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Originally Posted by Kiyoshi
I retested the response for the ATH W5000... still has that low end roll off. They have a horrible fit. I tried pretty hard to get a good, natural placement. The only way I can somewhat assist the low end is to tighten a velcro band around the cans (which doesn't truly simulate their normal fit on your head).
As I was playing with them I also noticed a horrible resonance in the metal frame; since the frame is coupled to the cans it is very noticeable... no bueno! Personally, I think the mechanical design of the frame and fit for these headphones is sh!#$y
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Man, it's been a couple years since I had the W5000, and I'd forgotten that I did notice that horrible resonance you mention! In fact it was so bad that when I paused the CD player in the middle of playing music (moderately loud) I could hear a faint metallic ringing for around 0.5-1 seconds afterwards (from the headband, not ringing in my ears).
Your graph looks like exactly what I was hearing. I had to press the cups HARD against my face (and keep them there) - probably even much more than the force of the velcro band - to get what I felt was a decent frequency response.
I agree with your observations, these were not the headphones for me
Too bad, because they probably have very very nice drivers, and the ebony cups are very pretty.