[Dregur]

Just sorta curious of there are better sounding earclip headphones than the KSC75's?

I mean I'm spending hundreds of dollars on IEM's but sometimes you want the airness of open cans, and I was wondering if there is even an upgrade to the KSC75's with the earclip design. I dislike full size cans because I have naturally poofy hair...and hair band hair just looks weird.

-The Grinman

 

[LuckyKarma]

Audio-Technica makes some expensive wooden clip-ons, but I can't comment on the sound as I'm not a big enough fan of clip-ons to spend that kind of money on them

 

[vapman]

Audio Technica ATH-EW9

 

[Mrvile]

I have a feeling those $180 Audio Technica woodie clipons sound better than the $30 KSC's, but I don't think a lot of people have tried the woodies...

 

[Dregur]

I'm actually tempted to buy those. The reviews on these boards vary widely on the bass response on these phones. From total lacking to punchy, but not overwhelming. Hmm..need to find a place that has a good return policy.

Dang, just found them online for 120 bucks...bought.

-The Grinman

 

[toastmaster]

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Originally Posted by Dregur /img/forum/go_quote.gif bought.

Man, what interesting 'phones. Please post impressions when you get a chance.

 

[Dregur]

Sure, I'll compare them to my KSC75's with my LDM+ amp. Should be interesting. I'll be getting them on Thursday, hopefully J&R has a pretty good return policy if I don't like them. Of course, I might just keep them and show them off, because they look damn cool.

-The Grinman

 

[wower]

Yeah. I am interested in this as well. I find the 75s sound great but leave a lot to be desired with the looks and comfort.

Do the other AT offereings sound the same as the high-end woodies product??

 

[Dregur]

From what I've read, they all have a similar sound signature, with the EW9 being the "warmest" out of the three I was looking at. But all of earclip designed AT's all bass lean apparently.

Also, it seems from what people prefer out of the "big 3" of AT earlclips, it goes:

EW9 > EM9d > EM9r

But I, of course, haven't personally heard any of them myself, so take it as you will.

-The Grinman

 

[Chef Medeski]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mckickflip /img/forum/go_quote.gif Audio Technica ATH-EW9

Nice. Would love to hear a review as well.

 

[toastmaster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dregur /img/forum/go_quote.gif they look damn cool.

QFT. They're industrial art.

 

[Dregur]

My co-workers already think I'm crazy anyway (I bring quite a bit of portable audio equipment to work...because I can). Imagine when I show up to work with wooden headphones. Their first reactions are probably going to be,

"Whoa, those look cool..but..uh..why are they made of wood?"

-The Grinman

 

[3X0]

If there are better clip-ons than the KSC-75, I doubt many have heard them. If you do some quick searches on the forums, you'll find that clip-ons are rarely discussed, much less any appreciable variety of models.

 

[Dregur]

Well, I think also that people don't like clip on's all that much, because at 120 bucks, people would go with k81DJ's instead. At 200 bucks, we're going into Grado/Senn territory. Also, the EW9's just recently went way down in price. In previous threads, they were going for 200 bucks, instead of the 120 I found at J&R.

-The Grinman