I've had my HD 600s for a couple of weeks now and they sound great, but my ears are touching the foam pad on top of the drivers. This has been causing me pain and I was wondering if anyway else has had this issue and how they fixed it. Help would be appreciated.

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notmac_ t1_irlqsqy wrote on October 9, 2022 at 5:58 AM

getting pads from dekoni solved my issue with my big dumb ears rubbing up against the foam inside the cups

OkAd5422 OP t1_irlr02m wrote on October 9, 2022 at 6:01 AM

Thank you for the recommendation, I will definitely look into that.

Hdjekso t1_irlstjc wrote on October 9, 2022 at 6:23 AM

FYI, any pads that aren't stock negatively affects the FR response of the HD600's. The least egregious ones would probably be these: https://shop.zmfheadphones.com/products/zmf-hd6xx-earpads

frobroj t1_irnx82u wrote on October 9, 2022 at 6:22 PM

Never had 600s but IMO this is a subjective thing. Had absolutely cheap amazon pads that positively affected my 6XXs. Note had to mod to fit of course. Definitely should watch videos about pad swapping on those specific cans and how different materials lean when it comes to FR. Find something that leans the way you personally want the sound to go. As u/Hdjekso says ZMF makes Fantastic pads and while I haven't used them on the sennis I do have the perforated lambskin universe on my Open Alphas. They are great pads for those cans. Good luck in your hunt. To me the pad swap journey is the fun part. Though you can drop a lot of dough on pads if you aren't careful.

RB181 t1_irm6dr4 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 9:23 AM

I'm curious about those Dekoni pads. Which variant are you using, and how do they affect the sound?

StanGenchev t1_irm774m wrote on October 9, 2022 at 9:36 AM

Yeah, the 600 caused me a lot of pain and nausea just from a few minutes of wearing. Dekoni pads are thicker but they will not solve the issue with the clamp force (if you experience that one as well). In my case, nothing I did fixed the issue, so I ended up selling them.

delskioffskinov t1_irlvd5z wrote on October 9, 2022 at 6:55 AM

Yeah! the Dekoni pads will stop that happening! I bought my Dekoni's about 4 weeks ago and the difference is night and day. They are expensive in the UK (70 pounds) but totally worth the money!

RB181 t1_irm6e0i wrote on October 9, 2022 at 9:24 AM

I'm curious about those Dekoni pads. Which variant are you using, and how do they affect the sound?

delskioffskinov t1_irq0rpc wrote on October 10, 2022 at 3:54 AM

I use the half leather, half suede! The foam Dekoni use is much more dense than the senneheiser foam so even with the big clamping force of the hd600's it keeps your ears from touching the inner foam on the driver! and to be honest i havn't noticed any sound difference at all!

OkAd5422 OP t1_irnd58y wrote on October 9, 2022 at 4:11 PM

I was looking into it last night and found this video. https://youtu.be/5Uzgsv9Oa2Y

ttis12389 t1_irm9ody wrote on October 9, 2022 at 10:12 AM

I found the inner foam touching my ear nice it was soft and comfortable, but I could absolutely see hd600 clamp and it rubbing against skin causing issues for others. to effect the sound as little as possible I'd recommend being the metal on the headband to loosen the clamp to see if makes it not rub so bad, if not then on to dekoni