Looking to borrow HD-6XX
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Kitchener
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I've got a pair you can borrow.
I just got them in the most recent "drop", so I haven't actually used them yet.
If you don't mind the cost/time of shipping to and from Norway you're welcome to borrow them.
I think they should pass as a "letter" (untracked box) with the Norwegian Post, so shipping to you should be about $23-24.
I just got them in the most recent "drop", so I haven't actually used them yet.
If you don't mind the cost/time of shipping to and from Norway you're welcome to borrow them.
I think they should pass as a "letter" (untracked box) with the Norwegian Post, so shipping to you should be about $23-24.
Thanks, Jorgen, for the kind offer. That's too much hassle for you to bother with. I was hoping one of the Seattle Head Fi group members might see my post, as I know a few of them were going to buy 6XXs. If someone local does not have a pair to loan I will just ask if I can borrow some from the gang at Massdrop. Those guys have really figured out their business model over the past few years with the Massdrop Made concept.
Kitchener
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No problem, I just know traffic can be a little slow on this subforum so I figured maybe shipping across the Atlantic could be faster than waiting for someone more local to reply 
Massdrop is really getting ...massive for sure.
Their line of Massdrop Made products can be quite intruiguing.
Almost makes you wonder if there’s a catch!
From what I’ve read the HD6XX is supposedly identical to the HD650 (apart from the colour).
So it seemed like a great way to save $100-150 on a brand new headset!
-had to wait three months, sure, but I’m good at waiting.
So far the only impression I have of the HD6XX come from their box, which was MASSIVE!
Massdrop is really getting ...massive for sure.
Their line of Massdrop Made products can be quite intruiguing.
Almost makes you wonder if there’s a catch!
From what I’ve read the HD6XX is supposedly identical to the HD650 (apart from the colour).
So it seemed like a great way to save $100-150 on a brand new headset!
-had to wait three months, sure, but I’m good at waiting.
So far the only impression I have of the HD6XX come from their box, which was MASSIVE!
I've just recently seen one Massdrop Made product and the packaging and presentation is impressive indeed. Pretty sure the competitive pricing is largely about the economy of scale more than any difference in quality, because things like the custom boxes and die cut foam they use are hugely expensive in the small quantities like we do Jagers in. If you can sell 40,000 HD-6XXs I imagine you get a pretty serious price break from the factory.
My guess is that Sennheiser are now focusing on the HD660s. Thus the HD650 is a design on its way out. So it makes sense to work with Massdrop to handle a huge pre order of a design they are fully tooled up for but probably no longer planning to make in quantities. The tooling and R&D was undoubtedly paid for a long time ago. From what I have read the HD6XX is pretty much indistinguishable from the HD650 except for the finish and cabling. I can imagine about 7,960,000 reasons to do the HD6XX run.
mcandmar
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Fun fact, HD650's were initially manufactured here in Ireland, but after a factory fire production was moved to Germany so i suspect some tooling was lost and had to be remade. The current line of 600 series headphones are manufactured in Ireland again, while some of the lower end models are made in the fast east. And AFAIK the 800 series are made in Germany.
caffeinator
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Just FYI - appears another drop on HD-6XX has opened up:
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-sennheiser-hd6xx?mode=guest_open&utm_campaign=Drop%3A%20Request%20Launched&utm_source=SparkPost&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Drop%3A%20Request%20Launched&utm_content=1522761107805.999275875547671590136364&referer=JME2ZQ&utm_content=1522761107805.999275875547671590136364
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-sennheiser-hd6xx?mode=guest_open&utm_campaign=Drop%3A%20Request%20Launched&utm_source=SparkPost&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Drop%3A%20Request%20Launched&utm_content=1522761107805.999275875547671590136364&referer=JME2ZQ&utm_content=1522761107805.999275875547671590136364
I am going about twelve ways at once right now with projects and consequently I haven't followed up on that yet. We have a new speaker kit run coming up, a crossover to develop, another product to update, we are starting to work with Nagra to handle service for their audiophile customers in North America and in my free time I am trying to get a motorcycle finished to run at Bonneville this summer. And that's just the projects I can talk about.
I know that sounds like I am kind of taking a scattergun approach to things. But with my high level of impatience having all these things going at the same time seems to be the way for me to say sane. There's always something to work on and the headphone related project could float to the top of the project pool at any time.
I know that sounds like I am kind of taking a scattergun approach to things. But with my high level of impatience having all these things going at the same time seems to be the way for me to say sane. There's always something to work on and the headphone related project could float to the top of the project pool at any time.
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