Buying the Open Back today. Thank you for the review!

Thank you this helped pick which one to go with!

Super helpful! I just got the closed backs and noticed the bass was SO boomy - ordering the Open Backs now :)

This helped me out a lot thanks man 💪🏼

Just bought mine. Closed back. Cant wait to try it out =)

Amazing. Just what I needed. Thank you

Great comparison, good job.

The pads are interchangeable. That was a very popular "mod" for the GSP500's, was to get the GSP600's pads and use them on the 500's. It also amps the lower frequencies up a bit (which you can tune out in EQ if you don't like that).

Great review dude. I own the closed model and to my ears they sound great. I haven't used the open model so I can't compare them, though I do own open back sennheisers. I find the bass to be tight and thumpy and hear enough clarity in the high end and don't find it harsh. Different ears and different folks I guess. Great video though 👌

Hi Ryan how are you? First of all, thank you very much. You helped me to decide to get the open back ones but I have a question: I plan to use these on my pc and its back is really far. Which extension cable is good for this headset as its cable is split into 2 (Mic & Sound) Also, do you recommend buying an amp or an external sound card with these? I do not quite understand the subject... thanks in advance :)

Hey there! Thanks for making this comparison! By the way, I have a question: does the open-back version of the headset "spit out" a lot of noise? I'm asking this since I usually play at night and I don't really want to wake up my family. Thanks in advance!

I'm looking at getting either the GSP 600 or the H6pro and wanted to know if the drivers are exactly the same in every way . What I mean is also how they were tuned. The reason I ask Is I was reading the audio graphs for the GSP 600 and I really like it however the H6pro seems way more comfortable. I use my headsets for the competitive CSGO scene as I play in leagues and my entire play style is based off of tons of micro information and so I really need that pinpoint accuracy all the time. And so I ask if ALL the audio graphs from the GSP 600 apply to the H6pro because I can't find any audio graph readings anywhere for the H6pro. Your help would be much appreciated.

Hey, thanks for the review - What about the heat generation on the ears, can you say something about that, because I've just bought the closed back ones (on sale for 70usd which was insanely cheap I thought) and I got to say, they are way too warm for my liking, after like 2 hours it almost gets unbearable. I am used to my old Sennheiser PC363D that are open back, and they are so much more comfortable compared to these. So how those the open back ones of the H6 Pro do in that regard?

The closed ones are brilliant for FPS games, just got mine and I can clearly hear steps better in Counter-Strike than before with my previous 10 year old headset

Hey Ryan what are your thoughts regarding the h6pro open vs the hd660s? I mostly game with some music occasionally

Hey Broo first thank you for the great Review awesome job so i have one question ive ordered the open one for 90€ new and im searching for the best headset for steps in counterstrike first where and how far or near is the enemy to me would you say the openone for 90€ is the best Option? Or you know a better headset for example the hyperx alpha? I only play counterstrike

Does the mic pickup the game audio if your volume is a bit too high? I am worried about getting the open backs because of it

Hello, I have the GSP600 and am considering buying this headset. just don't know openly or to. I play Battlefield, Apex Legends, stream Sim ACC, Dirt Rally 2.0. Which choice would be better open or close Greetings from Stuttgart DE ;)

Great review thanks. I am going to order the open back as I live in a "quiet" area and the sound won't disturb my girlfriend as my setup is not in the bedroom. Without your review I was going for the closed back. It helped me a lot. Thank you again.

Can you try the open backs with the other pads? They are interchangeable and they sell them on the site

So if you take the earpads from the closed headset and put them on the open headset, does that change the way it sounds or do you get best of both worlds.

I'm looking for a headset+mic for long video meetings on Zoom and Teams. Not gaming. By looking at the review the closed version seems like the better pick due to the comfort advantage over the open version. I need to be able to have them on for multiple 2-hour sessions during a work day. Probably around 6 hours a day. This product also caught my attention due to the good mic review, seems to be scoring higher than most competitors in that department too. But when you started to rip apart the audio quality on the comfy closed version I fell back into frustration. Why is it so difficult to get good audio AND good mic?! Should I be looking at other products all together for my purpose?

I run my EPOS PRO H6 and i'm using the GSX 1200 to amp up the audio and it doesn't push these headphones much louder than no amp. weird, i would have thought the lower impedence would have allowed the amp to really crank this thing louder than whats comfortable.

I have the open back and i use it everyday for both my ps5 and Xbox series S. It’s even great for listening to music. Great microphone too

Hi, I've been using game one's with sound blaster z, thinking of getting these (open back) or the HD 560's. Out of these two which one would be a better upgrade? I mainly play fps games

so the open backs have better sub bass? looking to replace my blackshark v2 x that ive tuned the shit out of with my soundblaster card and fxsound to bring the bass out

hey i saw that this headset does not support surround sound? i need a extra dac to buy for surround to work? how am i supposed to hear where people are im valorant without surround? or does this headset have 3d audio

I have a 58x and a PC38X. I’m not happy with either. I’m thinking of picking these up but I can’t decide between open and closed. I hate not hearing my own voice and surroundings but those pads look so comfy on the closed.

You are the first/only person to recommend the open over closed. That’s the one I ordered so I’m happy. I’m 50/50 gaming/music so I think the open back is perfect.

Planning to get the h6pro closed back with the GSX 1000. But having a hard time choosing between the open or closed pairs. What are your Recommendations?

So in a relatively quiet enviroment for playing CSGO or Valorant you would definately choose the openback?

Can you make the closed to open, maybe changing that part alone?

I would love to know the difference between these open and pc38x soundwise

Hi, got these but my pc integrated audio is not cutting, wanted to pair them with a Fulla 4 but they are not available in Europe, any suggestion on budget dac amp combo ?

Its the best gaming headset available imo. Great sound and beyond comfortable. It beats steel series and of course astro. But thats not difficult as astro cant find a way to keep there paint from flaking off

Have you tried to changes closed pads to open headset i was thinking to order those nice leather pads to my open headset

My H6 OPEN earmuffs have been moldy for less than 2 weeks~ Do you have any better solutions for moldy earmuffs?

For you to hear the footsteps and guns reloading in battle you have to have to a headset that is closed back. You can Eq them to make some sounds pop out more than others, but I feel as if I picked up the open back that I would hear to much background noise, so for the closed back keeping all the sound in makes you hear more sound in a way, louder sound, this isn’t a bad thing when you need to hear everything

Whats your opinion about the headphone cable? I recently bough the clowed back version and the cable makes a sound when it rubbs against my clothes. Its been driving me crazy

I genuinely have no idea what to get now, one half of people are saying that the Pc38x is better and the other half is saying that the H6 is, I even heard one review (on the h6) that as soon as they heard the music play on them it was an immediate return and that’d he’d stick to the Pc38x. But then you say it sounds like studio headphones. So I’m just stuck in this constant dilemma on what to get.

Is it better then the hyperx cloud 2? If it is, in which way? And does it have noice suppression?

Im Dumb on this topic, please be nice. I like this model, but im affraid to buy it because i cant realase what model is more confortable? Open pads or Close pads?

I''ve been interested in the H6 pros for a good while now, and I can get the open back pair with the GSX 300 sound card free of charge. My only concern is sound bleed. I've never used open back headphones before, so I don't know how bad it is. I have my PC setup right next to my fiancée. Is it something that could be distracting in any way?

Does the h6pro have noise suppression?

which is an good upgrade for the hyper x cloud alpha? do the open back have good bass compared to the alpha?

I have the h6 pro open but the ear cups give me a little discomfort in the lower part of the ear. It's a real shame as the headphones sound very good. Do you think closed h6 pros have bigger or worse ear cups? Thanks in advance

Hi, would you recommend using this on the ps5? Does the quality still hold up on a ps5? Thanks!

With the closed back version of this (i won) At full volume i can hear myself and everything else, why is this please? Listen to this device is not ticked, i have no issue with my openback headset

you mentioned comfort for closed are the open ones uncomfortable?

Are the open backs pads swappable to the close back pads

what are you using to make this headset wireless i would love to know and how bad is the latency with the Bluetooth?

If you have the volume loud does it echo in the mic. Have you had any mic echo problems

I wanna get the open backs but I'm worried a lot about audio leaking into the microphone causing an echo, does it happen ?

How to set in fps game like apex with gsx300?

What can you say: what much better between razer blackshark v2 pro or epos h6 pro? Thank you

Always go with opened back!!!

can you change the earpads between the zwo versions?

Just ordered the open back by mistake. Oh well. Feel better hearing you say you prefer them to the closed.

How's the open back sound quality compared to gsp 500/550?

the H6 PRO Openback, once you get the memory foam or memory foam cooling pads make the headset way better! still don't understand why they still use those mediocre pads that they still used with the OG GSP500.

Hi, I just picked up this headset today, but my mates say that they can hear my gameplay, youtube video etc, is there a fix?

Are the closed back ones good for music too?

So, Open Back Headset + Closed Back Earpads is the way?

how do they sound when listening to music?

hey i just got these and im really dissapointed. The sound quality sounds so cheap. I just plugged them in my pc and thats it is there anything I can do to make them sound better?

which one is best for music, open or closed?

How do you find the noise isolation of the H6 Pro, compared to most other gaming headphones?

I would spend litle extra for Beyerdynamic MMX 300

Is this worth it over the gsp 500?

How do you re attach the h6pro earpads

does anyone know why the Closed Back version is like 8 to 10 bucks more on amazon? my best guess is either material usage or the earcups

How can they be the same drivers as the GSP 500 & 600 when the frequency response for the GSP’s is 10hz to 30,000hz. H6’s are 20hz to 20,000hz. PC38X uses same drivers as GSP 500/600

Is the noice cancelling good ?

It's all based on the pc38x so yes it was designed as a openback

I prefer open because it makes you feel like you have no Headphones on.

I cannot beleive the hype around the H6 Pro's - they are not a good quality headphone by a long shot. I bought a pair and would rate them as one of the worst sounding headphones I have ever owned. Good headphones have a flat response across audible range. The H6pro have a massive bump of several dB in the upper base register which makes them sound forced and un-natural. The reason it's a problem is that if you turn them down to stop the bass overwhelming you can't hear the upper-mids and highs. A good quality headphone with a flat response would allow people to listen at much lower volume levels and actually hear more detail / information. The positional imaging from the H6 Pro while not great is acceptable and they are comfortable to wear, but that's just not enough to justify the cartoonish bass response and lack of detail. My old AKG K7's blow the H6Pro's away - and they were half the price.

Swap the ear pads, they are removable............

I bought the open backs and I am so let down I can not believe it they sound very tinny with not much base at all very underpowered again so let down I also have a epos GPS 300 headset which is awesome its so much better than the h6 pro open backs and half the price I got my h6 pro open backs for £95 Which is an absolute bargain if they were any good but there not I'd be happy paying £50 no more but the GPS 300 is worth every penny and a brilliant headset puts the h6 open backs to shame me and two sons had the same opinion so these are going back I might give the h6 closed backs a chance

UPDATE: I returned the open back H6PRO and bought Closed back. I can confirm that it is cool for games only if 1/ change the stock pads with the dekoni leather one and 2/ activate spatial audio Dolby Atmos for headphones I listen to your advise (and 100+ more reviewers too) and bought the Open back H6PRO. For a reference I already own HD598, X2HR, MMX300, TYGR 300R, Cloud Alpha, Monoprice Retro, V-moda M100. I find H6PRO Open to be one of the worst headphones that I have. I am just a regular gamer not an audiophile guy. I've tested the headphone on SoundBlaster G6, GSX 300, Fiio E10K. Highs are too hight - for example in CSGO on cs_office - when I go shoot some windows or shoot some teammate bot in the head - the sound is so harsh that it hurts. Strange that only for specific sounds it is harsh but overall the sound quality is very bad. If I lower the volume - it changes the sound dramatically and also with a lower volume I cannot hear the footsteps. In the Battlefield games again sound is so bad that it lose the magic of the beautiful music/audio in the game. I've tried different cables and different computers. Maybe the closed back may be different but I don't think so. From all of my headphones I like HD598 for music, TYGR for casual games and Monoprice Retro for the epic bass when I want fun. I wanted a headset for footsteps but this is so bad that I think to return it. Idk how everyone say it is good .. maybe mine is deffective. It is so strange, cause if I listen to music it sounds not so bad as in games.

"This headphone" The correct grammar would be "These Headphones"

These are stiff as fuck i have the open back version, i dont get it all these youtubers praising these. They just seem overpriced to me, i came from hyperx cloud which had much better sound and comfort.