[TheOtus]

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The Wooden cups are of American oak and have a nice reddish / orange color with nice lacquer.

Read the package, they´re not oak.

 

[SleepyOne]

American Cherry wood according to their website.
 
http://www.atheadphones.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=36_45&product_id=99

 

[loopsider]

I've been holding off from posting my own W1000x porn but these shots are lovely.
 
What most people see as deficiencies in it are what I love about it the most (though someone thought the mids were forward, what the heck?!). These are simply one of the best classical, jazz, acoustic and solo piano headphones I've ever used. I've had a hard time finding cans that don't annoy me after listening to a solo piano record for more than a few minutes and these suit me perfectly. And stand-up bass is just lovely.
 
With the mids, these guys don't do rock as well. I find myself reaching for the acoustic versions because steel strings shimmer through these. Distorted guitar and its highly varied bandpass filtering already in the record makes it a tough beast to tame AND make a string quartet sound beautiful.

 

[monsieurguzel]

Thanks loopsider, and I completely agree with you in your impressions.  When it comes to Jazz, Accoustic music, etc, these headphones really create a very compelling musical scene that is deeply involving and realistic.  The soundstage, bass, and rendition of the instruments are extremely convincing and have so much body and punch to them!!  Of all the closed cans that I've listened to (D5000, D7000, ESW9, DT770), the W1000X is the one can that is the easiest to listen to and tackles a lot of genres so well!
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I've been holding off from posting my own W1000x porn but these shots are lovely.
 
What most people see as deficiencies in it are what I love about it the most (though someone thought the mids were forward, what the heck?!). These are simply one of the best classical, jazz, acoustic and solo piano headphones I've ever used. I've had a hard time finding cans that don't annoy me after listening to a solo piano record for more than a few minutes and these suit me perfectly. And stand-up bass is just lovely.
 
With the mids, these guys don't do rock as well. I find myself reaching for the acoustic versions because steel strings shimmer through these. Distorted guitar and its highly varied bandpass filtering already in the record makes it a tough beast to tame AND make a string quart

 

[Rideau]

Monsieurguzel,  Very good review, I love listening to these headphones so much I think it is time for me to get a dedicated amp,  just not sure on which.  However I did recently order a Audio-gd Sparrow version A which should arrive any day now. I just like moving around my house alot, so size plays apart in my decision and $.  By the way also enjoying my ES10 

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[lwt13]

Hello everyone,
 
I just got the W1000X a day ago. I find that the treble and the highs are pretty sibilant.
Is this normal when it's new...Will burn-in smooth it out eventually?
 
Thanks.

 

[Currawong]

lwt13: Possibly.  When I first tried a pair that were brand new, and tried the same demo pair many months later, the sound was quite different.  What gear are you using though?

 

[LevA]

monsieurguzel,
 
the more I look at your photos the more I feel my esw10s feel lonely and need company
well 5 more days to go before I head to Japan to try them out...

 

[lwt13]

hello currawong,
 
I'm using an Audio-Gd Compass (fully burned in) with a default stock setup. Previously, I was using the Compass with HD650. Had no sibilance problems with the Sennheiser though.

 

[TheOtus]

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Hello everyone,
 
I just got the W1000X a day ago. I find that the treble and the highs are pretty sibilant.
Is this normal when it's new...Will burn-in smooth it out eventually?
 
Thanks.

Highs will tame a bit for sure. For sibilance, it´s hard for me to figure out if the song has a tendency to get sibilant or if it´s in the phones, because I haven´t had that many phones. Heck, I´ve been listening to music for real for couple of years only.

 

[Currawong]

The W1000X, to me, have a treble peak which may well be around 6-8 kHz, where sibilance is most noticeable.  Along with somewhat sucked-out lower treble/upper mids, this gives the impression most of the time of a pleasant treble.  However, something like the Compass isn't so great if you have a sibilance problem as it doesn't have the smoothest of amps.

 

[Ridleyguy]

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Hello everyone,
 
I just got the W1000X a day ago. I find that the treble and the highs are pretty sibilant.
Is this normal when it's new...Will burn-in smooth it out eventually?
 
Thanks.

 
I have commented on this previously, but yes, the sibilance will go away and the treble will smooth out.  I had exactly the same issues.
 
I would say they need at least 50 hours or so of burn-in.
 

 

[lwt13]

Oh, thanks a lot guys....guess I'll have to be patient with it...now I'm testing it out with my iBasso D10 to see if my Compass is causing the problem.

 

[Frank I]

I still havent ruled out the W1000x vut I think I will try the Denon AHD7000 first with the 30 day return policy. The Matrix M Stage according to Head Direct wont sufficiently power the Planar. I do like the looks of the AT.

 

[dmcs414]

Bit of a delayed response on my part, but awesome review, thanks so much monsierguzel.  This really helps with the data I've been trying to formulate for my next headphones purchase.  Much obliged!