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Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« on: December 01, 2011, 10:07:55 PM »

Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response


The Audio Technica woodies are very hard to measure because of their design. The driver baffle is semi-open to allow a delayed back wave to augment the forward wave. This probably accounts for their romantic or weird sound depending upon how you hear it. As always, no smoothing is applied. What I will do is investigate further by taking an open or small baffle measurement of just the driver itself.

UPDATE - FR measurement of the driver without the cup:


I guess the driver is just screwy. CSDs will tell more, but none of those until tonight at earliest.
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 11:57:27 PM »

WOW!

I gotta hear those!!!
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2011, 02:02:18 AM »

Audio Technica need to start learning how to use their own microphones!!!!  Looks pretty much how I picture every ATH woody sounding.  My mouth makes a similar shape when I listen to them. 
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2011, 02:11:24 AM »

Well, the W3000 does seem a bit more tame than the other's I've heard. Not as aggressive. I guess you can say they are like some of the better AKG's. The W3000 actually sounds good out of warmish portable sources and laptop outs. The FR is totally unsmooth after the midrange, but those peaks, other than the one at 11k, don't push out past the area from the upper bass to the midrange, which is pretty flat.

If you take a look at the AD2000, that one's more scary because it's just a lot of treble energy.
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 02:07:16 AM »

Well, the W3000 does seem a bit more tame than the other's I've heard. Not as aggressive. I guess you can say they are like some of the better AKG's. The W3000 actually sounds good out of warmish portable sources and laptop outs. The FR is totally unsmooth after the midrange, but those peaks, other than the one at 11k, don't push out past the area from the upper bass to the midrange, which is pretty flat.

If you take a look at the AD2000, that one's more scary because it's just a lot of treble energy.

Interesting....

Do you have these in your possession atm or are they making a tour as well? I'd love to hear them Monday night.
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 03:47:10 AM »

So basically they sound like a 1500000 dollar Sextett?  (where's the evil smiley?) 

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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2011, 05:09:00 AM »

LFF, are you giving yourself karma points over there?  Geeeeeeeeeze

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Re: Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2013, 08:12:03 AM »

Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response


The Audio Technica woodies are very hard to measure because of their design. The driver baffle is semi-open to allow a delayed back wave to augment the forward wave. This probably accounts for their romantic or weird sound depending upon how you hear it. As always, no smoothing is applied. What I will do is investigate further by taking an open or small baffle measurement of just the driver itself.

UPDATE - FR measurement of the driver without the cup:


I guess the driver is just screwy. CSDs will tell more, but none of those until tonight at earliest.

Plotting master, did you do CSD plots of W3000ANV ? I would much appreciate if you could post them up. Thanks.
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Re: Audio Technica ATH-W3000ANV Frequency Response (and more)
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2013, 12:30:39 PM »

Is there a driver mismatch I see the variations between the right and left driver is pretty large.
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