Upcoming 660s V2?

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I’ve been looking to purchase a set Sennheiser HD660s’ and have found that up in Canada, there seems to be… difficulties getting them on Amazon. There’s a reliable Hifi Shop where I live that sells a pretty wide range of Headphones and a good website. So I go on there and I find a listing for a reasonably priced (3rd party sellers on amazon wanted 800-1000) for the pair, but it’s “coming soon.”

The website states that there is a revision of the 660s called the V2, which according to the site is gonna be exactly the same save an improved headband.

Were there problems with the 660s’ headband? I don’t really have any speculation. But it seems interesting to bring up nonetheless. I’ll probably end up waiting for them because they have the best price anywhere for them at the moment in Canada.

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I have not heard this. Are you sure it was the 660? There are no issues with the 660 headband imo, and they would not be very smart to change that

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Here is the listing for the headphones.

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Interesting. I was considering these, or the 650. A little birdie suggested I go with the 650. :thinking:

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Depends on what you like more sound signature wise

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Generally neutral/neutral-warm.

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Very very strange find my friend. I don’t know if that’s legit, and imo you would have to email senn to find out

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How much do you value midrange? And do you mind if the bass was slightly rolled off, treble too?

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Yeah. It’s weird. While I take it with a grain of salt, this store’s been around a very long time and are pretty well loved in Toronto, so I doubt they’d pull anything on anyone.

Either way, there’s a good chance I’ll wait for Amazon to have a reasonable priced pair, because there is an Amazon locker in the lobby of where I work and I can just buy them and pick them up on my way out.

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I think I may actually want a warmer sound for this particular pair. They’ll probably be handed down to my son who loves EDM.

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hd650 then would be the warmer more relaxed pair. But if you use them for edm, the 660 or 58x might be better

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I would guess that they might have added the v2 to the wrong product by accident. Must have misunderstood which was getting a new revision. It would be very unlike senn to add a v2 to anything imo

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Actually, ho le crap. That is a different headband in their pictures. They have the LR nubs on the side instead of the front of the headband

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Another source, this one has it in stock.

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Notice how the left side bumps are in different places? Top is regular 660

My 660 looks like the top

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Yeah. The coming soon thing is probably an error on their website, that’s definitely happened before. I just need to call ahead to make sure.

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That seems like the most minor ergonomic change ever. Could have been done for accessibility reasons.

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They haven’t had them available on Best Buy’s website for some time either.

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Yeah, so I would say you are safe with any 660 lol. They said everything else was the same. Think its because that your thumb might more commonly rest there first

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Has there ever been a Sennheiser headphone that kept its name even after it was significantly modified/returned? IIRC the brands that like to change a product significantly while keeping the name are Hifiman and Audeze.