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ATH-W5000, Strange fit?

May 31, 2007 at 2:56 AM Post #17 of 45
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Originally Posted by fureshi /img/forum/go_quote.gif
you can always rotate the pads so that the thicker part rests where the cup is further away from your head. i had to rotate mine about 90 degrees to the back.


The W5000 pads I've seen (on my own and other pairs) were the same thickness all the way around, the only difference was the width of the pleather strip that holds it to the earcup.
 
May 31, 2007 at 3:30 AM Post #18 of 45
The "thickness" is actually created by the plastic angle extension at the rear of the ear cup pushing the pad further away form the cup. Together with the angled drivers, this helps to create the 3D soundstage.

I find my audio perception is affected more so by the seal to the front of the ear than anywhere else. Properly seated, the sound becomes fuller.
 
May 31, 2007 at 9:55 AM Post #19 of 45
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Originally Posted by Fitz /img/forum/go_quote.gif
#2 buzzcut.


I thought buzzing was bad?! Oh, wait...
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Since you can get specially moulded in-ear tips, why not make custom pads to fit your head too?
 
May 31, 2007 at 5:05 PM Post #20 of 45
I really disliked the fit of the W5000 when I first got them, but everything that's been stated above is very true. Squeezing the metal headband helps, and you don't have to be too gentle. Rotating the pads is easy to do, and it also made a big difference. Finally, I think it's definitely accurate that the pads themselves "settle" over time and create a better fit.

At the beginning, I couldn't listen to the W5000's without fiddling with them to get a tighter seal, but now I just put them on and and enjoy. Superb headphones.
 
May 31, 2007 at 9:00 PM Post #22 of 45
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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Fits me like a glove. Like a very, very comfortable, luxurious, ridiculously expensive glove, the price of which is offset by the glorious sounds emanating from its innards.


But yours already had the headband adjusted.
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May 31, 2007 at 9:15 PM Post #23 of 45
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Originally Posted by Fitz /img/forum/go_quote.gif
But yours already had the headband adjusted.
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Are you . . . are you . . . WATCHING ME?!





[size=xx-small](or selling headphones to me?)[/size]
 
May 31, 2007 at 9:18 PM Post #24 of 45
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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Are you . . . are you . . . WATCHING ME?!


Of course not, how could I possibly do that?



Now put some pants on already.
 
May 31, 2007 at 9:51 PM Post #28 of 45
Damn straight I do. Anybody who says they can hear a difference after 64kbps is a liar. My phone has just as much sound quality as one of those Orpheus things.
 
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