alectosis's Full Review: Sony MDR-V600 Professional Headphones
These were the first headphones that I purchased on my journey into the audiophile world. My dim salary makes it impossible for me to buy a worth while stereo, so I decided a good pair of headphones would do the trick. Too bad I didn't research my decision.
I walked into Best Buy with little clue of what to buy. I knew Sennheiser headphones were suppose to be good, but to my dismay there were no Sennheisers on the shelves. So I just figured the next best thing to do would be to buy the most expensive headphones they sold. I picked up the box for the "Studio Monitor - MDR V600" and decided I might as well buy those. After all, for $100 they'd have to be good.
I got home and had my first listen, I had made the mistake of not asking for a try out in store (but I doubt that Best Buy even allows that). I plugged the phones into the headphone jack on my portable and popped in a Bass Mekanik CD. The sound was terrible!... then I realized that my Panasonic cd player was in the "Train" EQ mode. Phew, I switched that off and prepared myself for another listen. The sound was good. It wasn't outstanding, but at the time I couldn't find anything wrong. The bass was hitting as low as my friends IASC competing car. Overall I was satisfied.
Next I popped in a compilation CD of classical music. "Hmm", I thought to myself as I listened to the rather mediocre sound. It just didn't sound good! It sounded like every member of the orchestra was playing a differant song. The mids were terrible, and the treble didn't hit as high as I would've hoped for $100! I figure it must of just been a poor recording.
I reached for another CD, a Trip-Hop compilation CD (at the time I didn't have much cash to by multiple CD's, so I just bought compilations). If your not familiar to the world of Trip-Hop, imagine a symphony. Not add a really thumpin bass note, and add several random turntable scratches, and you get Trip-Hop. I thought that maybe this CD would sound better, but it didn't. It sounded almost as bad as the headphones that came with the portable.
I started to panic, how come my headphones sounded the same as those 5 times as cheap. I figured it must me the source, so I tried the headphones out on my computer. I popped in the same CD's and took a listen, still cruddy. Oh no, $100 down the pipes!
I have learned more since the purchase of those headphones, and I know listen to my music with Grado SR-80's and a Headroom amp (I have since listened to the MDR V600's on the amp, there is a subtle differance but the sound is still mediocre). To those that are looking for some high quality headphones, go out and buy some SR-60's or SR-80's from Grado. Not only are the cheaper, they are better than I could've ever dreamed.
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