[ben9999imsc]

now using 1616m + voyager.

planning to buy a good hp first, change the source and amp later

below 100 ohm please

budget below 1500 us dollar

 

[jirams]

ATH Art A900

 

[nickchen]

Best closed fon for classical I've crossed so far was the AT W5000.

With that budget, an electrostat would be nice as well, of course, but that "unamped is technically impossible.

 

[Fing]

Seconded for the ATH-W5000 and it'll handily come under your mark. Care needs to be taken to ensure you get a good fit or else it'll not sound very good (weak bass).

The Denon D5000 is actually quite good for classical, though I've only heard it with dynamat in the ear cups and around the plastic structures next to the driver and driven by a fairly powerful amp.

Sony CD3000 is also quite good if you can pick one up second hand. It has a very bright character and I feel needs recabling to sound any good (stock cable is very thin and reminds me of cheap bell wire).

 

[Mortalcoil]

Havent heard it, but the W5000 does get alot of praise when it comes to classical.

 

[KT88]

W5000 or CD3000

 

[nickchen]

I am a bit astonished that the old CD3K gets praised so much here. As electronicahead, I love mine to death, but not exactly for classical or other acoustical stuff.

Regarding the W5000 fit issue: A layer of tissue under the problem regions of the pads easely cures that - and I have a severe W5000 non-fit egghead.

 

[The Pieman]

I find the W5000 to be excellent with classical. I think they are pretty damn good with most genres of music that I have tried with them. But I have not heard D5000s or the Sony's so cannot comment on them.

cheers
Simon

 

[jirams]

OOOps - I hadn't paid attention to the $1500 budget available when I suggested A900.

The W5000 fit issue raises a question that I have been pondering. The W5000 does not appear to have the cups suspended on a swivelling yoke which would allow rotation of the cups on a horizontal axis - this would cause fit problems at the top or bottom of the cup if the users head was outside of the 'normal' range Other phones in the ATH range do have this swivel (eq. A900 ART). Can anyone suggest why this might be? I will post this ? in a new thread also.

 

[rapzoo]

The Denon D5000 is also very good for classical. It has a wide sound stage and good timbral accuracy. It also fits your low impedence requirement.

 

[Cool_Torpedo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapzoo /img/forum/go_quote.gif The Denon D5000 is also very good for classical. It has a wide sound stage and good timbral accuracy. It also fits your low impedence requirement.

Once mine have burnt-in for more than 100 hours, I concur with this recommendation. Not sure if the stock ones would have too much of a low end depending on amp or player's output, but modded these are one of the most balanced cans for classical I've used.
Their resolution is very good, IMHO better than HD600's or K701's, and this is very important to convey the sense of "atmosphere" and correct timbric accuracy needed to have a convincing tone for classical music. On big symphonic works these babies shine and with smaller ensembles they're simply outstanding.

Rgrds

 

[ben9999imsc]

How about edition 9?

 

[outbreak123]

Never heard the Ed 9, but it supposed to be one of the best closed headphone money can buy.

 

[Andrew_WOT]

x3 on W5000, except that they are closed by design only and have isolation of open cans.
K271S, often neglected here, partially because it's not a new kid on the block and partially that it sounds less then stellar unamped, is another option. Velour pads is a must and Zu sells a replacement cable for them. Their signature has a lot of common with ATH-AD2000. I have tried most closed cans available in that price range, spare ED9 and JVC DX1000, and to day my favorites are W5000 and K271S.

 

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