[GL1TCH3D]

Omg hey dude, been a while!

It's definitely been a long time. You buying a set?

 

[dleblanc343]

#51 reporting in

These are really beautiful, they look more beautiful in person than on pictures, but also less brilliant than other versions.

Excited to listen to them and hoping for them to sound better than the original tuning

 

[gimmeheadroom]

They look great but it's odd they couldn't come up with a unique box!

 

[dleblanc343]

They look great but it's odd they couldn't come up with a unique box!

Yes that is disappointing!

 

[dleblanc343]

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I guess it's real gold lettering! Class!

 

[TSelanne]

Pearl's have been ordered! I have a set of the reds right now.... I'm very curious to hear the tuning difference(s).

 

[dleblanc343]

Pearl's have been ordered! I have a set of the reds right now.... I'm very curious to hear the tuning difference(s).

Oh please let me know.

The treble is quite intense, as I remember it. Seems to me though that they slam less than what I remember of the OG TH900.

 

[dleblanc343]

 

[Halimj7]

Wow great collection! Please compare pearl whites to the AWTK. Thanks.

 

[Halimj7]

Oh please let me know.

The treble is quite intense, as I remember it. Seems to me though that they slam less than what I remember of the OG TH900.

Do they really slam less?

 

[dleblanc343]

Do they really slam less?

Just compared the Pearl to Red over the weekend, and the Red is definitely bassier/ slammier. A bit too much so in my opinion.

I actually love the sound of these so much with a pad swap, I ended up buying Sapphires too!

They trade blows with the Utopia and outclass my HE1000v2 which is amazing for a closed back.

 

[Nostoi]

Would love to hear a comparison of the AWKT vs the pearly whites. Cheers.

 

[TSelanne]

Oh please let me know.

The treble is quite intense, as I remember it. Seems to me though that they slam less than what I remember of the OG TH900.

I didn't hear any difference with the treble. If I had done a "blind" test, I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between the two.

I was able to notice a difference in the mids. The white's mids are more forward and noticeable. It's not a big difference IMHO.... after reading reviews I was expecting more pronounced mids. But there is a difference. Sometimes it was very subtle and I wasn't able to hear very much difference, yet during other times it was more noticeable. It really depended on the track I was listening to.

The biggest difference was in the bass. The red's have more. The white's were not quite as deep and/or full. White's still have good bass, don't get me wrong. I found that if I only listened to white for a while, it felt like a solid and adequate amount of bass.... I didn't feel it was lacking. It wasn't until I'd switch back over to the red's and then I'd realize that extra bass I was missing.

For a while I was quite conflicted and not sure which I should keep, as I could only keep one. I had to ask myself, which sounds/frequencies will you miss more, the bass or the mids? In the end, I knew I'd miss the bass much more than I'd enjoy having a slight increase in mids. So I kept the red. Very happy with the choice.

Ideally, they'd combine the two sound signatures and increase the red's mids, just like they did with the white's, while keeping the bass the same. That, IMHO, would be a fabulous combo!

Either way, both red & white are great HP's. I saw a post by @Malevolent a while back when he described the MKII's as "having great energy". I think that sums up perfectly why I like these so much. Compared to all the other HP's I've tried, the energy on this line is fantastic.


Source: I had both the white and red on my desk for about a week and listened to them back-to-back frequently; used primarily heavy metal, but also classical and EDM genres for testing.

 

[dleblanc343]

Would love to hear a comparison of the AWKT vs the pearly whites. Cheers.

It's very different, that is for sure.

With stock pads, the TH900 White were unlistenable to me, and definitely preferred the AWKT.

With TH-X00 pads (bass boost+ treble reduction) or ZMF Suedes (Bass and treble reduction / more balanced midrange) on the TH900 - I think the TH900 wins me over for being more musical, fun with fantastic bass extension and slam.

The AWKT is the more technically proficient headphone, with twice the soundstage width and air, but because it does not seal on the ear, the bass is a bit rolled off - especially its midbass. This headphone sounds like a closed back HD800, with less of a 6khz spike, more slam, less midbass and more energetic upper vocals. It's a very refined, but notable A-T house sound signature. Audio-Technica have been killing it low-key with great new generation Hi-Fi headsets, just the tuning is not the most accessible to Western ears (that includes me to a certain degree).


Now on another note, I got the TH900 Sapphire Blues, and they sound bassier than the Pearl Whites, undoubtedly, so I am not sure what's going on.

I am assuming product variance, but the Sapphire tuning is closer to the Reds, and it almost seems the Pearl White have an even more refined (balanced) tuning than the Sapphires.


To be continued...