[Nachkebia]

Owning D5000 I would definitely get D7000 instead, I have not heard D7000 but if it sounds like D5000 but slightly improved its already worth it.

 

[Vandal]

D7000. You will not regret the extra spent. It's available at 699$ in places - a great deal.

 

[musicman59]

I used to own the D5000 and sold them to get the D7000. The best desicion I have made. The D7000 are a lot better than the D5000 and woth every extra penny.

 

[Nachkebia]

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Originally Posted by musicman59 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I used to own the D5000 and sold them to get the D7000. The best desicion I have made. The D7000 are a lot better than the D5000 and woth every extra penny.

So how does JVC/Victor DX1000 compare to D7000?

 

[MacedonianHero]

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Originally Posted by Nachkebia /img/forum/go_quote.gif So how does JVC/Victor DX1000 compare to D7000?

I would shoot Skylab a PM. I preferred the Denons. Both are pretty amazing cans and the best closed headphones I've heard (including Ed. 8 and 9).

 

[Nachkebia]

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Originally Posted by MacedonianHero /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would shoot Skylab a PM. I preferred the Denons. Both are pretty amazing cans and the best closed headphones I've heard (including Ed. 8 and 9).

Well, I have read Skylabs comments regarding DX-1000 and D7000, I know he prefers DX-1000. To be honest I would choose D7000 over DX-1000 but isolation is very important to me. I am just asking because I am curious

 

[musicman59]

I own both and to be honest I prefer the D7000 by a good margin. IMO the DX1000 has the bass to powerful. In most recordings it just takes over the sound too much also the mid-range for voclas sometime gets kind of nostril or like some people say honky but other times the texture of the voices is just amazing.
They are nice can but to me the D7000 (specially with som eof the Markl mods and JMoney ear pads) has a lot more balanced sound.
Here is my prefernce list from my closed cans collection:
1- D7000 (Some Markl mods and JMoney pads) stock cable balanced.
2- Edition 9 APS balanced
3- WD2000 RL Edition (Some Markl mods and JMoney pads) APS balanced.
4- DX1000
5- W11JPN

Now, If I throw the HD800 in the mix they will be tie with the D7000.

 

[Mink]

Do reckon that the D7000's, from what I've read, are a bit more distant and laid-back than the D5000's, a possible reason to choose the D5000's over the D7000's I guess.

I am used to a more immediate sound and the D5000's are already more laid-back than my Audio Technica A500 and Sony's I have owned...so I may not even like the 'superior' D7000's

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Originally Posted by Nachkebia /img/forum/go_quote.gif D10 - D5000 (Everything non acoustic) - SR325i (Everything acoustic) - HD650 (Everything else?) - Shure E5c

Funny, I think the D5000's strengths are acoustic recordings, they shine with vocals and acoustic instruments, especially strings
I mostly listen classical with them

 

[MacedonianHero]

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Originally Posted by Nachkebia /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, I have read Skylabs comments regarding DX-1000 and D7000, I know he prefers DX-1000. To be honest I would choose D7000 over DX-1000 but isolation is very important to me. I am just asking because I am curious

I preferred the D7000s too, but found the isolation from surrounding noise only slightly better than open headphones which is one reason why I sold them.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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Originally Posted by Mink /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do reckon that the D7000's, from what I've read, are a bit more distant and laid-back than the D5000's, a possible reason to choose the D5000's over the D7000's I guess. I am used to a more immediate sound and the D5000's are already more laid-back than my Audio Technica A500 and Sony's I have owned...so I may not even like the 'superior' D7000's Funny, I think the D5000's strengths are acoustic recordings, they shine with vocals and acoustic instruments, especially strings I mostly listen classical with them

I wouldn't say that they were more distant and laid back...they were actually more neutral from the overly bassy D5000s with equally slightly recessed mids, but with much better treble presentation and extension.

 

[Nachkebia]

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Originally Posted by Mink /img/forum/go_quote.gif Funny, I think the D5000's strengths are acoustic recordings, they shine with vocals and acoustic instruments, especially strings I mostly listen classical with them

Well, I need some air with my vocals, air that D5000 lacks due to recessed mids, I am not talking pop vocals. I mostly listen to Baroco pop like Scott Walker, Tindersticks, Nick Cave.....

As for D7000, I don`t know if I would like nature version of D5000, I mean thing I love about D5000 has nothing to do with naturality, specially after Jmoney pads they have became as natural as I would like them to be, soundstage has grown and bass has become calmer.

 

[plonter]

the D5000 always sounded neutral to my ears. i mean, not in a sense of a scientifically neutral frequency response because it seems that this is not true,but everything just sounds right to me coming from the D5000.
all other "neutral" headphones I tried sounded lifeless and too low in the bass.

if I would not know how the denon frequency response looks like,I would have said that it should look rather flat. I guess it depends also on the gear.
but just for the record, I heard others say that the D5000 is a relatively balanced sounding, in the sense that they can be very loyal to the recording,despite their coloration. I know it sound rediciulus but it is how I feel for them.
I also own the HD650, and although they considered way more neutral than the denons,I feel the opposite.
perhaps my gear is on the bright side.

 

[Mink]

I don't know if I would call the D5000's neutral, there always appears to be something wrong with the sound whenever I listen to them after having listened to other headphones/speakers or when it is the first time that day I am listening to them.
It takes a significant longer time to adjust to the sound than any other headphones I ever used/owned.
But when it 'clicks', normally after approx. 15 minutes, it grows on me and from that moment everything sounds so completely natural and I forget wearing them.

 

[plonter]

like for example...when I listen to electronic music or any other bass heavy rock tunes with the 5000,you can feel the bass very deep and sometimes very thick (if this is how it's in the recording),and when I listen to rather bass light music like led-zeppelin and such I expect the bass to be very boomy and muddy...but to my surprise always,it is not at all. it always matches the level in the recording, which means that the denons are not just crazy "Bass canons" but they are "Hi fidelity" headphones.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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Originally Posted by Mink /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't know if I would call the D5000's neutral, there always appears to be something wrong with the sound whenever I listen to them after having listened to other headphones/speakers or when it is the first time that day I am listening to them. It takes a significant longer time to adjust to the sound than any other headphones I ever used/owned. But when it 'clicks', normally after approx. 15 minutes, it grows on me and from that moment everything sounds so completely natural and I forget wearing them.

I totally agree, neutral is not a word I would use to describe the D5000. The D7000 is more neutral in it's presentation and that is still far from neutral (like the T1/HD800). But that's cool, I really dug the D7000 sound!