My wife has a pair of H6's in tan, and I am consistently impressed by them. As you say, they sound good on an iPod/iPad, really good IMO, but come alive with a better headphone amp. I have never worn a more comfortable pair of headphones, nor perhaps a more neutral set. I did have yrs ago a great set of JVC HA/D-990's, they were wonderful, but nowhere near as comfortable, and would not have been drivable at all with an iPod. I wish I still had them though to compare sonically, it's been so many yrs I can't recall their sound in detail.

I won't know of any amps with a pass thru, I get the odd catalog and as Xmas is drawing nigh am innundated, if I see any with pass thru I'll let you know.

Nice to hear Jeff. I tried the tan-edition also, which I like but it made me look like Princess Leia. The black one is a bit more discrete and thats good for me, I just want to be invisible :). 

Soundwise, also nice to hear your opinion (and Chris´s). I can't remember hearing a pair of headphones with a more true sound.

Im not sure how to pass the controller-data and mic-data but I think Apple sends this data over the extra pin + ground. Not the biggest issue but I want it :). Thanks for keeping an eye open in the catalogs! 

Has anyone tried the H6 with a BeoSound/Beomaster/Beocenter?

I am looking for a pair of good headphones for home, so I am wondering if the internal headphone amps of (classic) B&O audio products will drive them nicely, or if an outboard headphone amp will be necessary?

Thanks.

I like the princess L idea!

I saw some light coloured H6 headphones on display at John lewis in London and they'd been tried on a few times ,making them a bit grubby. They reminded me of the Ferrari headphones by Logic 3 

http://store.ferrari.com/en/home-office/logic3-audio/headphones/ferrari-cavallino-t350-audio-headphones.html

My wife went for the tan ones, how they will look as they "patina" from dirt and such I don't know, but I sure like the way they look new. I guess I'm just tired of black headphones, though that color certainly has dirt showing advantages. 

I'm not sure if Peter has commented on the H6's, but if I was "stepping up" I'd be benchmarking them against Senheisser HD600's. I'd be interested to hear Peter's comments on the H6 vs HD600, knowing he is an owner of the 600's.

I have never been a great fan of headphones - heavy, ugly, bulky, tinny sounding things useful for keeping your ears warm in winter!

Until now!

I was in the UK visiting my 25 yr old son in Birmingham a few weeks ago and we ended up looking for the B&O shop (as we all do on visits to strange places) only to find it gone - what a surprise.  So on a look around Selfridges I noticed a Beolit 12 on the shelf amongst Bose and B&W stuff and asked a great guy called 'Jonny' how come the B&O but no publicity.  We spoke for ages then he said they did have some headphones.

My son has a broken pair of Senheisser's so we looked to see what they had in Selfridges, only to be presented with a pair of H6's in a sealed glass case.  Jonny got them out for us and we tried them and my son's eyes lit up, saying a huge 'WOW' and that they were far better than his Senheissers.  I then tried them and couldn't stop smiling.

My old preconceptions of headphones evaporated.  The H6's are light yet feel robust.  So comfortable on the head that I forget I'm wearing them.  All sound from the Selfridges audio department was eliminated by the cushions and the sound was sublime.

I've now got a tan pair of my own (240£ for a new pair via eBay) and use them every day.  I've been listening to some of my favourite music which I've listened to for over 40 years on CD, vinyl, digital via an ipod and A8's and can now pick out musical detail that up to now has eluded me.  The separation of instruments on some of my live recordings is incredible, so much so that I've found that even Steve Hackett playing live does make some mistakes!  None of the music is muddied and I have to say that I don't find the volume when using an ipod too low.  If I want loud music I'll play it at home on a bigger amp set-up with some bigger speakers.  When using the headphones I want the isolation of me and my music.

With the H6's, that's what I now get.  No interference from the outside and pure, clean music to my ears.  I've just bought my son a pair in limited edition Agave Green for a Christmas present.

If you have'nt got a pair, buy some now and open up your ears.

Many thanks to Jonny in Selfridges Birmingham.  Nice, helpful guy who would like to sell some more B&O equipment.

Dave.

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Has anyone tested if the inboard headphone amp of the typical Beomaster/Beocenter/Beosound audiomasters is sufficient to drive a pair of H6 to its best?

Thanks 🙂