Sennheiser HD 620S

Open-back sound in a closed-back design? Is it possible?

Over-ear headphones | £300 | View offers whf.cm/HD_620S We have long been fond of Sennheiser’s HD 600 range of open-back headphones, which have been impressing us since the late ’90s all the way through to current incarnations, for their wonderfully comfortable design and smooth, very listenable performance. It’s quite a departure then, for the HD 600 range to introduce a closed-back design; but that’s exactly what the Sennheiser HD 620S headphones are. Sennheiser aims for the new HD 620S headphones to have the airy spaciousness of an open-back design with the privacy and non-leaky advantages of closed-back cans. Does it succeed? The Sennheiser HD 620S wired headphones cost £300 at launch, remaining firmly in the HD 600 range’s long-standing tradition of being not-too-budget and not-too-premium, attracting casual listeners and audiophiles…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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