response. they seem to have vanished when listening to acoustic guitar, which sounded like something other than an acoustic guitar through the HD650s. It's bass was very solid and clear, but the big downfall of these headphones in my opinion were the highs. Then came the HD650 which has very good imaging, not quite like the HD800 but excellent none the less. The biggest disappointment out of the 4 headphones tested was the HD700, it sounded very shrill in the high end, and that was enough to put me off testing it further. In fact it felt like I was listening to a set of high end speakers. Excellent frequency response from lows to highs with a solid but not overpowering bass. It had an amazing 3D soundstage where you could locate every instrument. I have to say the top headphone by far in every possible respect was the HD800. I listened to different styles of music ranging from, Jazz, Classical, Electronic, Rock and Metal as well as acoustic guitar and vocals. The comparison was done on a decent D/A converter with a good headphone amp. I do all my mixing and mastering on speakers, but a good set of open back headphones gives a different perspective on a mix. I have since purchased the HD600 for my studio, where I use them for mixing tracks, and for mastering. I recently tested the HD600 alongside the HD650, HD700 and HD800 all by Sennheiser.
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