pataburd
Headphoneus Supremus
After a long and fulfilling time spent with the Denon AH-D2000, I recently acquired the D5000.
In short, though perhaps not as pleasingly forward as the D2000, the D5000 offer more detail, better resolution/refinement across the frequency bands (bass, for example, sounds much more articulate), a more 3-dimensional headspace (with appreciably better front-to-back dimensionality), purer tones and more natural and completely-rendered timbres (bells, woodwinds, brass, piano, etc., sound more lifelike with the D5000).
The D5000 are still undergoing "burn-in," and have currently accrued about 150 hours, allocated to approximately equal parts of music and pink noise. Already they show great potential. The D2000 sound a touch "cleaner" right now, but I'm quite sure that with another few hundred hours the D5000 will uniformly surpass the D2000.
Well, I had hoped to have the D2000 APS V3 recabled for a second a/b with the D5000, but recabling costs look prohibitive (and irrecoverable). Instead, I am planning to sell the D2000 and put the proceeds toward getting some 18AWG UP-OCC copper and soliciting a DIYer to recable the K501. : )
In short, though perhaps not as pleasingly forward as the D2000, the D5000 offer more detail, better resolution/refinement across the frequency bands (bass, for example, sounds much more articulate), a more 3-dimensional headspace (with appreciably better front-to-back dimensionality), purer tones and more natural and completely-rendered timbres (bells, woodwinds, brass, piano, etc., sound more lifelike with the D5000).
The D5000 are still undergoing "burn-in," and have currently accrued about 150 hours, allocated to approximately equal parts of music and pink noise. Already they show great potential. The D2000 sound a touch "cleaner" right now, but I'm quite sure that with another few hundred hours the D5000 will uniformly surpass the D2000.
Well, I had hoped to have the D2000 APS V3 recabled for a second a/b with the D5000, but recabling costs look prohibitive (and irrecoverable). Instead, I am planning to sell the D2000 and put the proceeds toward getting some 18AWG UP-OCC copper and soliciting a DIYer to recable the K501. : )