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Racio wrote:I was at Audiophile AliMall a couple of days ago looking for a pair of simple Y-connectors when something else piqued my fancy. I noticed they already have a respectable array of Audio-Technica headphones (the last time I was there, they only had 2 or 3 on display). Unfortunately, I was in hurry and didn't have the time to demo any of 'em. But the guys there were really accomodating and pulled out every headphone I pointed my finger at. I suddenly got flashbacks of an email Rajan sent me a few years back about A-T head phones that sported wooden ear cups. I think they somehow read my mind 'coz the manager replied that they currently don't have those in stock, but if I'm willing to wait, they can special order almost anything I could find on A-T's website.
Well, I found this:
ATH-W1000
specs: http://www.audio-technica.com.sg/ath-w1000.html
I'm awaiting their price quote hopefully by the end of the week. However, I haven't seriously delved into headphones yet, so I'm practically clueless if the above is in any way a good investment. I'm quite aware that Sennheisers, Grado and AKGs are popular top picks, but I've read very little about A-Ts. Headphone gurus, your comments please? Rajan? Russ? TIA.
This one's mondo dinero :
ATH-L3000 ($2k)
Looks real cool though. hehe.
rajan wrote:The AT phones were once the rage in the headphone forum a year ago. Now they have all died down. The phones posted by Racio are indeed expensive. I would invest in a Senn 580/600/650 instead. If you are not really into headphones, the following will be my shortlist:
higher-end:
senn 580 - darker
grado 125/225 - brighter
lower-end:
senn 497 - haven't heard it but seems to be rated favorably
grado 60/80 - brighter
as in most in audio, ymmv, and let your ears do the listening.
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