Macbook Pro VS HD6XX

Acabo de probar mis dt 880 pro en una mac air m1. Esta mac hace sonar los auriculares fuerte, pero hay descontrol y distorsión. Supongo que en esta gama de mac no están los amplificadores de calidad

This product measures way better than $3K dac/amp. Apple works with world's best audio engineers and can scale sources to immense degrees that you can get it in a MacBook Air (M2) at $1099.

Hi! Is it easier to drive 150 Ω (hd660s) than 300 Ω (hd 6xx, hd 600 & hd 650) headphones with 2021 MacBook Pro?

I'm using a Apogee Groove from Mac Book Pro. Would a topping DAC / AMP be an upgrade? would going up to a full RME DAC / Amp? If I upgrade my recording interface to the new RME Fireface III USB 3.0 be all the headphone amp / DAC and ADC quality one could get? Always wonder how a high end interface headphone amps and DAC would compare to audiophile stuff. Seems like a lot of people out there in the pro audio world would love to see a comparison.

hopefully my fiio k5 pr ess has enought power for the 6xx.. i ll found out soon

Now add system wide 10 band eq on the Mac with soundsource for Mac. Having it right now. And enjoy it a lot. Listening on my dt 770 pro's, giving it a bit more base below 150 Hz. And a bit less treble in2 k, 4k and 8k area. And I like it a lot.

Question: you mentioned MacBook gives a bit more high. What frequency could that be? Maybe I can remove it.

The iPad(Pro) USB-C to headphone adapter should get more power, have you tried that?

Missleading video how can you compare computer with headphone ?

Thanks. What about a valve amp, like Little Dot MK2?

I am using my HD 6xx with LG g8x (quad dac enabled) smartphone, it really sounds very good and detailed please make a video

have the mbp 16 max and just got my 6xx from black friday sales. listening this on the setup. it's great

any recommended headphones around 300$ to run on my Mac Pro m1. I listen EDM

Hi Josh, quick question, why u never review any DAP?
I want to hear ur opinion on Sony's latest Walkmans: WM1ZM2 and WM1AM2. 😁

Amps dont affect the frequency response, stop profiting off misinformation

Apple gets certain things right, which just at times forces you, I don't know a good laptop for audio which is just out there for everyone

With dragonfly dark/red/blue ? Thanks

I can't hear any difference plugging my Arya's to MBP 14 or Magni/Modi stack. Although headroom is lacking with both of them compared to my HD 660S's

I bought into the hype and spent $300 on some amp/DAC by Topping. I have Macbook Pro M1 Max and HD 6XX. Literally can find no difference in sound quality. I used to listen at 30% volume, so volume was never an issue. I was too lazy to return the amp/DAC; also, I like rotating the volume knob.

Can you get a microphone arm? The noise from the table annoys me so much

Are the HD 6xx and the HD 660s different enough to make it worth it owning both?

Could you now do a video where you try say 6 different headphones on the same MacBook to see where it runs out of gas? 6XX, Sundara, other HifiMan, Audeze, Abyss, etc.

Interesting. I use a Hidizs dongle dac with my M1 MBP and M1 iPad Pro. Good consistent performance from both devices. Will have to try the MBP h/p socket with my HD650.

Great video! I have another idea to find out... find the best headphone that can run from Apple's dongle! Maybe 58x or DT770 32?

Really thinking about copping these

Silly dude, 6XX are for tubes!

How does everyone find the reliability of Topping? I really want to buy either a DX7 Pro+ for an D90SE, but concerned about poor reliability. It’ll be a Dac for mostly hifi rather than headphones

Can you test more headphones on the Macbook Pro? I am curious to see how DT770 250 ohm and DT990 250 ohm fare, but I would love to see a range of headphones tested as well!

Note: I’m a headphone without DSP to correct it, you will virtually always lose some bass and treble at lower volumes due to a unique characteristic of human hearing

the iMac 5k sounds excellent too. I have compared mine with a DX3pro+ and seem to like the sound coming from the iMac more than the dx3pro+

It is PLACEBO !!
There is no audible difference in all three of them

I'm surprised by the outcome of the review due to two reasons:

1. I did a comparison on my Hifiman Sundara between MacBook Pro 2019 16' and MacBook Pro M1 Pro 2022 14' and I could not spot many differences. This was one of the decisive factors to upgrade the laptop. In the end, I haven't upgraded it as discrepancies are minimal, in my opinion.
2. Usually I'm running the headphones on SH-6 and SU-6 and non of the laptops were even close to the output I could get from the DAC/amplifiers combo. The sound is reacher, more powerful, and wider.

If anyone did such a comparison and could share their thoughts, would be much appreciated.

Thank you very much, Joshua, for your review. I love your work!

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Do you know if the macbook Air M1 has enough power to drive the 6XX?

It's weird how Apple chose to call it "high impedance" as it's definitely a low impedance output. It can, however, deliver high voltage to drive high impedance headphones.
What is not weird is a large corporation with many years of experience in audio products designing an amplifier with low output impedance, low noise floor, low distortion and relatively high power.

Is the bass deep and punchy? I need/want deep bass. I have HiFiman HE400se are these an upgrade?

Great video! LCD-X is also great on Macbook Pro M1.

Wow, I never thought of powering the 6xx with my M1 MacBook Pro, but it does sound great! With Apple Music, go to the equalizer, set to manual and bring the preamp setting up +6db and it gets even better.

I'd be interested to see how a crazy headphone does with the MacBook and where it shows it up?

What about the hd58x?

How much better is the pro's amp than the air? I have a m1 MacBook air and want to know how well it does so I know what headphones to get but I can't find anything about it

I am looking for HD6XX Balanced XLR cables in belgium/ europe. anyone has a good store?

Great stuff Josh, love the honesty! Would love to see the comparison for other headphones too, like a Hifiman Sundara for example. Also, this type of comparison would be great at the end of every headphone review, so we would know if we would be able to get most out of our newly bought headphones with the stack that we (might) currently have! Also, I am a bit surprised on your findings, people always say that the HD650/6XX scale well, and I am sure they do...but it seems like we hit a limit where buying better gear might not get as high of a sound benefit as we would think!

Your videos are so aesthetically pleasing

The biggest problem is the fact that the input is on the left-hand side.

6xx go for like $220. Never saw them for $300

Wearing my HD660s right now. Love these things. Sennys are tanks. Just picked up some Arya stealth and those blow my mind every time I put them on my head. Sadly I can’t run those off my phone.

Surprised you didn’t include any tube amps or R2R DACs or other variations on the “clean” Topping sound

Hi Josh! You need a hi pass filter on your mic. Good review!