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Specifications
Type: Dynamic type
Driver Unit: phi 30mm, neodymium magnet
Playback frequency zone : 12 - 23,000Hz
Impedance: 32 ohms
Largest input: 100mW
Output overpressure value: 102dB/mW
Plug: phi 3.5 gold-plating stereo mini
Cord/code length: 1.2m (Y type)
Weight: 38g
Just got myself the new ATH-ON3, so I guess I will share some picture and a little of my initial impression to y'all. One thing you will notice immediately is the vivid color used, but it is by no mean just another good looking but poor sounding 'phone. The one I have is lime green with wooden brown pad.
The ONTO seamless headband works really well. It seems really weak at first but it does hold it shape when I wear it. However metal can still be twisted (and ruined) quite easily and therefore no suitable to be putted into backpack.
The outer housing has a piano finish much like the Panasonic RP-HTX7. It is quite shiny but as prone to fingerprint and stretch. One of my complaint is the lack of carrying pouch, but since ON3 is priced quite low so I can't expect much. It is about US$8.3 (1000Yen) in Japan, and I got it for ~3/5 of the price of a KCS75 in Singapore.
The earpad used on ON3 is similar to that of PX200 (only smaller). I must say the color is simply wonderful The isolation of this 'phone is also enough for me to enjoy Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing undisturbed on a speeding train on a mid/high volume setting.
The design and sound quality of ON3 remind me of PX200, except ON3 is 6 times cheaper. Sound wise, ON3 is muddier (on mid and bass) and roll off earlier than PX200 at the low end (and a little on the high end). However ON3 do have a fuller mid range which generally will draw listener attention from the slightly weaker bass (compare to PX200). One of the plus side of ON3 is the weight, it is much lighter than PX200 and I didn't feel like wearing a headband at all.
For such as low price, ON3 pretty much beats every other closed headband/clip-on 'phone on its price/performance ratio (especially when you compare it to those Sony and Panasonic clip-on). If you are looking for cheap, good sounding 'phone with isolation, ON3 is probable the best choice out there. On an extra note, ON3 is also glasses friendly too
Nice review. I have the PX 200, so its nice that you used them for the comparison.
I'm a bit confused, did you say you can twist the headband up for storage?
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These are certainly the crazy bargain for the equivalent of US$8.3 in Japan! I got my brown ones for US$33.28 shipped from Bluetin. IMO the ATH-ON3 has a lot in common sonically with the ATH-EW9 woodie clip-ons. I'd disagree with ClieOS only in that the ON3 provides little isolation on my ears.
iPod nano 4GB -> SiK ram din -> XIN SuperDual -> Altec Lansing iM716 Better than a portable has any right to sound...
Originally Posted by invisiblegun
I keep my headphones in anal-like conditions
Originally Posted by familyman
well highs mean high powered bass, BOMM i mean BOOM, and mids mean the middle of the song, "man these headphones have great mids" = "these headphones make the middle of the song sound great" and lows are when the headphone stops satisfying you and you don't have enough money for a new pair, those are the lows.
Member of the Trade: Rudistor Sound Systems US/Canada Proved that despite its huge size, the CD3000 can be shoved down one's throat.
Any comparison with the Portapros???
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Neutrality, accuracy? OK, just ask yourself first: Do you know for sure how the recording is supposed to sound? So for me euphony is all about!!! Please do yourself a favor, stop listening your gear, and begin to feel the music instead!!!
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Proved that despite its huge size, the CD3K can be shoved down one's throat...
And how about now the Ultrasone Edition 9?
EQUIPO HEAD-FI HISPANO: DILE ADIOS A TUS AHORROS!!!
Never hear a Portapro before, but if it is anything resembles a KSC75 than ON3 will no sound as good (just on the fact that ON3 is a closed 'phone)... than again, ON3 does has better isolation (obviously).
Audio Technica ATH-ON3 [Pictorial + Impression]
The isolation of this 'phone is also enough for me to enjoy Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing undisturbed on a speeding train on a mid/high volume setting. 
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