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  1. Table of Contents
  2. Top
  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Comfort
    3. Controls
    4. Breathability
    5. Portability
    6. Case
    7. Build Quality
    8. Stability
    9. Headshots 1
    10. Headshots 2
    11. Top
    12. In The Box
  5. Sound
    1. Sound Profile
    2. Frequency Response Consistency
    3. Raw Frequency Response
    4. Bass Profile: Target Compliance
    5. Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance
    6. Treble Profile: Target Compliance
    7. Peaks/Dips
    8. Imaging
    9. Passive Soundstage
    10. Virtual Soundstage
    11. Weighted Harmonic Distortion
    12. Test Settings
  6. Isolation
    1. Noise Isolation - Full Range
    2. Noise Isolation - Common Scenarios
    3. Noise Isolation - Voice Handling
    4. ANC Wind Handling
    5. Leakage
  7. Microphone
    1. Microphone Style
    2. Recording Quality
    3. Noise Handling
  8. Active Features
    1. Battery
    2. App Support
  9. Connectivity
    1. Wired Connection
    2. Bluetooth Connection
    3. Wireless Connection (Dongle)
    4. PC Compatibility
    5. PlayStation Compatibility
    6. Xbox Compatibility
    7. Base/Dock
    8. PC / PS4 Compatibility
  10. Comments

Sennheiser HD 600 vs Stax SR-L300

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

Sennheiser HD 600
Stax SR-L300

Tested using Methodology v1.8

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Sennheiser HD 600 Picture
Stax SR-L300 Picture

Variants

  • HD 600 (Black)
  • SR-L300

Our Verdict

Sennheiser HD 600

Stax SR-L300

If you only care about sound, the Stax SR-L300 are better headphones than the Sennheiser HD 600 for music without low-bass. Their audio fidelity is better and more accurate. They also sound significantly more open than the Sennheiser. However, they are very flimsy and feel cheaply made. The Sennheiser are sturdier and will be more versatile due to their 1/4" TRS connection. You won't need an amp and energizer to drive these as you would need with the Stax.

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Main Differences for

Threshold 

0.10

Mixed Usage 

4.8
No major differences between these headphones for mixed usage. See full list of tests below.

Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Sennheiser HD 600 Design Picture 2
Stax SR-L300 Design Picture 2

Type  

Over-ear
Over-ear

Enclosure  

Open-Back
Open-Back

Wireless  

No
No

Transducer  

Dynamic
Electrostatic

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Comfort 
 

7.0
7.5

Comfort Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Comfort Picture
Stax SR-L300 Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.57 lbs
0.78 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

1.4 lbs
1.2 lbs

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Controls 
 

0.0
0.0

Controls Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Controls Picture
Stax SR-L300 Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

No Controls
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

No Controls
N/A

Feedback  

No Controls
N/A

Call/Music Control  

No
No

Volume Control  

No
No

Microphone Control  

No
N/A

Channel Mixing 
 

No
N/A

Noise Cancelling Control  

No
N/A

Talk-Through 
 

No
N/A

Additional Controls  

No
N/A

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Breathability 
 

7.2
4.8

Breathability After Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Breathability After Picture
Stax SR-L300 Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

3.6 °C
9.3 °C

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Portability 
 

5.4
1.1

Portability Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Portability Picture
Stax SR-L300 Portability Picture

 

7.7" (19.5 cm)
9.5"

 

6.9" (17.5 cm)
6.6"

 

3.9" (10.0 cm)
3.5"

Volume  

208.16 in³ (3,411.12 cm³)
219 in³

Transmitter Required  

No
Yes

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Case 
 

0.0
0.0

Case Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Case Picture
Stax SR-L300 Case Picture

Type  

No case
No case

 

N/A
N/A

 

N/A
N/A

 

N/A
N/A

Volume  

N/A
N/A

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Build Quality 
 

7.5
5.5

Build Quality Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Build Quality Picture
Stax SR-L300 Build Quality Picture

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Stability 
 

7.5
6.5

Stability Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Stability Picture
Stax SR-L300 Stability Picture

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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Angled Picture
Stax SR-L300 Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Side Picture
Stax SR-L300 Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Front Picture
Stax SR-L300 Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Rear Picture
Stax SR-L300 Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Top Picture
Stax SR-L300 Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 In The Box Picture
Stax SR-L300 In The Box Picture

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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Sound Profile  

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Normalization Frequency 
 

900 Hz

Bass Amount 
 

-5.6 dB
-7.19 dB

Treble Amount 
 

-0.9 dB
-0.31 dB

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Frequency Response Consistency 
 

7.6
7.2

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.47 dB
0.57 dB

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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Profile: Target Compliance 
 

6.1
6.0

Bass  

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Bass Profile: Target Compliance  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

7.8 dB
5.36 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

61.69 Hz
59.07 Hz

Low Bass 
 

-11.15 dB
-11.25 dB

Mid Bass 
 

-3.33 dB
0.24 dB

High Bass 
 

0.57 dB
0.68 dB

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Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance 
 

9.6
9.3

Mid  

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Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

0.62 dB
0.96 dB

Low Mid 
 

0.57 dB
0.41 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

-0.03 dB
0.69 dB

High Mid 
 

0.83 dB
1.09 dB

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Treble Profile: Target Compliance 
 

8.7
8.9

Treble Profile: Target Compliance  

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Treble  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

2.09 dB
2.32 dB

Low Treble 
 

-0.23 dB
-1.15 dB

Mid Treble 
 

-1.85 dB
2.01 dB

High Treble 
 

-4.26 dB
-1.54 dB

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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.9
7.1

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks/Dips Graph 
 

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Peaks 
 

1.15 dB
2.03 dB

Dips 
 

1.64 dB
1.13 dB

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Imaging 
 

8.6
8.8

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.18
0.41

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

4.41
4.2

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.92
0.02

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.76
1.53

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Passive Soundstage 
 

7.3
8.3

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

2.91 dB
2.09 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

2.43 dB
4.73 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

9.21 dB
11 dB

Openness 
 

9.1
9.9

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

8.6
9.1

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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Sennheiser HD 600 Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No

Room Ambience 
 

No

Head Tracking 
 

No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

8.9
7.7

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.068
0.171

WHD @ 100 
 

0.083
0.182

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Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

No Firmware

Power 
 

Passive

Connection 
 

Wired

Codec 
 

PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ

ANC 
 

No ANC

Tip/Pad 
 

Default

Microphone 
 

No Microphone

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Isolation

Noise Isolation - Full Range 
 

1.9
0.5

Noise Isolation - Full Range Graph  

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Noise Cancelling  

No
No

Overall Attenuation 
 

-4.34 dB
-0.21 dB

Isolation Audio 
 

Bass 
 

0.09 dB
-0.03 dB

Mid 
 

1.05 dB
1 dB

Treble 
 

-15.64 dB
-1.44 dB

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Noise Isolation - Common Scenarios 
 

1.7

Noise Isolation - Common Scenarios Graph  

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Airplane Noise Attenuation 
 

-3.06 dB

Airplane Noise Isolation Audio 
 

Office Noise Attenuation 
 

-3.15 dB

Office Noise Isolation Audio 
 

Street Noise Attenuation 
 

-3.11 dB

Street Noise Isolation Audio 
 

Noise Isolation - Voice Handling 
 

Female Voice 1 
 

Male Voice 1 
 

Female Voice 2 
 

Male Voice 2 
 

ANC Wind Handling 
 

ANC Wind Handling Graph  

Sennheiser HD 600 ANC Wind Handling Graph

ANC Wind Noise 
 

N/A

Leakage 
 

1.6
0.8

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

63.75 dB
66.61 dB

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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

No
N/A

In-Line 
 

No
N/A

Boom 
 

No
N/A

Detachable Boom 
 

No
N/A

Mic  

No
No

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Recording Quality 
 

0.0
0.0

Microphone Frequency Response  

Sennheiser HD 600 Microphone Frequency Response
Stax SR-L300 Microphone Frequency Response

Recorded Speech 
 

N/A
N/A

LFE 
 

N/A
N/A

FR Std. Dev. 
 

N/A
N/A

HFE 
 

N/A
N/A

Weighted THD 
 

N/A
N/A

Gain 
 

N/A
N/A

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Noise Handling 
 

0.0
0.0

SpNR  

Sennheiser HD 600 SpNR
Stax SR-L300 SpNR

SpNR 
 

N/A
N/A

Noise Gate 
 

No

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

N/A

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

N/A
N/A

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

N/A

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

N/A
N/A

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Active Features

Battery 
 

0.0
0.0

Battery Type 
 

No Battery
N/A

Continuous Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Additional Charges 
 

N/A
N/A

Total Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Charge Time 
 

N/A
N/A

Power-Saving Feature 
 

No
N/A

Audio While Charging 
 

No
N/A

Passive Playback 
 

Passive Headphone
N/A

Charging Port  

None
N/A

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App Support 
 

0.0
0.0

App Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 App Picture
Stax SR-L300 App Picture

App Name  

No App
N/A

iOS  

No
N/A

Android  

No
N/A

macOS  

No
N/A

Windows  

No
N/A

Equalizer 
 

No
N/A

ANC Control 
 

No
N/A

Mic Control  

No
N/A

Room Effects 
 

No
N/A

Playback Control 
 

No
N/A

Button Mapping  

No
N/A

Surround Sound  

N/A

Surround Support 
 

No

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Connectivity

Wired Connection 
 

9.9
9.0

Cable Picture  

Sennheiser HD 600 Cable Picture
Stax SR-L300 Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable 
 

Yes
No

Length 
 

9.84 ft (3.00 m)
7.9 ft

Connector 
 

1/8" TRS
5-pin Pro

Latency - Analog 
 

0.2 ms

Latency - USB 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

Recorded Latency Connection  

Analog

Wired Latency 
 

0 ms

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Bluetooth Connection 
 

0.0
0.0

Bluetooth Version 
 

No Bluetooth
N/A

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

No
N/A

NFC Pairing 
 

N/A

Quick Pair (Android) 
 

No

Quick Pair (iOS) 
 

No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - SBC 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - aptX 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (High Quality) 
 

N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (Low Latency) 
 

N/A

Latency - LDAC 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency Codec  

No Bluetooth Audio

AAC Support 
 

No

aptX(LL) Latency 
 

N/A

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Wireless Connection (Dongle) 
 

0.0
0.0

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - Dongle 
 

N/A
N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

N/A

PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio Only

Wired USB 
 

No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

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PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio Only

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

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Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio Only

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

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Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

No Base/Dock
N/A

USB Input 
 

No
N/A

Line In 
 

No
N/A

Line Out 
 

No
N/A

Optical Input 
 

No
N/A

RCA Input 
 

No
N/A

Dock Charging 
 

No
N/A

Power Supply 
 

No Base/Dock
N/A

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PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC / PS4 Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

PC / PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PC / PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

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SR-L300
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SR-L300
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SR-L300
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Sennheiser HD 600

Stax SR-L300

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