If you're very² careful, you can use swirl removing polish used for cars and also some carnuba wax after that. Only attempt as a last resort and only if you know what you're doing, else you're gonna make it worse.... I once restored a fairly abused and dull looking W11JPN back to perfect mirror...

Gotta go dig my w3000anv out and start listening to them.... been listening to the ESW9 and W11JPN a lot lately. Always end up dozing off when I use the W3000anv.... its just soo relaxing and smoov.

Same here. Couldn't agree more. I prefer my W11JPN over the W3000, but damn, those yummy glossy woodcups and the overall W3000 look and feel just oozes pure class and elegance. Makes my W11jpn feel like a cheap inferior quality knockoff toy. ;) :D Can't bring myself to do it....

I still have mine. I use it on rotation together with my W11JPN.

Holly crap! Yeah, it really really really really has to sound superb in order to justify that kinda price tag....

How much was it? Roughly.

  Well, there is always that L3000G which u mentioned earlier? Pristine, no? Hahaha. I should probably cut down my collection too, its really gotten out of hand over the years. I keep hoarding them but I only ever use the W11JPNs most of the time.   Speaker wise, I'm currently rocking a pair...

  Had? You sold it? Okay, when I win the lottery, I'll give you a buzz, that green L3000 will be mine... need to make up for all the bad luck. Yes, it worries me that the drivers are becoming quite old... why do you think I have backups of my W11jpn? My only two regrets in this hobby over the...

    Hmmm... interesting. To me, the W3000 are brighter than the W11jpn. Sometimes I feel that the treble on the W3000 just doesn't mesh well with the mids and bass as compared to the W11jpn. OR, maybe the mids on the w3000 are not prominent enough for me. Sometimes I feel like the w3000 is tip...

Yeah, not a love hate relationship but rather a love meh relationship.....

Well, listening to the W3000 yesterday, some songs were stunning, yet some were meh. On some songs, it was perfection, yet on others, the treble was distracting me from enjoying. Somehow felt detached from the rest of the spectrum and the overall tendency of the w3000 not to have any weight ot...

Had a solid couple of hours listening session with the W3000anv. Need to put them both away now, bed time. Took a quick snap before I stored them away. Damn difficult to photograph them as the reflection makes it looks like scratches etc.   ES7 shall accompany me to dreamland now....   

Duh, silly me. Typo and miscalculation...  Yeah, they were formed in 1962. Next year will be 55 years. Oh well, more time to save up for their next collector's edition flagship headphone then. Muahahaha...

Well, they did release the w10ltd for their 35th anniversary.....  Also, some of the other woodies were released at seemingly random intervals so... thats why I was wondering if there were any new developments on that front.   This year marks their 55th anniversary no? I was hoping that...

Hey guys, any news on when the next limited edition flagship AT woody will be out? No info on the W3000ANV successor? Just curious since AT has been soo quiet on that front... can't wait to get my hands on the next Echizen Laquer beauty from AT...

Yup. I wonder how the luxman class a l590xxx amps sound. Maybe I shud get one of those somewhere down the line and try with the w3000anv. Hehehehe...

Been through tons of stuff in my time here. SR007, K1000, pink driver RS1, CD3000, w5000, im717, triplefi10, beyerdynamic stuff, sennheisers, denons, audio technica, etc etc. Its been so long ago since I've joined and I've been through soo much stuff that I've even forgotten what I have owned...

Indeed.They didn't mess around when designing their 50th anniversary flagship headphone. However, this particular AT headphone requires some decent equipment to be feeding it else you won't know how much awesomeness this headphone is capable of... The other AT classics such as W11jpn & W10vtg on...

Generally speaking and comparing them both, the w5000 is much faster in its attack and decay. When I owned it, after getting a proper fit, it was a detail monster to me. Reason I sold it is because I was looking for a little more heft and weight to the music. The w5000 felt very light on its...

I'm using the L505u (champagne gold). Got the Primare DAC30 in balanced mode feeding it. It produces wonderful music, I can't complain. Its a no nonsense setup that does not sugar coat anything for the most part, so, for thin sounding or badly produced albums, sometimes I prefer to use the...

Ah, a fellow crazy AT fan.  

Hell yeah. :L3000: :wink:

Nope. I have one factory sealed, one brand new open box and another one for normal use. Before anyone asks, no, they are not for sale.   Love them to bits, thats why I have the two spares. Hahaha, yeah, I'm crazy like that. You guys don't even wanna know how many w10vtgs and w11jpn I have...

@Larry, when you get your ZDT, please let me know how they perform with you K1000 kay? Thanks!

Now that you know, you just need to keep twisting/rotating those pads every couple or days so that they don't become icky and stick to the wood. Just make a habit of rotating the pads before each listening session and you should be good to go. If you don't, they tend to start getting sticky icky...