Sony MDR-V6 vs 7506

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I have both and to my ears the consumer V6 sounds much, much smoother.
The 7506's have a high end that makes my teeth rattle!!!
Anyone else have both and feel this way?
Just curious.

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"Geoff Wood" <geoff@nospam-paf.co.nz> wrote in message
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> "Stephen" <keys_n_things@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> I have both and to my ears the consumer V6 sounds much, much
>> smoother. The 7506's have a high end that makes my teeth rattle!!!
>> Anyone else have both and feel this way?
>> Just curious.
>
>
> Dunno about the V6, but my 7506s are great for editing (really show
> those harsh bits up), and for testosterone-boosting trouser flapping
> bass ( keep make me tearing them off swearing that my stereo speakers
> are shaking the house late at night - but they're not switched on).

> But most tiresome (almost to the point of unusable) for casual music
> enjoyment.


Pretty much agreed. I use HD 580s for listening for pleasure or for
evaluating actual sonic balance. If you work with 7506s, you have to know
the meaning of "translate" and be able to implement it. But that's true of
working with headphones regardless.

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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:39:46 +1300, Geoff Wood wrote:

>
> "Stephen" <keys_n_things@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>I have both and to my ears the consumer V6 sounds much, much smoother.
>> The 7506's have a high end that makes my teeth rattle!!!
>> Anyone else have both and feel this way?
>> Just curious.
>
>
> Dunno about the V6, but my 7506s are great for editing (really show those
> harsh bits up), and for testosterone-boosting trouser flapping bass ( keep
> make me tearing them off swearing that my stereo speakers are shaking the
> house late at night - but they're not switched on).

Same here.



> But most tiresome (almost to the point of unusable) for casual music
> enjoyment.

Agreed for the 7506's, but the V6's are much smoother.
BTW these are a very old set of V6's.
Must be that *vintage* cable that gives it the smooth tube sound


> geoff

If i am not mistaken, the 7506 and V6 use exactly the same transducers.

Well.. I quickly found a 7506 Exploded Parts List View.. the Driver used is p/n: 1-542-491-11 ; DRIVER (040F001P) ** It is VERY handy that you can Buy ANY piece of these, EVEN just the wee screws!!

* * And if you can believe Wikipedia it claims :

" The Sony MDR-V6 was superseded by the Sony MDR-7506 with only minor cosmetic differences and a different frequency response, such as the latter being provided with a gold plated headphone connector and a flat frequency response of 10 Hz to 20,000 Hz instead of the MDR-V6's 5 Hz to 30,000 Hz. The MDR-V6 also costs less than the MDR-7506."

Soon I'll be opening my last NOS set and comparing w/ a new set of 7506's.. but if the part are the same it leaves ONLY the Construction and Cabling to differ.. and that "fancy" Gold Plated Adapter.. Hmmmmm...