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great to hear that you like them
They are indeed very well-rounded.
How are they compared to your D2000s?
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I believe these ESW10 are better than stock D2000 with the ESW10 being more balanced, detailed and transparent. They are also probably slightly better than my re-cabled D2000 when they had the stock plastic cups, because the D2000 still lacked a little presence and detail in the mids that made then a little too laid back.
But, after adding the markl stuffed thicker earpads and some markl D2000 mahogany woodies yesterday it's a tight battle, but the edge goes to the D2000 I think. The D2000 have gained all the midrange detail and presence they were missing before, have a bigger soundstage and stronger bass than ESW10, are more comfortable than the ESW10, and isolate much better than ESW10 or D2000 with plastic cups. They also would cost about $700 to build another pair of D2000 just like these (if the phones alone are $200 on sale), so I hoped they'd sound a little better.
I have a 4-pin XLR plug on the D2000 and adapters for single ended and balanced amps, and when I run them balanced instead of single ended they just get even better. I ordered the woodies Monday, after spending 10 days with the loaner markl modded MD5000 DE (deluxe ed), and deciding they were clearly better than my D2000. The wood cups have dynamat on the inside; however, I did not do the dynamat on the driver of my D2000 and I get a lot more bass than the MD5000 DE or ESW10 (more like Edition 9 bass). The stuffed earpads and woodies helped with the soundstage and detail. I dare say I might now like my re-cabled woodied stuffed and balanced D2000 more than my Edition 9, sometimes.
But the ESW10JPN are definitely NOT mid-fi headphones, but are indeed true hi-fi headphones.
