Sold: ATH-AD2000
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340.00 USD
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I will pay for shipping. I only ship in the US via UPS.

Gotta sell something before Friday and I can’t be too greedy with my collection. So I got to let something go. I will also just post this across the forums. This is the ATH-AD2000, please do not confuse it with the ATH-AD2000X. I wanted to test this with really fast electronic music, but was never in the mood. Lock myself in the dungeon for the last 2 months listening to Band-Maid, so I never got around to doing serious testing with this headphone. You need an amp probably with a solid RMS output. People say the B22 amp is really good to unlock the speed potential of the ATH-AD2000. My Allnic HPA-5000XL also drives the ATH-AD2000 to its max potential.

My favorite review of the ATH-AD2000:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/5-year-re-review-audio-technica-ath-ad2000.574882/

Amps recommended from that review:
Amps range :

  • Transistor, portables : Little Dot Micro+ - Portaphile V2^2 Maxxed - HeadAmp AE-2
  • Transistor, full-size : HeadAmp Gilmore Lite, GS-1, & GS-X - Schiit Asgard - SPL Auditor - DIY M3 - DIY B22 - Luxman P-200 & P-1u
  • Tubes & hybrids : DIY Millett Hybrid - Cayin HA-1A - Woo Audio WA22 - EarMax Anniversary
Music Genres it could be good with a solid amp from one of my favorite ATH-2000 reviews:

This is a subjective question I can’t answer for someone else, but these are my opinions on certain genres:

  • Classical & Instrumental Jazz: I group these together because they tend to use solely acoustic instruments (rarely electric or electronic). I consider the AD2K one of the worst headphones for genres like these due to its unnatural-sounding mid-range. This is a common trait of Audio-Technica headphones though and it tends to affect AT’s lacquered wood headphones the most.
To be more specific on the unnatural mid-range, I mean that most acoustic instruments can seem to sound weird from the AD2K’s unusual tonal shift. From a musician perspective, an instrument has a certain tonality when played live, and there are some headphones that just flat-out portray certain instrument tonalities completely inaccurately. The AD2K is one of those headphones, as are others I’ve heard that include the flagship AKG K70x, Beyerdynamic T1, and Sennheiser HD800, all notably on string instruments. Tonally-accurate headphones I’d recommend for musicians, in price ascending order: Sennheiser HD600, JH Audio JH13 (IEMs), Grado HP1000 (discontinued), and Stax OII MKI (SR-007, also discontinued).

  • Vocal Jazz: “Good” will inevitably depend on the music and/or artist. The AD2K has a unique take on vocals in particular which may or may not be to one’s liking. Its effect can be really surreal on female vocal jazz though, as already mentioned above. A vocalist like Jane Monheit comes to mind. Imagine her sitting virtually in your lap and singing right into your ears - that’s what the AD2K does.
  • Electronica/Trip-Hop: This was the first genre I started out listening to, back when I first got into headphones, and the AD2K became and has remained my favorite for this genre. Although the Audeze LCD-2 is also really good for this genre, I prefer the AD2K because I’ve grown used to it. Both headphones deliver plenty of bass impact (the LCD-2 a lot more than the AD2K) but the AD2K’s handling of percussive instruments in particular makes it my preference. I should add that I listen to primarily breakbeat, techno, trance, IDM, and ambient; most other sub-genres not at all. I find ambient less than stellar on the AD2K though and prefer it on headphones that have crystal clarity and large imposed soundstages, like the Senn HD800 which was a step in the right direction for me.
  • Rock/Blues: This has too many sub-genres but I’d think the AD2K to cover most types of rock & blues at least moderately well, especially modern rock, which tends to use electric guitars and synthesized elements.
  • Metal: Too many sub-genres here as well. Personally I see most metal as being either aggressive or oppressive, or both, and the AD2K can easily shift character to convey either of those attitudes effectively. It’s also more than fast enough to convey really fast speedruns. IMO the AD2K is awesome for metal and it’s my next-favorite genre on it after electronica/trip-hop.
  • Americana/bluegrass/country/folk: Same as for rock, I consider the AD2K moderately good for this type of music. However, for me its partial lack of clarity and treble quantity make it less than ideal for bluegrass, as I prefer to really hear the string action of steel guitar, dobro, & banjo. I vastly preferred the treble of headphones like the Qualia 010 and HD800 for bluegrass (I no longer own those for other reasons).
  • Pop: I can’t think of any reason the AD2K would be bad for pop, given its general mid-rangey/mid-bassy signature. The AD2K can easily reveal dynamic-range compression though, among other artifacts (like MP3 compression), so it may not necessarily be the best choice for poorly-recorded/mastered music.








Listed by: Saberpunch (20)
Listed: 2023-05-31
Last edited: 2023-12-13
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