Well, hard to know what else you should ask for in a $200 headphone. Vocals are very natural. The 560s is lacking the resolution of higher end models (Focal), but the timbre is very natural. Really fantastic presentation. Definitely a winner, IMHO.
Iām gonna give them a good week or so, and Iāll compare to my Elear.
Impression, okay. Itās got a wide even soundstage, nice detailed treble, extended bass. All these things are new to me when it comes to sennheiser as Iām only familiar with the 600 family.
Signature is neutral bright and if anything is going to bother itāll probably be the flat bass (great quality/so so quantity) or the elevation I hear somewhere in the lower treble/upper mids.
Personally I got used to the flat bass after acclimation was achieved which actually is very full and punchy with electronic bass. The elevation I spoke of rarely bothered me but isnāt the best match for classic rock or metal.
I see the competition as things like the dt880 600 ohm and the sundara and imo the 560s competes and has itās place. I used the Asgard 3 with the internal multibit dac for these impressions. I feel like the 560s will perform closer to its potential on a 100 buck amp (liquid spark would be my rec) than either the 880 or sundara will so the 560s is potentially the easier recommendation.
Imo Itās not dethroning the 600 series headphones. I prefer it over the 600 on solid state. 650/6XX is really nice on solid state too but if youāre sticking with a budget amp maybe the 560s wins 
I agree with basically all this.
Youāre getting the wonderful Senn vocal presentation, but I feel like the 560s is a more well rounded experience than the 6XX. Iām also listening on an A3. I havenāt tried it on the BTR5 yetāwhich Iāll have to do. I did put an order in for a cheap balanced cable from China, but Iāll have to wait a while for it to get here.
Well, I am thoroughly impressed with the 560s. Iāve had the Elear for a couple of months now, and have really been enjoying it, but the Sennsā¦
Comparing them, Iād say the Elear is definitely more dynamic, and has more impact, more body to the soundā¦ The Senns are a bit cleaner, a bit sharper, more intimate vocals.
I think I may prefer the Senns if I am being honest. Seem like a great value for $200. My only real gripe is the cableāit is long and spindly and has a gigantic 1/4 to 3.5 adapter. I wish they would have included a second shorter cable that terminated in 3.5.
Listening on a Modius / A3 stack (also tried on the BTR5 and it was fine).
I picked up a pair of these a couple weeks ago, and I really like them. Probably not quite as good as the initial dms hype made them out to be, but also not mediocre like the backlash to that hype made them sound. Really natural timbre, good soundstage, and a little bright. They are also super easy to drive.
P.S. if anyone has a PS5 yet, the controllerās headphone output is way more powerful than PS4ās controller. The 560s are deafeningly loud at like 3/4 volume.
I can second this. I also have a ps5 and my th900 gets plenty loud off of the controller.
Very surprised about Zeosā take on these headphones, given how the DT880 600 ohm is on his wall.
Tl;dw He says itās way too analytical and sounds amazing only on well-recorded tracks. He fully recommends only if you have a tube amp, otherwise itās a half-recommend depending on use case.
Which means, as DMS mentioned, these headphones are perfect for music production and mixing & mastering, because they will respond very good if the producerās music is high quality and they are flat, well extended and analytical - exactly what a studio needs. Zeos probably doesnāt like analytical, but only fun headphones, which is what most people desire anyway. Heās not wrong either way that the 560s are awesome cans. I think you should consider it a full-recommendation for music producers and half-recommendation for anything else.
Definite donāt disagree with your assessment there. While I have heard neither the DT880 600 ohm nor the HD560S, I am surprised because Zeos seemed to be raving at the sheer detail the DT880 600 presented, among other things he really liked. I imagined he might like the HD560S since Iāve read itās very revealing.
Then again, he said the DT880 600 has a really wide soundstage and in the HD560S video he said the narrow soundstage of the HD560S made everything seem too āin your faceā or something. Either way I find it interesting.
Has anyone tried these against 660s? Iām curious how they compare.
Then again even with music producers itās still pretty ambiguous. Headphones like the DT880, Clear or the HD600 producers love for their neutrality and forwardness but you also see NDH20s which are a bit bassier or the DT990, an essentially V-Shaped headphones used a lot in studios. Iāve been looking for a pair strictly for music production for a while now but they vary a lot in sound signature tbh
One common denominator ig is detail retrieval?
Iāve read that the 660s is darker, more bass, weird Frequency Response. Tyll shit on em. I imagine that if you took the 560s Freq Response and flipped it upside down, youād get the 660s lol
Yeah, I feel you. Iām quite in the beginning of my journey to look for the best studio headphones, havenāt really tried HD600 or Clear yetā¦ Maybe some day I will, but so far I really like what I hear from the 560s, at least specifically detail retrieval is quite good.
This was probably the most interesting Zeos review I have watched in a while. Itās fun and all when he just goes off hyping a piece of equipment, but itās something really special when he talks about sound for more than 3 minutes. 
His perspective on āworkā and āfunā headphones was pretty interesting too.
I donāt disagree with Zeosās review. The 560s will definitely let you know if the track wasnāt recorded well. Well recorded music thoughā¦ It sounds darn good.
I just thought I would share this balanced cable I just received:
Works fine with the 560s. $13 shipped.
Just curious, do the 560s sound better with balanced cables.
Almost all headphones sound as good as unbalanced to balanced as your DAC / Amp combination allows.
Example 1:
On a rather low-power mobile device like the Fiio M11, the respective balanced outputs sound audibly more defined in the bass range, which of course is also related to the higher output power, so you can āmaybeā say that the headphones sound ābetterā.
Example 2:
The HD560s sounds noticeably āsofterā but still defined on my Ifi audio equipment than on any topping or S.M.S.L. device, since other chipsets are installed there, which are designed very differently in terms of their sound behavior.
Therefore, I would rather pay attention to which DAC / Amp with sufficient power I connect a headphone than whether I operate it balanced.
A really good tube amplifier usually only has 6.35 mm outputs and still has enough power and sound quality to fascinate people.
I donāt know if you are familiar with the Fiio Q3. Would you recommend these with the 560s.
The Fiio Q3 is such an example as I described it in with the Fiio M11.
On such devices, it makes sense to use the balanced outputs to give the headphones enough power, otherwise they will not be able to use their full sound quality.
As you can see in the photos, I connected my HD 560s to a balaced output and turned the volume up almost to full to get a good sound picture.
My personal recommendation would be the ifi xCan, which 1.) has enough power and 2.) I like the sound better than the xDuoo XD-05 Plus.
But the sound is always a question of taste!?!
What cable are you using.
