Denon D2000/D5000, MD2000/MD5000 Appreciation Thread! - Page 162

Great - get'em while you can...

Hey guys so I've been using my D2000 through my E17 for the past year now and now I'm looking for the next step. I love the Denon sound signature and was wondering would it be worth it to get a pair of D5000 for around $500 and send my D2000 to Lawton Audio to get it to maybe a LA2000-lite? I listen to mostly trance, hiphop, r&b but also love acoustic and alternative rock. Thanks for the help.

Which portable amp would be able to properly drive a D5000? I'm currently looking at the E17, but haven't really looked further & thought I might make some use of the expertise of you guys ;)

Budget would be about 150$

The O2 is great with the D5ks, I like it much more then the E17 with them. I am not a big O2 fan, but it makes the D5k sound clean and tight.

I currently solely use an iPod nano 3g as source & dac & amp. But seeing as I'm getting the D5000's,

would it be better to only take the amping part away from the iPod (eg. O2, also just read about FiiO's E12 and it looks sexy)

or should I lift both the task of DAC & amp to another portable device ?

I'd skip buying the d5000s and get Lawton to mod your d2000s.

I'd rather DIY Lawton's mod first at least.

I did the Lawton mod myself. It was easy to do. I did buy the JMoney pads though.

So what are the differences between doing the Lawton mod on the D2000 compared to the D5000 as both of you seem to own the D5000 in your guy's signatures lol.

The drivers in the d2000 and d5000 are he same. If you change the cups to lawton cups why start with the more expensive d5000. I bought my d5000 at dealer cost and didn't know if I was going to mod them. In retrospect wish I had bought the d2000 and the better Lawton cups.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE my denon's. But wish I had the sexier Lawton cups. I did recently dent one of the stock cups. That's excuse to order lawtons right?

Well the lawton cups + mods might be already worth what a D5000 would worth over even exceeding it. The resale value of a LA2000 versus a D5000, on the other hand hmm... So that's one thing you could consider

 

Also purely aesthetics wise, I like the Denon stock D5k or 7k cups both more than the Lawton ones, :P

 

 

Me to..

So sound wise if I do decide to Lawton mod my D2000 what will they exactly do? Bring out the mids more and make the highs less sparkly? I would like to keep the bass that the D2000 has and maybe widen the soundstage? Will modding them help me accomplis these things? Haha thanks.

Would it be more beneficial to go for a LA2000 or possibly get a D7000 for $700? The upgrades themselves would cost around $500 so I was wondering what would have the better sound quality and value?

Once again, you can diy markl mod on the d7k if you aren't satisfied by it, but if you took it the other way around it would be hard to sell the la2000