[slovell]

I drive my D7200 with a Burson Soloist and a Little Dot MKIV. I like the Burson for rock and blues and the Little Dot for jazz and acoustic. I have a Fosgate Signature coming that should be interesting.

The 7200 and the Fosgate Signature with Tung - Sol 12AX7 tubes is a match made in heaven. They really, really sound good together.

 

[Terriero]

If you enjoy the Denon sound signature from the D2000 you will love the D5200.
As I previously mentioned, the D2000 has been my favourite bass headphones and the more bass I had in my ears the more I wanted.
We all have a budget and we should not feel bad or anything.
The 5200 is a good pair of headphones! You will not be sorry and it will have an amazing sound.

Denon does not seem to be a fan favourite on these boards and they are often overlooked.
We have the community and Denon to blame to be honest. They don't really get involved with influencers and audiophiles.

PS : ML - Mark Lawton. He had a website where you could mod headphones.
PPS: While the 9200 is one of the best sounding headphones I have ever heard, I have a product at home which sounds a tiny bit better. It has better punch, frequency separation and higher fidelity.

Why did you put sellotape in 9200 conectors? To protect them?

 

[Wishmaker]

They come this way from factory.
I did not remove it as I want them to be protected a bit.
I have Gorilla hands and I am sure I will do a boo boo.

 

[Markolav]

A friend lend me his D5200, anyone interested to hear about these?

 

[ZOSMANOVIC]

Do you prefer them to your D2/5K?

 

[Markolav]

Do you prefer them to your D2/5K?

Hard to say yet. I've done only a quick comparison to D5000 (which is basically almost the same thing as D2000). Build quality is improved pretty greatly from the slight flimsiness of older Denons. More premium feeling on the hands. Comfort is good on both, D5000 has softer pads and they feel initially more comfortable but this pair of 5200's pads feel relatively fresh so I they might get better over time. Pad quality feels nicer than on D5000 or D2000 (on them the pads started to crack and peel after an year or so) plus I like the snugger and more secure feel of 5200 compared to much looser fit of 5000/2000.

I'm not 100% sure about the sound yet but I feel like they are improvement over older Denons in some ways. Bass is not as flabby sounding as in D2K/D5K but has still some bloat on it and could sound sometimes tighter. Overall signature feels warmer and midrange has more body to it and treble is smoother and less prominent. Sound has a bit more "refined" feel to it where as D5K has hint of graininess on it and perhaps doesn't appear as natural sounding (definitely more obvious V-shaped compared to 5200). Staging and imaging feel pretty similar, D5K has more recessed mids and more bodyless sound which makes it little more distant and "spread out" but not necessarily much "bigger" sounding. Have to listen more before saying which one I actually prefer.

 

[auronthas]

Hi, I am new to this Denon AH-5200 thread, how much is the current price?

 

[Hyde00]

Amazon USA shows $700 USD, however if you look at Amazon Japan which is ¥59,882 JPY, roughly about $572 USD.

So I'd say really depending on where you get it from. Drop had them at $600 USD if I remember correctly.

 

[ZOSMANOVIC]

Hi, I am new to this Denon AH-5200 thread, how much is the current price?

Amazon UK has them for £415 at the moment.

 

[auronthas]

Amazon USA shows $700 USD, however if you look at Amazon Japan which is ¥59,882 JPY, roughly about $572 USD.

So I'd say really depending on where you get it from. Drop had them at $600 USD if I remember correctly.

Amazon UK has them for £415 at the moment.

Thanks guys for your replies, I managed to find one at USD 510 from Taobao for AH-5200, AH-7200 is slightly above USD 700.

I heard 5200 is better than 7200, more natural and neutral soundstage ? Do you guys prefer 7200 over 5200 ?

 

[Hyde00]

Thanks guys for your replies, I managed to find one at USD 510 from Taobao for AH-5200, AH-7200 is slightly above USD 700.

I heard 5200 is better than 7200, more natural and neutral soundstage ? Do you guys prefer 7200 over 5200 ?

Hmmmmmm so from what I read is that they just have different sound signature so you might prefer one over the other or vice versa depending on preference.

D5200 is more balanced through the ranges.

D7200 is more bass heavy and less emphasis on highs.

So depending on how treble tolerant you are some might find D5200 bright, while some find D7200 too dark. At the same time some might find D5200 just right or D7200 just right. Really depending on your taste.

Though to my understanding is that D7200 uses a different driver so the resolution is higher on D7200 (closer to D9200). If you want absolute highest resolution then D7200 is the way to go. But again like I said depending on tonal preference one might be swayed either way.

As for me I haven't buy anything from Taobao yet I just heard shipping takes forever. Maybe check with seller first, but otherwise normally I'm a bit skeptical buying high value items from Taobao lol. However I haven't heard anyone who lost the package yet so don't mark my word on it.

Otherwise let me know what you end up with lol.

 

[Markolav]

I would call treble on D5200 "relatively neutral" because they don't seem to have any super obvious boosting to me (unlike older Denons which are occasionally a bit hot in the highs) and they don't sound exactly dark either, there's still hint of sibilance which might bother some people but it's still pretty "safe" treble tuning. Here in EU they go for 400€/$470 and with that price tag I think you can't necessarily go wrong with them. But I'm still going to stick with good ol' D2000- and D5000 though.

 

[Hyde00]

I would call treble on D5200 "relatively neutral" because they don't seem to have any super obvious boosting to me (unlike older Denons which are occasionally a bit hot in the highs) and they don't sound exactly dark either, there's still hint of sibilance which might bother some people but it's still pretty "safe" treble tuning. Here in EU they go for 400€/$470 and with that price tag I think you can't necessarily go wrong with them. But I'm still going to stick with good ol' D2000- and D5000 though.

It's been some time now, how do you find you like or dislike about D5200 over D2000/D5000?

 

[auronthas]

I am not a bass head and not treble sensitive listener.

Similar to my HD650, it is a neutral open-back headphone, now will get a closed-back and wooden headphone. LOL.

I have ordered plenty products like HD650, from trusted Taobao sellers , really need to survey and study reviews background of the sellers. No problem with shipment, in fact their domestic shipping is very fast within 3-5 days to reach port or airport, the only delay is our local shipment. .

Thanks again for the comparison D5200 vs D7200. I think the older Denon headphones are masterpieces, please enjoy those classic headphones

 

[sapphiro]

I had D5000 and replaced them with Sennheiser HD600 long time ago. D5000 in short had overly bloated bass and often peaky treble.
Meanwhile I read about D5200 improvements online and I got them recently. Surprisingly I can't seem to find any decent reviews online for them. It's weird because they are a massive improvement over D5000 (from memory). Especially with tight bass and detailed but not overly bright treble. Midrange resolution is probably as good as before.
5200 are still sounding very open with great soundstage for a closed back headphone and they have been refined significantly compared to D5000.
They are way better than HD600, and I'm probably going to sell them as D5200 are practically perfect headphones. They reproduce entire frequency range very, very good.

HD600 had good midrange but lacked bass, my Beyerdynamic DT880 (250ohm) have also great midrange, treble and soundstage but also lack bass somewhat.
Denons have everything with better resolution across and don't necessarily require good amp as the others.