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New Flagship from Audio-Technica: ATH-W3000ANV, 50th Anniversary Headphones

post #1 of 2768
10/13/11 at 8:26am
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To all the ATH fan out there, Audio-Technica has just released their new flagship headphones today: ATH-W3000ANV

their 50th Anniversary model and the top model of the W Series, with a limited production of 2000 worldwide. Price hasn't been settled yet, but don't expect them to be less than $1200. No info on their availability to the US.

FYI: http://www.phileweb.com/news/audio/201110/13/11290.html (In Japanese)

 

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Along with the headphones, HA5000ANV, a new model of headphone amplifier specially designed for the ATH-W3000ANV has also been released.

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Edited by HelloHell - 10/13/11 at 8:32am
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post #2 of 2768
10/13/11 at 9:57am

There is a thread about this in the general forum as well.
The estimated price is 100.000 yen for the headphones, launch date is 18 November.

 

Certainly the products look pretty as usual, but they don't seem all that different from the usual releases.
Which is kind of too bad in my opinion, as I was hoping for something spectacular for their 50th anniversary which is quite a milestone after all.

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post #3 of 2768
10/13/11 at 6:27pm

OMGGG... ughh.... ohhh....

 

So it's like an exposed version of the L3000?

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post #4 of 2768
10/13/11 at 7:28pm

Reminds me of my ESW10JPN, it does.

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post #5 of 2768
10/13/11 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by K_19 View Post

Reminds me of my ESW10JPN, it does.



It looks almost identical to my W11jpn...

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post #6 of 2768
10/13/11 at 10:00pm

They look nice !

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post #7 of 2768
10/14/11 at 11:09pm

OH MY GOD! I need those... Well, even that I have the money, with my luck I'll never get one. xD Could be that they're not worth the money, but they're SO PRETTY! Wonder how it's different from W1000X. If those have a new driver, then possibly much. Constructions seems much alike externally, which is of course expected.

 

EDIT: Seems like there's a chance for a pre-order at many japanese stores. I'm so close to place an order through PriceJapan.com... :O


Edited by TheOtus - 10/15/11 at 4:28am
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post #8 of 2768
10/16/11 at 6:49am

every year ATH comes out with a new headphone that looks and sounds almost exactly the same as prior models.

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post #9 of 2768
10/16/11 at 7:05am

I am curious about drivers used.

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post #10 of 2768
10/16/11 at 7:10am

Cool, but pricey. Will be interesting to hear more on these.

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post #11 of 2768
10/16/11 at 8:11am

Price is like my W2002 when they launch......

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post #12 of 2768
10/16/11 at 8:15am

Polished the wood on the W5000, and used the newer headband.  Amp is a polished wood version of the previous?

 

Looks pretty though.

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post #13 of 2768
10/16/11 at 8:44am

I guess it doesn't replace ATH-L3000.

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post #14 of 2768
10/16/11 at 10:07am

I hope it does.
 

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Originally Posted by Audio-Omega View Post

I guess it doesn't replace ATH-L3000.



 

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post #15 of 2768
10/16/11 at 2:02pm

Audio-technica still does the best looking wooden cups out there, the finish is just sublime.
I really hope they bring up their sound to the same level as their looks.

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