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post #1651 of 1661
3/25/12 at 5:55pm
No. 11 is here.

I have these babies for about two weeks and I'm really enjoying their emotional and forward vocal presentation. Jpop is sounding brilliant on them.

Although, they can be quite annoyingly bright on the upper mids for laying back on a sofa. I've decided to go W3000 with HA5000. They sound really close.
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post #1652 of 1661
3/29/12 at 4:28pm
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Originally Posted by alchemyalice View Post

No. 11 is here.
I have these babies for about two weeks and I'm really enjoying their emotional and forward vocal presentation. Jpop is sounding brilliant on them.
Although, they can be quite annoyingly bright on the upper mids for laying back on a sofa. I've decided to go W3000 with HA5000. They sound really close.


Where are the ESW10JPN available for purchase?
 

 

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post #1653 of 1661
3/29/12 at 4:37pm



 

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Where are the ESW10JPN available for purchase?
 

 


out of production years ago... only seen one pair up for sale in the classified last year and that one has a broken headband... it's almost impossible to get a pair now.. the people who have them aren't going to give them up anytime soon... and if they do give them up.. lots of people are after these for their collections..
 

 

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post #1654 of 1661
3/29/12 at 5:06pm



 

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out of production years ago... only seen one pair up for sale in the classified last year and that one has a broken headband... it's almost impossible to get a pair now.. the people who have them aren't going to give them up anytime soon... and if they do give them up.. lots of people are after these for their collections..
 

 



Do they have better sound than the ESW9?  I know the Audio-Technica ATH-ES10JPN has stellar looks!

 

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post #1655 of 1661
3/29/12 at 5:19pm
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Do they have better sound than the ESW9?  I know the Audio-Technica ATH-ES10JPN has stellar looks!

 


not an owner of either... can't say.. but AT's sound quality is usually proportional to the look... there should be lots of comparisons... just buried...
 

 

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post #1656 of 1661
3/30/12 at 3:37am

I have owned the ESW9 twice and still own the ESW10JPN and I believe the JPN is better almost as good as the W5000 and UE9 that I owned at the same time.

 

The JPNs are great little headphones.  I sent them to Purrin for testing and the test is up on his site.

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post #1657 of 1661
3/30/12 at 9:22pm
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I have owned the ESW9 twice and still own the ESW10JPN and I believe the JPN is better almost as good as the W5000 and UE9 that I owned at the same time.

 

The JPNs are great little headphones.  I sent them to Purrin for testing and the test is up on his site.


I still have my ESW10JPN and I liked them more than my ATH-AD2000 with balanced Canare headphone cable that I had at the time.  

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post #1658 of 1661
3/31/12 at 11:28am
Since the happy owners seem to be weighing in, I'm still absolutely enjoying my ESW10JPN's and find them to be my ideal work phone. They're way easier to take off and put around the neck quickly than my other phones like the JH13, and the sound is fantastically clear. <3
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post #1659 of 1661
4/9/13 at 5:19pm

So, I was foolish enough to sell these off a few months ago, but recently re-acquired them from another head-fi'er. smily_headphones1.gif  There were few reasons why I sold them off initially, and that was 1) these were way too nice to take outdoors and 2) not comfortable enough (on ear and all) for long term for indoor use either, kind of leaving them in middle of nowhere. But recently, I started suffering from sore jaw due to overusage of around-ear headphones (I have a mild case of TMJ, making me extra sensitive to these things), putting me in need of an on-ear. And since I always though these were perfect sound wise, I saw fit to acquire them once again as my late night indoor headphone... good bonus being that they're closed back (not that they isolate much, but they do isolate more than open headphones for sure).  And they're actually plenty comfortable enough for listening for 1-2 hour or so, which is usually my average listening session anyway.

 

They're getting rarer and rarer now, so it's good thing I got them before they reached a R10-like rarity status... get them while you can I'd say. To my ears, these are the best closed-back on-ear headphones out there still sound wise (admitting haven't tried the ESW11 though).  

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post #1660 of 1661
5/5/13 at 10:52pm

I'm still lovin' my ESW10JPN. I think I purchased them in 2008.

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post #1661 of 1661
5/5/13 at 10:54pm

I have gotten rid all my on-ear headphones. But I would consider these if I could only find a good pair at a decent price!

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