4N6
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Just received my Markl-modded D5000 headphones. I got the balanced deluxe model with balanced Jena Labs cable. I have had most of my headphones recabled by various companies, and must say that the recable job performed here is the most impressive. The hand weave of the cable is very professionally done.
I have not had them long so these are some initial impressions. On first listen, I really like what I am hearing. I used to own a set of D5000's and sold them a few months ago. They were also recabled to balanced. My main complaint with them was a shallowness to the soundstage and a difficult to describe "artificiality" to the sound. I just could not listen to them for long as the music did not involve me the way a few other headphones in my arsenal did. With the new MD5000's, the sound seems less artificial and more involving. I listened to them all day yesterday and did not feel the need to switch back to my SA5000's or the K1000's. Yes, there could be a little "new toy" syndrome working here, but as I had had the Denon's before I do not think that this is a big issue.
I really do like the comfort of the headphones. They seem a little heavier to me than I remember the stock headphone being, but I do not think they are heavy. The padding is nice and soft. I had them on for most of the day and had no comfort issues. As with all leather-wrapped ("pleather-wrapped?")earpads, there is a little warmth built up, but it never was a big issue or uncomfortable.
I will try to post some more detailed listening impressions later, but my quick take is that the bass is a better defined and more tuneful, and there is an increased depth to the soundstage. There is a slight, and I mean slight emphasis on sibilants as compared to some of my other 'phones. This may be a matter of break-in as both the headphones and cable are brand new. I hope they will smooth out a little as time draws on.
More to come...
I have not had them long so these are some initial impressions. On first listen, I really like what I am hearing. I used to own a set of D5000's and sold them a few months ago. They were also recabled to balanced. My main complaint with them was a shallowness to the soundstage and a difficult to describe "artificiality" to the sound. I just could not listen to them for long as the music did not involve me the way a few other headphones in my arsenal did. With the new MD5000's, the sound seems less artificial and more involving. I listened to them all day yesterday and did not feel the need to switch back to my SA5000's or the K1000's. Yes, there could be a little "new toy" syndrome working here, but as I had had the Denon's before I do not think that this is a big issue.
I really do like the comfort of the headphones. They seem a little heavier to me than I remember the stock headphone being, but I do not think they are heavy. The padding is nice and soft. I had them on for most of the day and had no comfort issues. As with all leather-wrapped ("pleather-wrapped?")earpads, there is a little warmth built up, but it never was a big issue or uncomfortable.
I will try to post some more detailed listening impressions later, but my quick take is that the bass is a better defined and more tuneful, and there is an increased depth to the soundstage. There is a slight, and I mean slight emphasis on sibilants as compared to some of my other 'phones. This may be a matter of break-in as both the headphones and cable are brand new. I hope they will smooth out a little as time draws on.
More to come...