The NEW ATH-ES700.. - Page 6

I found out that my package is still with the LA customs..The problem is it seems LA customs has a nasty habit of holding onto EMS shipments from over seas as long as they want. They had my package since the 16th..So I have my fingers crossed that my ES700 will somehow eventually will find their way to me.

Out of box. These things sound brilliant. These do have a nice clamp from open box. The top band is a thinner piece of metal for the headband. So these will go on some books. Sound wise..I will write some impressions soon.

I am very impressed with this sound.. It has a real nice clean smooth high quality energetic sound to them. But I don't consider these bright for AT. It has spectacular clarity and detail in the sound.. Yet crazy smooth at the same time.. I am completely surprised how great these things sound..More soon. 

The apparent level of tuning on these cans are exceptional. These don't have a boxed in sound from them at all. Some type of trickery but the sound has a touch of air to it and has a solid amount of stage for portables. Surprising amount of depth and stage on these cans. Very surprising.  Passive isolation is above average for portables.. Could be better but music even with low volumes will shut out most of outside noise.

To think this is the sound out of the box..The tuning and the way this headphone sounds..These headphones only come 2nd to my AD900X in sound already. That my friends is a surprise right out the box.. The highs do seem to show some forwardness that is standard AT issue but what is surprising is how controlled the sound is and the stage on these cans are very surprising. I don't see vents anywhere. The stage is a medium level but it almost sounds more spacious than that.. I keep on looking at the cups..The sound is full bodied and over all sound has a real nice range to it..The smoothness is what gets me. The highs have a real nice level of clarity and extension with no roll off or spikiness I can detect. Not bright or harsh in any way... And this is out of box. No burn in. I have to admit I was stressing quite a bit about the package but it was all worth it. To get these... I can imagine some of ATs nice high end closed cans being like these..These have the smoothness, natural balance, detail level,. The sound is something you can be proud of at the same time having the looks to cap it off.. Very nice set of cans for on the go. Style like none before it... The clamp has loosened already quite a bit from open box. They have just the right amount of clamp on my head now..

The bass end of these cans are marvelous. IT is the tight full bodied when called for and very refined. Heck the whole sound is highly refined. As nice as the HA-S500s are and they have been fun.. These are a very nice upgrade to them.  It has the right combination of smoothness, refinement, clarity, tonality, solid toned bass perfection w very nice extension and texture..Vocals on these cans are only second to my AD900X. Musical presentation surrounds you with a very refined sound. I can see myself grabbing for these over many full sized cans I own let alone portables..None of my portables sound like these or come close..

I am burning them in stretched like this.. The headband remind me quite a bit of the M-80 headband. It is pliable meaning you can bend them out. I stretched the headband out and they have loosened up much more so..I know on ears is not the cups of choice for most but I am convinced to get this type of sound from these cans for a full sized version will cost considerably more for similar sound tuning from AT.. These sound better than my A900X closed cans and is almost there with the AD900X. Surprising.. AT is using all their know how in these cans. In other words the sound tuning of these cans vs something like a UE6000. These cans leave them behind in SQ for much less than them..