[ast]

Audio-Technia W5000, brand new from pricejapan.com -- great price, greate service, super fast shipping only two days from Japan!!! Postman delivered it an hour ago:



Very nicely double boxed:

 

[TheStig]

OOOoooooohhhhhhh, perty.... Congrats and I guess try them out and give us input on how they sound to you, hehehe...

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Where did you say you lived again?

 

[ast]

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Originally Posted by jmmtn4aj /img/forum/go_quote.gif Where did you say you lived again?

dude I will hide from you for sure ...

 

[jay spec]

i'm jealous...i haven't gotten the double-box treatment from pj yet...all i had was a single box with some green wrapping paper and a plastic bag when my dx1000's arrived...and they took 3 whole days

i see you're in the bay area though...interested in a mini-meet before the big international one in april?

 

[slwiser]

I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed mine.

Congrats!

 

[ast]

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Originally Posted by slwiser /img/forum/go_quote.gif I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed mine. Congrats!

oh very much so. Only 30min with W5000, I noticed it is MUCH more comfortable to wear than AD2000. Sounds different too. will need more time to fully comprehend.


How come I don't get free wine like Elephas did ?

well, I will go grab a beer ...


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[Veniogenesis]

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Originally Posted by ast /img/forum/go_quote.gif oh very much so. Only 30min with W5000, I noticed it is MUCH more comfortable to wear than AD2000. Sounds different too. will need more time to fully comprehend.

Congratulations on the new headphone! I'm sure you're super excited.

Let us know how you like the new cans in comparison with the AD2k.

 

[kool bubba ice]

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Originally Posted by ast /img/forum/go_quote.gif Audio-Technia W5000, brand new from pricejapan.com -- great price, greate service, super fast shipping only two days from Japan!!! Postman delivered it an hour ago: Very nicely double boxed:

You are a contributor to the 'dark side' of headfi.. Shame on you..

I envy you.. the W5000 are the cans I want most.. Least in production..

But first I need a DAC1 & get my 650's a balanced cable before going after the W5000.. Are you going to go to the SJ meet?

 

[Icarium]

Welcome to the fold. I got mine last week. With a filthy indent in the right can pad but... it's fading with use.

Can't say I'm disappointed with the look, the sound, the hot hot case... but they aren't as comfortable as the Senn. HD650s (At least not for me ).

Excellent phones though. I was quite tempted to buy a second pair ;p But some a pair of those Equinox cables and a good synergistic amp for the W5000 comes first.

 

[ast]

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Originally Posted by kool bubba ice /img/forum/go_quote.gif You are a contributor to the 'dark side' of headfi.. Shame on you.. I envy you.. the W5000 are the cans I want most.. Least in production.. But first I need a DAC1 & get my 650's a balanced cable before going after the W5000.. Are you going to go to the SJ meet?

May The Force Be With You.

Yes I've registered for the San Jose meet. Want to try out some of the good DACs. Just got mine, E-MU 4040 USB, but found it doesn't work with Windows 2000 only XP

The HeadRoom DAC USB works just fine without even need to install any drivers. Alas! have to sell it and start looking again.

 

[Cyrilix]

I think a bunch of us are waiting on a review...

 

[mikeymad]

Very Nice ast:

Enjoy your honeymoon. I know I sure did. And it looks like the long term relationship will work out as well.

Cheers,

 

[ast]

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Originally Posted by Cyrilix /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think a bunch of us are waiting on a review...

There are several excellent reviews/comparisons on W5000 here at Headfi. I dare not put myself in that league

I will give some of my very first impression given I only had it less than 1 day:

when I compared W5000 and AD2000, I honestly put the price difference aside and tried not influenced by it at all. For a very short audition out of my Yamaha Z9 receiver's headphone section, here is what I have:

(1) Classical music, Pieter Wispelwey plays Kodaly's "Sonata for cello solo opus 8".
W5000 sounds like from an accoustically well constructed hall, soundstage is obviously wider but not as wide as AKG K701. There is a liquidity of the instruments that is hard to describe in words. Instrument separation is much clearer. Everything sound more "solid". AD2000 sounds more "airy" or a little emptiness like the recording was done in a huge empty warehouse, not echoy in any way though. a little bassy and full bodied. The airy side may be of the intrinsic open (vs. closed) design I guess ?

(2) Electronica, Delerium, Archives vol.1.
W5000's bass is super tight and fast, the impact is stronger in a sense like my head got pounded. Again wider stage and clearer instrument separation. AD2000 performances very well here as well. The bass is a little "boomy" in comparsion in a sense that each "attack" lasts longer.

(3) female vocal. Teresa Teng, the late Taiwainese star.
Oooooh, W5000 is so much sweeter here and I literally felt my heart was grabbed by her voice! ONLY now that I understand what other reviewers described "emotionally involving". All above differences apply here as well.


W5000 is a cut above AD2000 in almost everyway, at least in the music I've listened. Well AD2000 is by no means a bad phone, quite the contrary it is a GREAT phone, it is just W5000 is even greater

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[socrates63]

Congrats!

You registered with Head-Fi only a month ago, and you've already purchased two of the top AT cans in production. Wow, you move fast!