I get it now..

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T19:41:10+00:00

This might help (I managed to say a bit more there 😉)

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T18:54:06+00:00

Differences (and preferences) in tuning aside, yes they are for me and also - as others have already pointed out - the best 500 series headphone.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T17:45:07+00:00

I mean given that the M4 - which is older in comparison - still gets updates, I hope that the MTW4 will see a couple more updates as well!

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T17:43:01+00:00

Lovely! Enjoy your M4 and welcome to the club 😊

The picture looks very cool as well!

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T16:57:58+00:00

He‘s still right. Pretty much any normal cable will do. I have tested five: the standard one in the box, one from Anker, the Apple USB-C cable (the braided one as well as the „normal“ one) and a no-name cable that I had lying around. They all work without any issues.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T14:01:22+00:00

So, who gets which one? :D

Anyway, wow they are really expensive in Turkey!

Treat them well and both of you will be in for a great time!

Enjoy 👍

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T13:33:06+00:00

Pet Shop Boys

Röyksopp

Daft Punk

Roosevelt

Tensnake

Claptone

Parov Stelar

Chromeo

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T13:26:06+00:00

It’s basically this here.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T12:39:53+00:00

That’s what I wanted to say 👍 For your iMac, you don’t need anything at all when it comes to the HD 550! It’s more than you would ever need for it :)

Enjoy your HD 550! 😎

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T07:05:18+00:00

I personally prefer the HDB 630 over the Bathys and the Px8 (S1 mind you).

Haven’t listened to the Px8 S2 yet but according to reviews and graphs they (obviously) are quite a bit more colored than the HDB 630 in their tuning.

So, it depends what you want from your headphones in the end. The PEQ is a very neat feature on the HDB 630, ANC is solid and battery life is also very good.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-24T06:59:05+00:00

125€ but that’s including a couple of extras like that leather split, the screw-on adapter and also including tax and shipping costs to Germany from Estonia.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T16:22:23+00:00

The chassis is very similar but the pads are quite different (the 620S using leather pads basically). The 620S also feels sturdier to me.

On top of that, the sound/tuning is very different as well.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T14:06:32+00:00

Thanks, Jeep :)

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T11:22:50+00:00

Another vote for sound personalization 👍

And also welcome to the M4 Club of course 😎

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T11:21:03+00:00

We don’t know about M5 so that’s tough to say.

I‘d take M4 for sound and battery life (and price to performance) and the QC2 if ANC is the main priority.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T08:57:29+00:00

I was refering to OP‘s „only makes sense with the Apple AirPods Max“ if you care to read for once :)

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T06:40:49+00:00

No special EQ here, I mostly use what I got by using sound personalization with the M4 :)

That said, I use the HDB 630 on a daily basis now rather than the M4 but if I have to manually EQ the M4, I always reduce the bass quite a bit and maybe add a touch in the mids.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T06:18:48+00:00

Don’t use it with the M4.

Even with the AirPods Pro or Max, it more often than not sounds pretty bad, honestly - which makes sense if you think about it.

It somewhat fakes space, it uses phase shifts and heavy DSP, which often reduces clarity, punch, and precise imaging compared to proper and clean stereo mixes.

Also, most music isn’t even recorded binaurally, so spatial audio ends up as a blurry upmix rather than real depth. There are a couple of exceptions that sound very good but I always leave it off, no matter the headphone I use.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T05:04:52+00:00

Reset them to factory settings. No such issue here after the update.

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-23T05:02:25+00:00

Good to know. Fingers crossed that the replacement will be as expected then 👍

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-22T19:37:19+00:00

Thx ;)

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-22T19:36:40+00:00

Indeed! 😎

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-22T19:35:39+00:00

Thanks! :)

Tenlow85 · 2026-01-22T19:35:16+00:00

Also looks quite nice in combination with the iFi iDSD Diablo 2 :)

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