I'd like to compile a list of the amps people are using with the W5000. Please post the best-matching amps for the W5000 that you own or have extensive experience with. If you use multiple amps, please limit your post to the best one, or the top two if you feel they are at comparable level. I...

Hey Head-Fi'ers    I'm looking into AMPs and DACs to drive my Audio-Technica ATH-W5000 and Sennheiser HD 650. Could you guys give me some good suggestions?   Thank you!

So I'm certainly getting Schiit's Bifrost DAC sometime after it comes out- after all with optical in I can literally use it as a sound card on my new computer that I'm planning on building. However I'd like to get a Schiit amp to pair with it. As you can see from my signature, nearly all my cans...

APOLOGIES - I opened the the thread in the wrong forum. Admins -  Kindly help me move the thread. Thank you! :) =====================================================================================   Hello all, Greetings from sunny Israel.   I own a pair of AT's W5000 and a portable...

I know this topic has been discussed before here at head-fi but I am looking for some current recommendations for replacement ear pads for my ATH-A900 headphones.  These headphones are about 6 years old and the cheap pleather ear pads are finally falling apart - well, the pleather is tearing and...

First of all, I am new here and I dont know right ways here, so I am sorry if I miss smth.   Since I got some money to spare I got an idea to get some good sounding headphones. Firstly I would say I want some upgrade from Senns HD595 I used to have (sold them few months ago). My primary...

Having an average or slightly smaller head, I've never really had a great seal with my ATH-W5000. Being that I like the wearing comfort of these cans and would hate to part with them, I keep trying to fiddle with their position to try and get a better seal, along with a bit more bass and...

AD2000 vs W5000 vs K701 vs SA5000 If you were to choose between these phones, which one would it be? (Don't concider the price. It doesn't matter) I listen to all kinds of music except jazz, classical and orchestra (like many head-fiers do..) Mostly trance.. Thoughts on other phones I've...

OK, so just by reading the topic subject line, many of you are thinking that I have no clue what I'm looking for. And you're right, I kinda don't, so hoping some of you can help.   What I want is a solid pair of headphones that I can use as monitors mostly and also for casual listening. Yes...

Hi evreyone! My name is Juan Carlos, i am from Costa Rica and i am 15 years old! I am looking for a good set of headphones for under 400 dollars or maybe 500...I am interested in two particular brands, Grado Labs and AKG.   I like to listen to Rock like Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd...

Hi everyone, Newbie alarm - go easy on me please!   I am taking my first steps towards audiophile bliss and have just invested in an Audio Technica ATH-W1000X, which I am hoping will arrive in a week or so. As I mainly listen to (Jazz and Fusion) music on my computer I would like to buy a...

I decided to go ahead and branch this off from the main Darkvoice thread, since I think it warrants its own now. For those of you not in the know, I've spent the last several weeks coming up with ideas and parts on how to take an old version Darkvoice, and mod it to be the most synergistic thing...

There's a buying itch that needs to be scratched but first I'd like to hear from anyone with direct experience of the ATH-W1000X against the W1000 and W5000. If I get a apair of W1000X am I going to have a noticable difference from my other 2 AT woodies. From what I have read there is a...

I guess I'll be the one to start this thread on the SPL Phonitor model 2730. (Including Auditor model 2910.) From discussions on this amp, I think quite a few of us own or are planning to own it. Please share your serial number, your setup, what you're learning about it, questions & answers, and...

I have the W5000 (f5005 mod.) -will the LCD-2 give me better SQ? i'm into new-age stuff. and refinement is a must...   Thanks! -Eyal

So I have been debating between a few different sets of headphones and I am wondering if what I am proposing will work or not.   The headphones that I have been looking at are the Beyerdynamic DT-880's (32/250/600 OHM) as well as the Audio Technica ATH-AD900's, and the Sennheiser HD...

I sold my Audio Technica W5000's. I sold my Beyerdynamic DT880's.   I heard the Stax 404LE + SRM 323 (not sure on the amp) set at a local meet a year ago and I loved it. It was by far my favorite of all the headphones there, which included an L3000, LCD-2, The R10 and an unfortunately broken...

Are there any closed headphones that have a grado like sound?

Here in the UK I can get HD650s and Grado 225s for around the same price (maybe £20 pounds between the two). I simply wish to know which of the two I should get? I currently own DT770 pros (80) and ATH W5000s. I mention this because it would be good to know which of the two new headphones...

Hello. I'm W5000's owner. Now I use them with Musical Fidelity V-CAN and Linn Majik CD. They give comfortable and detailed sound, that I like very much! But sometimes midrange (especially vocals) is a little bit brighter than I want - so that it is uncomfortable to listen loud. So, I'm...

I modded my ATH-AD900 a bit the last week or so and am very pleased with the results. That's why I'm sharing it here. It's an extremely simple and fully reversible mod. I had already changed the stock velours earpads with the HP-W5000 leather earpads (the same ones that come with the ATH-W5000)...

Hi everyone, first time poster here. I've enjoyed the forum & it's incredible community for some time now and can finally enter the foray of higher-end audio. Recently some deals have come my way on the following pieces so I'm stuck trying to choose between them. Suggestions on any other cans...

Hi,   I just received my ATH- W5000 phones as my first Full size Closed phone for a bedside rig. As the Stax 404 LE/600 didnt cut it with the wife.    Im listening to them as I type only direct into my iphone.. and am pleasantly surprised.. new amp dac decisions made later.   Here's...

Hi. since I'm new here, I don't no where to ask question (whether in full size or portable headphones), so i'm just posting in both forum. (excuse me :))      I'm a student who loves listening to musics.    I've been using bose OE series. (I no it's not good headphones after all but...

From what I've been able to find, the following is a chronological list of Audio-Technica "top of the line" (limited or not) headphones: W10VTG - 5/21/96 W10LTD - 12/1/97 W11JPN - 12/1/99 W11R - 12/1/00 W2002 - 10/21/01 L3000 - 11/21/03 W5000 - 12/2/05 I may be missing some. Based on...