[Kees]

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To be honest, I have never tried Ultrasone. And for some reason I have a slight bias against them and haven't been that interested in acquiring any of their gear without hearing it first.

I think they're worth the effort to try them. They're easy to find in brick&mortar stores (at least over here anyway). I quite like my (lightly modded) PRO900 and I'm seriously considering the Signature PRO. I'm not trying to sell them to you or anything, it just occurred to me that they tick a lot of boxes that you seem to find important.
 

 

[Xymordos]

Dragonforce recordings are better than a lot of metal bands imo
 
And of course get the W3000! You can sell it for much higher price in a few years

 

[MorbidToaster]

>talking about Power Metal
>Dragonforce
 
You all give me your Power Metal cards right now. Not a single mention of Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, or Hammerfall yet. Get out. 

 

[ZenErik]

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>talking about Power Metal
>Dragonforce
 
You all give me your Power Metal cards right now. Not a single mention of Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, or Hammerfall yet. Get out. 

Not a fan of Dragonforce. I enjoy Nightwish and Sonata Arctica the most. Blind Guardian and Rhapsody are fun too  

 

[MorbidToaster]

Just ribbing you a bit. Rhapsody is a favorite of mine along with those others, Nightwish, Demons & Wizards, Pyramaze, Thalion, etc.
 
Tops are probably Hammerfall, Nightwish, and Demons & Wizards (kind of cheating because they're the BG IE super group).
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Not a fan of Dragonforce. I enjoy Nightwish and Sonata Arctica the most. Blind Guardian and Rhapsody are fun too  

 

[TheOtus]

Who called DragonForce power metal?

 

[googleli]

I have the LF, but I find that the ATH W3000ANV sounds better straight from the headphone out of my Antelope Zodiac Gold and Weiss DAC202.
 
Maybe it is just the tubes - I am using vintage Telefunken CCa's on the LF. With the LCD3, the Telefunkens are even better sounding than the Siemens CCa's which are highly recommended, but the sound of the ATH W3000ANV just does not quite match very well. CertainlyI won't want to change tubes every time I listen to the ATH3000ANV, or buy another LF just to use a different set of tubes, so plugging into the headphone out of the LF is the only solution.
 
I have also been using the W3000ANV for daily commute lately. This morning I am wearing my W3000ANV using a portable iPhone-Fostex-SR71A combo (which is hidden in my Burberry suitcase) on the MTR (the sub / underground in Hong Kong). A kid walked by wearing BEATS BY DR DRE and turned around at me and had that look of he is using something superior to mine. Well, who knows, may be true.  

 

[dallan]

You actually must have been a sight wearing those on the MTR....

 
I have been back and forth on and off the trigger with these for the last week.  Today was the closest i have come but decided it I wouldn't lose any shipping time by waiting till the morning.

 

[shimmer n roar]

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I have the LF, but I find that the ATH W3000ANV sounds better straight from the headphone out of my Antelope Zodiac Gold and Weiss DAC202.
 
Maybe it is just the tubes - I am using vintage Telefunken CCa's on the LF. With the LCD3, the Telefunkens are even better sounding than the Siemens CCa's which are highly recommended, but the sound of the ATH W3000ANV just does not quite match very well. CertainlyI won't want to change tubes every time I listen to the ATH3000ANV, or buy another LF just to use a different set of tubes, so plugging into the headphone out of the LF is the only solution.
 
I have also been using the W3000ANV for daily commute lately. This morning I am wearing my W3000ANV using a portable iPhone-Fostex-SR71A combo (which is hidden in my Burberry suitcase) on the MTR (the sub / underground in Hong Kong). A kid walked by wearing BEATS BY DR DRE and turned around at me and had that look of he is using something superior to mine. Well, who knows, may be true.  

your burberry suit case no less...

 

[shimmer n roar]

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You actually must have been a sight wearing those on the MTR....

 
I have been back and forth on and off the trigger with these for the last week.  Today was the closest i have come but decided it I wouldn't lose any shipping time by waiting till the morning.

 
dew eet.
 
does that help?

 

[maverickronin]

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I have also been using the W3000ANV for daily commute lately. This morning I am wearing my W3000ANV using a portable iPhone-Fostex-SR71A combo (which is hidden in my Burberry suitcase) on the MTR (the sub / underground in Hong Kong). A kid walked by wearing BEATS BY DR DRE and turned around at me and had that look of he is using something superior to mine. Well, who knows, may be true.  

 
Isn't UV bad for the lacquer...
 
You better make sure the whole trip is underground.

 

[googleli]

Mostly underground - in Hong Kong, many buildings in the commercial districts are connected to MTR stations directly, and I work in one of them.
 
Anyway, back to the W3000ANV. The bass is a bit light with portable gear. Wondering how could the Zodiac Gold and Weiss DAC202 sound that good on them. The voltage gain at the headphone outs can also be adjusted on the DACs. My friends find them very engaging to listen to, and actually prefer the Weiss DAC202 -> ATH W3000ANV combo over my Antelope Zodiac Gold -> Liquid Fire -> LCD3 combo. I do not agree, but I guess both rigs have been reasonably set up, and any preference is just a matter of taste.

 

[Xymordos]

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I have the LF, but I find that the ATH W3000ANV sounds better straight from the headphone out of my Antelope Zodiac Gold and Weiss DAC202.
 
Maybe it is just the tubes - I am using vintage Telefunken CCa's on the LF. With the LCD3, the Telefunkens are even better sounding than the Siemens CCa's which are highly recommended, but the sound of the ATH W3000ANV just does not quite match very well. CertainlyI won't want to change tubes every time I listen to the ATH3000ANV, or buy another LF just to use a different set of tubes, so plugging into the headphone out of the LF is the only solution.
 
I have also been using the W3000ANV for daily commute lately. This morning I am wearing my W3000ANV using a portable iPhone-Fostex-SR71A combo (which is hidden in my Burberry suitcase) on the MTR (the sub / underground in Hong Kong). A kid walked by wearing BEATS BY DR DRE and turned around at me and had that look of he is using something superior to mine. Well, who knows, may be true.  

Oh man how do you survive the heat?! Today's my first day of internship and I nearly died on the way there...If I see another person wearing the W3000ANV in the morning I'll say hi

 

[daigo]

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I have the LF, but I find that the ATH W3000ANV sounds better straight from the headphone out of my Antelope Zodiac Gold and Weiss DAC202.
 
Maybe it is just the tubes - I am using vintage Telefunken CCa's on the LF. With the LCD3, the Telefunkens are even better sounding than the Siemens CCa's which are highly recommended, but the sound of the ATH W3000ANV just does not quite match very well. CertainlyI won't want to change tubes every time I listen to the ATH3000ANV, or buy another LF just to use a different set of tubes, so plugging into the headphone out of the LF is the only solution.
 
I have also been using the W3000ANV for daily commute lately. This morning I am wearing my W3000ANV using a portable iPhone-Fostex-SR71A combo (which is hidden in my Burberry suitcase) on the MTR (the sub / underground in Hong Kong). A kid walked by wearing BEATS BY DR DRE and turned around at me and had that look of he is using something superior to mine. Well, who knows, may be true.  

 
I can't imagine wanting to wear the ATH-W3000ANV as a portable.  Risk of damage is too high.  

 

[AppleheadMay]

To me they're as close to portables as two Velodyne subs with a headband between them are to headphones.