Audioengine HD6

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HD6 possesses an extremely delicate and eye-catching appearance with a real wood-like shell. Users can also choose when buying with three colors: black satin, cherry, and walnut. Inside the HD6 are a 5.5-inch Kevlar woofer and a 1-inch dome tweeter. The left speaker will be integrated with a 75-watt Class-AB power amplifier for both speakers, along with inputs and an RCA jack to connect to the subwoofer. The HD6’s DAC Optical input will support 24-bit/192 kHz signal processing. Behind the speaker is a small antenna to catch Bluetooth aptX when streaming music from a smartphone or laptop. There is also a volume knob on the left speaker, but you will rarely have to use it, and there is an included remote control for basic music playback tasks.

I have a few things to say to readers about the sound quality: DON’T TRY TO TAKE THE HD6 CLEAR BREAKING AWESOME. Just opened it out of the box; I listened to the HD6 with the Schiit Bifrost Multibit DAC and the HD6’s optical Input, the speaker gave a slightly cloudy sound, and the bass was so redundant that it made the voice buzz. After burning in for about 100 hours, the HD6’s sound quality progressed quite well and was far different from when it was unboxed. All this is because the HD6’s kevlar driver is too hard, the moving mass of the rubber rim is also large, so it takes time to achieve the necessary excursion. According to my review, The sound quality of HD6 before and after burn-in is completely different, as if it is closing, then gradually unfolding, and finally fully expanding. I don’t see too much difference between adding a Bifrost Multibit as a discrete DAC and using the HD6’s built-in DAC; maybe through BimB, the sound has a bit more internal power and mid-bass. I listened to it and experienced enough games with this HD6; I realized its 8th end power cord was a pretty tight bottleneck. I tried plugging in the Nordost Purple Flare, and the sound was great; the bass was much bouncing and powerful, deep and tight texture while the midrange is clear, overall much brighter.

The overall sound quality of the HD6 and other speakers from Audioengine is a bit thick in the upper-bass and low-mid ranges. According to the above set-up, when I listen to Jazz, Blue, and Classic Rock, I find the HD6 has very good internal power when performing tracks with contra-bass flips like taking Five, The Autumn Leaves, and Ballad of Runaway Horse. The husky low, mid sound of Neil Diamond or Andy William in the Shadow of Your Smile version has a good thickness, is slow to fly, and has many colors, creating a pleasant feeling. Following some upper-bass songs like Getting Lucky by Daft Punk, the bass line kept the beat well and didn’t slow down, but then I continued to hit a few EDM versions of Afrojack, and it seemed that the HD6 couldn’t keep up with the music.

HD6 provides very loud sound quality with a very wide, deep soundstage. However, putting two speakers in parallel positions will show the voice, singing, and instruments at a good level. That is also a feature of AudioEngine speakers. I will show you this way. In my experience, speakers from hi-end to hi-fi that use a silk treble dome like this HD6 have a narrow dispersion angle of mid and treble. So if you rotate the speaker about 10-15 degrees apart, the mid and treble will become more prominent and give a much more reasonable soundstage and sound. I rotated it to 15 degrees, the female midrange and treble became more solid and energetic, ticking, and I noticed one thing that is added to the overall pitch of the song. The HD6’s bass is also very deep. It seems to be more than the 50Hz mark recorded in its configuration parameters if your position is a bit close to the back wall, providing a “good” experience when watching action movies with lots of fire scenes or car chases.

Compared to the HD6 with a combo of $2200 that I currently have. The Neat SX3 with the Rogue Audio Sphinx V2 amplifier and the HD6 almost cut the SX3 beautifully in the bass’s body, extension, and eloquence. The low-mid of the HD6 is thicker, warmer, and easier to listen. The high-mid is also not as high and soaring as the SX3. SX3 or Neat’s loudspeakers, or does it have some wrong recording, loudness in the midrange is that it sings as if the singer is trying to “roar” in his face. So I think HD6 has a very good advantage for multi-use and multi-genre music needs.

When it comes to clarity and space, the HD6 is a bit far behind. Because Neat’s inverted-tweeter is too good, and Neat’s mid-bass driver is also a bad thing, and it’s equal to a built-in amplifier in the form of a bear, so it’s better to compare, but it doesn’t sound better could be better.

The strongest point that can be mentioned of the HD6 is its proximity and ease of use, with a beautiful design, so you can put it in the bedroom or office and listen to music when relaxing. Its price of about $700, this is too good, and you don’t have to worry about what speakers, what amp, what DAC, buy the HD6 and plug it in. If you have enough money, get another Nordost Purple Flare, add it, you won’t regret it.

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