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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2015, 07:08:34 PM »

Well, I think I'm going to pick one of these up again, they're a hell of a lot of fun. lol
I'll have to update this thread later on with impressions.

Thanks again for the thread, this is shaping up to be one of my top 5 threads of all time.  :wheel:

Guys feel free to post impressions about the AD2000 as well as the AD2000x, it's all relevant information imo.
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2015, 11:19:10 PM »

talking about ad2000 scaling... They don't really get much more detailed but the slaaaaam out of my audiolab integrated amp compared to my old meier headfive was insane! I mean the volume went up to the point of shaking my head without any farting hehehe
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2015, 11:23:59 PM »

talking about ad2000 scaling... They don't really get much more detailed but the slaaaaam out of my audiolab integrated amp compared to my old meier headfive was insane!

Any idea what the model was and what the output impedance was?
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2015, 01:55:02 AM »

no idea about the output impedance but it was an old 8000a pre-tag mclaren days
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2015, 04:51:20 PM »

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 I mean the volume went up to the point of shaking my head without any farting

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I always fart when I shake my head, regardless of headphones. Hey, it's an age thing  :)p12 ...

The Audia Technica wings. Are they that different from model to model? Or is it head to head that varies more? I could have been a fanboy to the exclusion of all others, just for those wings, and the lightness on the head. I really wanted to upgrade within the range, but the message that I got was that the model I have was the sweet-spot value-for-money among the AT-ADHs, and I'd get more from the Senn house.

Granted, they feel as if they are going to fall off, but without heavy headbanging and extreme farting, they just don't.

It's like wearing a dhoti.  :)p7
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2015, 01:45:51 AM »

The older ad2000 was fine as well as the old ad700, ad900 and a900 that I used to all own but when I tried the newer ones like the a700x and the ad900x, they felt too loose and weird
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2015, 01:50:59 AM »

The older ad2000 was fine as well as the old ad700, ad900 and a900 that I used to all own but when I tried the newer ones like the a700x and the ad900x, they felt too loose and weird
To my head the Ad2000 sits flush all around though my ear touches the driver. I remember that being an issue initially in the past, but I remember it going away somehow. Ad700 are practically on-ears, but super comfy but loose. Ad900 clamped a bit harder but still comfy, true circumaural.

I find it interesting you find the A900x loose and weird though as the cup has vertical and horizontal motion and I find the clamp on par with the old Ad900 (from memory)
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2015, 09:06:41 AM »

The older ad2000 was fine as well as the old ad700, ad900 and a900 that I used to all own but when I tried the newer ones like the a700x and the ad900x, they felt too loose and weird


To my head the Ad2000 sits flush all around though my ear touches the driver. I remember that being an issue initially in the past, but I remember it going away somehow. Ad700 are practically on-ears, but super comfy but loose. Ad900 clamped a bit harder but still comfy, true circumaural.

I find it interesting you find the A900x loose and weird though as the cup has vertical and horizontal motion and I find the clamp on par with the old Ad900 (from memory)

Interesting reflections. Since my relatives left Singapore, I have no idea when I'll again have the luxury of, at least a couple of times a year, being near shops I can just wander in and try stuff. Oh, wait... going to London in July, but I don't think it is anything like as good as Singapore
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2015, 02:37:24 AM »

Oh man, just AB'd this vocal track vs. my HD600. The HD600 destroys this thing in vocal clarity + liquidity. My opinion of these just went down a few notches. Did you guys notice this sorta thing?
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2015, 03:11:55 AM »

Oh man, just AB'd this vocal track vs. my HD600. The HD600 destroys this thing in vocal clarity + liquidity. My opinion of these just went down a few notches. Did you guys notice this sorta thing?

Yup, sounds just about right. It's not a fair fight between these two.


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