Voted for #3. Prefer more utilitarian look

I think you need to understand that the price on kakaku is their street price and that is for a product which is already 7 years old. The MSRP of ESW9 is actually 36,000 JPY as listed on the official JP product page. Naturally, the retailers will lower the price to push the product since it is...

I m quite surprised to hear that the MSR7 is more expensive than ESW9 because it is certainly not the case in Singapore. ESW9 is selling for 438SGD whereas the MSR7 is 268SGD (LTD is 288SGD) Are you sure you got the prices correct?

  Still, they could have gone one step further to include the cable with inline microphone, just like the MSR7, which they chose not to. Simply because they don't think the intended market for the M50x needs it. However, they can't ignore the fact that M50 is so popular with those outside of...

Yes, I do agree on both the sound stage and sibilance. The sibilance did took me by surprise. Didn't expect it to be so obvious, will try to feedback to the local GM but from what I've heard, AT engineers can be pretty stubborn and sometimes have weird thinkings (the GM's words)

  The same can be said for most pop music as well, be it English, Korean or others.

  AT won't make cable with inline-microphone for M50x because the M50 is not intended for consumer usage, thus they don't see the need to do so. But seeing the popularity M50 (and M50x) has with the consumers, they decided to come up with the MSR7 product to cater for the demand. Who knows, if...

HA5050H will appear at the AT auditioning event held here in Singapore :)

  Unfortunately, I have not heard the ESW10JPN to comment on the differences between them. But the mid-range on ESW9LTD is forward, clear and actually a little on the cold side (but does not sound analytic / mechanical). Frankly speaking, I prefer the mid on ESW9LTD over ESW11LTD. In fact, I am...

Will be comparing the W1000Z sample side-by-side with my stock W1000 and W1000X  

  vlenbo, can you post the original links to the reviews? I think the translations are harder to read than the original text XD

  The venue and datetime for the auditioning session have been confirmed. Come join us to try out the earphones/headphones :)   Venue: EarShot Cafe located at Arts House level one Date/Time: 29th of November, 2014 2-6PM

In terms of build, ESW9LTD is the same as ESW9 and features the same thin, flimsy cable but now with a L-shaped connector. The earcups are glazed with varnish so they actually looked pretty nice (and maybe easier to maintain), a pity that the Audio-Technica wording is on top and not underneath...

As mentioned by earfonia, the MSR7 LTD version looks gorgeous. First impression is that it has lighter bass than M50x. Very good treble extension. Forward vocal with good clarity. More spacious feel as well.

IM03 dropped to 18,900 JPY at one point, many ordered at that price but very few people had their orders delivered. Shortly after a few units were shipped out, Amazon JP realised the mistake in pricing and cancelled all subsequent orders. Even most of the buyers who ordered on 6th got their...

So no love for the CKR10? 

  It is interesting to know that the change is significant after long burn in but how much did you have burnt in on both models? I came across a review that the owner spent 170 hours on the CKR10 and he didn't notice much difference. The mid-range is what some owners kinda dislike because they...

Tried out both the CKR9 and 10 and I will say though I prefer CKR9 a little bit more than 10, IM03 is still better than both in treble, sound stage and tonality. The cable is also very microphonic (more so than IM series original cables). They should have made both models with removable cables...

Though it looked like the HA5050 had been silent for quite some time but I have gotten news that it should likely be available at end of this year. 

The technical spec: - 3.31" 480x800 OLED touch panel - 256GB internal, support 1x microSDXC card of up to 128GB for total of 384GB - support WIFI (b/g/n) - Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC chip - Has headphone out, optical out and balanced out - supports DSD - supports Bluetooth over A2DP/AVRCP...

Two latest products from Audio Technica made their appearance at the recent Hong Kong high-end A/V show - the HA5050H and HA22Tube. The HA5050H has a completely different design from the HA2002/5000/5000ANV and does not have any of that famous, wooden front panel at all (WTH?!). It features...

The metallic nozzles are made stainless steel as well.

Sent my Twag V2 OM back for RMA more than two months back and had not received any reply despite sending emails to both the customer service and Craig himself...

Quote:   That links to ES10 and not ESW10JPN. These are two different earphones and ESW10JPN was already discontinued. You may wanna try your luck on auction sites but chances are slim. The ESW10 is going for pretty high price on Japanese online auctions.

Quote:   Here's the link