A900 Size.

[bangraman]

This is something I've been asked a few times and I'll just lay out the approximate dimensions of the A900 for anyone who's considering these as 'portable' phones and are worried about how they look. I have advised against it, even though I do something similar infrequently... but I know that some people want to do it anyway.


The phones protrude approximately 40mm (1.6") outwards.
The earcups are 110mm (4.4") wide/tall.
The headband loop reaches an apex of 180mm (7.1") height when measured from the middle of your ear.


So, draw yourself a circle 110mm wide, imagine it sticking out 40mm from your head. Then hold a ruler at the 180mm mark and place that against your ear canal, look in a mirror and see how high the end of the ruler is above your head. Then look at a picture of the A900 front on and work your dimensions in to the picture.

I almost guarantee that most Caucasian 'pinheads' will laugh uncontrollably to themselves and shelve plans for 'portable' use.

 

[Salt Peanuts]

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Originally Posted by bangraman I almost guarantee that most Caucasian 'pinheads' will laugh uncontrollably to themselves and shelve plans for 'portable' use.

I agree.

I just received mine today, and I bought it to use at my computer (to block out some fan noise) and outside on my porch (to block out the neighbors). If I were planning on using them "portably," just taking one look at them would have made me kick that plan into a bucket. They make my SR80 look like a pair of phones for small babies.

 

[commando]

They're more portable than my CD3Ks, but that's not saying much. They're not a portable can, they're a stay-in-one-place can, I rekon.

 

[Salt Peanuts]

For a reference point, here's a bad picture of my bold head wearing A900.

Also, keep in mind that I have a fairly gigantic head.

 

[D-EJ915]

For all the people that have a hard time figuring out bangraman's dimensions, the earcups are the size of a 25-CD spindle (the kind CD-Rs come in).

 

[bangraman]

Where did you get that from D-EJ? Did you put on your glasses today?

 

[AnimeEd]

OMG a headphone wearing monk

 

[Madcat05]

would this also apply to the A500s?

 

[bangraman]

It applies to the A500, A700, A900, A1000, ATC-HA7USB, ATH-D1000. And big as though they are they are definitely not as big as a CD spindle!

 

[Salt Peanuts]

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Originally Posted by AnimeED OMG a headphone wearing monk

Hehe, I'm sure being Asian doesn't help me not to look like a monk. Funny enough, one of my staff at work said the almost same exact thing when she saw me one day with my headphone on.

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Originally Posted by Madcat05 would this also apply to the A500s?

IIRC, their dimensions are same, though A500 is bit lighter than A900.

 

[Madcat05]

thanks, I'll probably end up with a pair of AT cans in a few months for my home rig.

 

[NPoet]

Ha, as they may not be truely portable I actually had them on at my library (like I said I wouldn't in a previous thread) while cramming for a test on yesterday. Granted I was in the back corner, and granted I really don't care how people think I look and most people wouldn't disturb a 230lb jock in the corner of the library to tell him he looks like an idiot.

Then again, I was enjoying my music and wouldn't have heard them if they did say anything. I also made sure not to break them out of my bag till I got down and seated, no way in hell would I think about walking to the library with those things on