dreamwhisper
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listening impressions:
DAC: EMU 0404 PCI (unless otherwise stated)
Amp: Gilmore Lite
HD650 was used with my Corda Aria, EMU-0404 and Darkvoice 332, Lavry DA10 & Balanced Beta 22 not volume matched with other headphones
AD2000 has had 100 hours burn in
and w11 jpn is 10 years old and I assume well burnt in
audiotechnica's were volume matched approx.
AD2000 v. HD650
With electronic music the AD2000 tells HD650, that I'm your daddy, and the HD650 tells him to watch her shake her booty.
AD2000 looks upon this gratuitous exposition with calm and concise bass control.
The AD2000 is a perfectionist.
and wants you to hear the mids with a hand-held magnifying glass.
The HD650 has a magnifying glass of its own, focused on its bass, and even when run balanced the bass still sounds gratuitous with electronic music and the frequent heavy bass accompanying it.
However, when the HD650's play acoustic anything music, the sound is quite spectacular.
Not so with electric guitar, when the ball is back in AD2000's camp with a shredder's paradise midrange and nightmarishly fast percussion and taught bass supporting the mids.
Example - Tool - Jambi. Revel in the glory of the slicing guitars.
The soundstage on the Ad20000 is now with a starter amp and a crap source feels more believable than the HD650s soundstage.
I' not taking about depth or width. I can't remember what those were like.
But the air in the soundstage of the AD2000 makes it more believable.
When listening to Talpa - Moronic Evil (rmx) I had the impression there was a piano in front of me. And I look for it.
Although I know that the bass on my EM0404 is sloppy as all hell.
With the Bel Canto DAC3,
When listening to Vibesquad - Snagglepuss
with the AD2000s I can really feel the bass impact and the mids and highs are fuzzy and warmish.
at first I didn't hear much warmth with the Bel Canto DAC3, but it's burning my ears in with that.
the music is also colored by the AD2000's tendency for forward mids.
W11 JPN
w11 jpn create a zone in my music where I don't need to analyze it.
It almost puts me in a trance, especially with music that I know.
Listening to Shpongle - Levitation Nation
However, the sounds blend together from a combination of high detail retrieval from the w11jpn as well as my EMU's poor transient reproduction. bad source. baad.
It really is stunning how things pop in and out of existence in the midrange of the w11jpn. It is the kind of magic that was hinted at with the HD650, and still not present when ran balanced. It is the complete evolution.
The mids aren't just to die for, they kill me. and everything sounds natural. Like I would imagine listening to a good vinyl rig would be like. Effortlessly breathing music into the air. Juicier music than with DT880, HD650, W5000.
the midbass/low mids on the W5000 aren't as present, which is essential for me in forming a cohesive sound structure.
The W5000 when underdriven (not having their own dedicated rig) are more fragmented into different sections like that.
W5000 is airier than w11 jpn and more focused on the higher mids. Which sounds great as well.
Both headphones sound best in their own rig, and I would say the W5000 needs it the most.
I didn't get a chance to hear the W11 JPN at their best...
AD2000 and w11 jpn are totally different approaches to audio. AD2000 is a detail freak and w11 jpn smooth-talks you into not really caring about detail.
They both have their place in someone's collection.
The AD2000's simply have more air. And for me that means more believability.
Which is why as I listen to Diana Krall, with the Bel Canto and AD2000 I'm having a hard time leaving to go to the post office to mail off my W11 JPNs.
...arrgh now thisl:
Amazon.com: La Rosa: MP3 Downloads: Aquila
Cya later
DAC: EMU 0404 PCI (unless otherwise stated)
Amp: Gilmore Lite
HD650 was used with my Corda Aria, EMU-0404 and Darkvoice 332, Lavry DA10 & Balanced Beta 22 not volume matched with other headphones
AD2000 has had 100 hours burn in
and w11 jpn is 10 years old and I assume well burnt in
audiotechnica's were volume matched approx.
AD2000 v. HD650
With electronic music the AD2000 tells HD650, that I'm your daddy, and the HD650 tells him to watch her shake her booty.
AD2000 looks upon this gratuitous exposition with calm and concise bass control.
The AD2000 is a perfectionist.
and wants you to hear the mids with a hand-held magnifying glass.
The HD650 has a magnifying glass of its own, focused on its bass, and even when run balanced the bass still sounds gratuitous with electronic music and the frequent heavy bass accompanying it.
However, when the HD650's play acoustic anything music, the sound is quite spectacular.
Not so with electric guitar, when the ball is back in AD2000's camp with a shredder's paradise midrange and nightmarishly fast percussion and taught bass supporting the mids.
Example - Tool - Jambi. Revel in the glory of the slicing guitars.
The soundstage on the Ad20000 is now with a starter amp and a crap source feels more believable than the HD650s soundstage.
I' not taking about depth or width. I can't remember what those were like.
But the air in the soundstage of the AD2000 makes it more believable.
When listening to Talpa - Moronic Evil (rmx) I had the impression there was a piano in front of me. And I look for it.
Although I know that the bass on my EM0404 is sloppy as all hell.
With the Bel Canto DAC3,
When listening to Vibesquad - Snagglepuss
with the AD2000s I can really feel the bass impact and the mids and highs are fuzzy and warmish.
at first I didn't hear much warmth with the Bel Canto DAC3, but it's burning my ears in with that.
the music is also colored by the AD2000's tendency for forward mids.
W11 JPN
w11 jpn create a zone in my music where I don't need to analyze it.
It almost puts me in a trance, especially with music that I know.
Listening to Shpongle - Levitation Nation
However, the sounds blend together from a combination of high detail retrieval from the w11jpn as well as my EMU's poor transient reproduction. bad source. baad.
It really is stunning how things pop in and out of existence in the midrange of the w11jpn. It is the kind of magic that was hinted at with the HD650, and still not present when ran balanced. It is the complete evolution.
The mids aren't just to die for, they kill me. and everything sounds natural. Like I would imagine listening to a good vinyl rig would be like. Effortlessly breathing music into the air. Juicier music than with DT880, HD650, W5000.
the midbass/low mids on the W5000 aren't as present, which is essential for me in forming a cohesive sound structure.
The W5000 when underdriven (not having their own dedicated rig) are more fragmented into different sections like that.
W5000 is airier than w11 jpn and more focused on the higher mids. Which sounds great as well.
Both headphones sound best in their own rig, and I would say the W5000 needs it the most.
I didn't get a chance to hear the W11 JPN at their best...
AD2000 and w11 jpn are totally different approaches to audio. AD2000 is a detail freak and w11 jpn smooth-talks you into not really caring about detail.
They both have their place in someone's collection.
The AD2000's simply have more air. And for me that means more believability.
Which is why as I listen to Diana Krall, with the Bel Canto and AD2000 I'm having a hard time leaving to go to the post office to mail off my W11 JPNs.
...arrgh now thisl:
Amazon.com: La Rosa: MP3 Downloads: Aquila
Cya later
