ciphercomplete
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Anybody heard both? What genres of music do each excel at?
Originally Posted by Andrew_WOT /img/forum/go_quote.gif W5000 is more refined, has better details and larger soundstage but lacks bite and slamming and hard hitting bass attack of AD2000 which works wonder for fast rock (AD2000 + DragonForce = nonstop head banging |
Originally Posted by Rednamalas1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif AD2K - great all-rounder, does excellent job for electronic music IMO W5000- I liked them a LOT for classical and jazz |
Originally Posted by Silvain /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are you not happy with the AKG K501's for classical? |
Originally Posted by ciphercomplete /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes very happy, and you just made my choice for me. I forgot that I was looking for a HD580 replacement. I think I like AT's house sound a tad bit better than Sennheiser's house sound. AD2K it is. |
Originally Posted by wavoman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Head-Fi is great - I was about to ask the same question(s) and then I find this thread started today! I am still confused over models, can anyone help? The AT web site does not show ATH-AD2000 as a current model ... since everyone here loves it, is it a must buy before it disappears (for listening to rock?). Also there is no ATH-W1000 on the site ... did the ATH-W5000 replace it totally? Is it really better? (ciphercomplete asked this but no one answered). |