[Butler]

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The W5000 have an interesting sound (very detailed and airy), but they're flawed. In particular, they sound rather thin - instruments lack body.
 
 
 

The W5000's flaws are somewhat resolved with the F5005 mod, in my opinion. It's a mod you should check out.
And if you're ever looking to get rid of that amp at a reasonable price, shoot me a message.
 

 

[vicjohn]

Nice info!!!! Thank a lot!

 

[Butler]

double post

 

[hi-fiber]

im turning emo here... 

 

[visualguy]

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The W5000's flaws are somewhat resolved with the F5005 mod, in my opinion. It's a mod you should check out.
And if you're ever looking to get rid of that amp at a reasonable price, shoot me a message.
 

I like the amp. It has too much gain for the W5000, but I like it a lot with the Beyer T1.
 
I'm not into mods. I keep the W5000 mostly for its unique (albeit flawed) sound. I keep the LCD-2 for the same reason - they are flawed in a diametrically opposed way to the W5000.
 

 

[SolidVictory]

Fantastic pictures, really enjoying reading through this! Thank you for the great thread!

 

[Butler]

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I like the amp. It has too much gain for the W5000, but I like it a lot with the Beyer T1.
 
I'm not into mods. I keep the W5000 mostly for its unique (albeit flawed) sound. I keep the LCD-2 for the same reason - they are flawed in a diametrically opposed way to the W5000.
 

Sounds like you're a hard guy to please- I'd hate to be your significant other. 

 

[JamesMcProgger]

From now on my goal in life is to move to Tokyo.

 

[smokyflames]

DANG GOOD MAN!!! XD im loving ur pics and feasting my eyes on all those headphones makes me wanna drool over those high end headphones. I like the part when the sennheiser section was completely blue, nice decor. Great post again^^

 

[Arksun]

Lovely pics, thanks!

 

[MikePio]

 
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I have the W5000/HA5000 combination, and I can tell you that the W5000 doesn't sound any better with the HA5000 than it does with my other amps. The HA5000 is actually a problematic match because its gain of 6X is way too high for the W5000 which limits significantly the useful range of the attenuator.
 
The W5000 have an interesting sound (very detailed and airy), but they're flawed. In particular, they sound rather thin - instruments lack body.
 
In other words, there really is no reason to be jealous seeing the W5000/HA5000...
 

Well I would agree the W5000's do not have the weight and body of other headphones I tried and surely the HA5000 does not correct this, but what it does do is it accentuates that strengths of the W5000's which are detail, resolution and air that are already the hallmarks of this headphone. I have compared many amps in my experience, and looking around here on Head-Fi almost no amps match like the HA5000, but I am not sure what amps you are using, but I would be curious to know. Everyone has different ears but expecting the W5000's powered by the HA5000 to turn into a bass heavy, lush and full sounding headphone is impossible and in my opinion would take away from the special qualities the W5000's do possess. Anyway back to this amazing headphone meet! 
 

 

[krairoek]

very good review, awesome pic. thank a lot.
May be my next trip will be Japan.

 

[bunit]

Wow this seems amazing...I hope to check this out one day and also props for including the extra pic of Dynamic Audio as a nice hi-fi shop to possibly visit when overseas

 

[Niyologist]

This is one of the reasons why I want to visit Tokyo. Their massive selection of Headphones/Earphones/Amps!

 

[Twinster]

 
Well I would agree the W5000's do not have the weight and body of other headphones I tried and surely the HA5000 does not correct this, but what it does do is it accentuates that strengths of the W5000's which are detail, resolution and air that are already the hallmarks of this headphone. I have compared many amps in my experience, and looking around here on Head-Fi almost no amps match like the HA5000, but I am not sure what amps you are using, but I would be curious to know. Everyone has different ears but expecting the W5000's powered by the HA5000 to turn into a bass heavy, lush and full sounding headphone is impossible and in my opinion would take away from the special qualities the W5000's do possess. Anyway back to this amazing headphone meet! 
 

I believed the Yamamoto HA-02 do pair very good with the Audio Technica headphones. Adding a bit of warm to the sound signature (based on reviews).