[MacedonianHero]

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How do you find the treble quantity compares to the HD800? Just curious about whether the W3000ANV may accentuate sibilance compared to the HD800 or actually mask sibilance a little bit. Just looking for some opinions. Turns out my W3000ANV will not be here until Saturday. Feels like a year away.

With my setup, I don't have issues with siblance.
 
 

 

[ZenErik]

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With my setup, I don't have issues with siblance.
 
 

With the GS-1? Do you only listen to very well done recordings? Or perhaps we just hear things differently. I'm hearing plenty of it on a lot of my recordings with female vocals.

 

[MacedonianHero]

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With the GS-1? Do you only listen to very well done recordings? Or perhaps we just hear things differently. I'm hearing plenty of it on a lot of my recordings with female vocals.

Both of my amps. Most of my recordings are quite good, but I've got some older jazz recordings from the '30s and '40s (including a lot of female vocals) and find these cans work very well with them too.
 

 

[ZenErik]

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Both of my amps. Most of my recordings are quite good, but I've got some older jazz recordings from the '30s and '40s (including a lot of female vocals) and find these cans work very well with them too.
 

Modern pop is mainly what I am speaking of. j-pop in particular. I can send you a few examples if you'd like. It would be interesting to see whether we hear the same sibilance or our hearing is just that drastically different.
 
I am always interested in how other people hear things because I know that when I let my friends listen on my setups they do not always hear what I hear.

 

[cute]

Has anyone done a recable on these?  DHC, Blue Dragon, etc?

 

[uelover]

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Has anyone done a recable on these?  DHC, Blue Dragon, etc?

The stock 7N OFC cable is not good enough? =)

 

[cute]

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The stock 7N OFC cable is not good enough? =)

Just askin!  I have a DHC Symbiote on my ESW9....very smooth.  I was looking to smooth out the highs/sibilance, and the DHC if very neutral.  Is the stock 7N OFC cable stranded?  Also, is the 7N OFC used on the ATH-W1000X, looking at recabling those as well.
 

 

[uelover]

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Just askin!  I have a DHC Symbiote on my ESW9....very smooth.  I was looking to smooth out the highs/sibilance, and the DHC if very neutral.  Is the stock 7N OFC cable stranded?  Also, is the 7N OFC used on the ATH-W1000X, looking at recabling those as well.

To smooth out the highs/sibilance maybe changing an amp would help.

 

[Dr. Roberts]

Has anyone listened to the W3000 using an EAR HP4, which is my reference amp? Any suggestions regarding which aftermarket cables mate well with these cans?

 

[cute]

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To smooth out the highs/sibilance maybe changing an amp would help.

Nah, my amps are just fine.....changed interconnects back to pure copper coming from my DAC, fixed the highs/sibilance, but I'm still going to recable with a DHC Symbiote cable and a Blue Dragon with materials purchased myself.  The only way to see the diference is to hear for yourself!
 
 

 

[uelover]

 
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Nah, my amps are just fine.....changed interconnects back to pure copper coming from my DAC, fixed the highs/sibilance, but I'm still going to recable with a DHC Symbiote cable and a Blue Dragon with materials purchased myself.  The only way to see the diference is to hear for yourself!

 
Make sure you get another pair of stock W3000anv around to compare! =)

 

[MuppetFace]

With a plug like these have, recabling them would be a crime!

 

[uelover]

With a plug like these have, recabling them would be a crime!

Maybe somebody will even do an open cup mod on her.

 

[MuppetFace]

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Maybe somebody will even do an open cup mod on her.

Hell, just replace the cups entirely with new ones that use zebrawood and chicken-wire screens!

 

[lee730]

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Maybe somebody will even do an open cup mod on her.

How dare you!