atx
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Can someone enlighten me as to where the A900 stands in the ATH product line? which is their flagship headphone and where is the A900 relative to it?
Originally Posted by HiWire The '900 is kind of in the low-mid range of their headphones. The Connolly leather '3000 sits at the top of the line, followed by the wood-cupped limited-edition series. In the '900 series, it was superseded by the '1000 and '2000, if I recall correctly. Those cans are out of production, but there is a new AD-series that goes up to '1000 and '2000. |
Originally Posted by fr4c if they are L3000 drivers, I'll buy 7 and have a pair of headphones for each day of the week. |
Originally Posted by Sugano-san So these phones are black plastic with nicer pads and top-of-the-line drivers for $330? IN that case, maybe it's preferable to pay a few 100 $$ more and get the W5000's. |
Originally Posted by NeilPeart I prefer the A900 (standard) to even some AT woodies like the W100, W10VTG and especially the W1000. |
All we know about the A900LTD is that it is an improved version of the A900 - let's not speculate wildly regarding its implementation of $50 L3000 drivers... |
Originally Posted by atx You mean you find the A900 sonically better than W100/W10VTG/W1000 ? I'm a little confused here since some posts say the A900 is barely any better than the A500. If the L3000 drivers cost $50, where did the other $1800 go? The wood? |
Originally Posted by NeilPeart That's exactly what I wanna ask, yaufei (read post #36 in this thread)! |
Originally Posted by overlunge I agree with NeilPeart in regard to the sound of different AT models, there are even variation between the W's. While W1000's lack of popularity on Head-fi, they are a interesting sounding pair of headphones which takes up a certain line of sound within the Woodies. |
So thats like $100 for two drivers, and probably $300 for the leather? And maybe another $200 for the wood? As for the cables and other materials like the pads, that would probably be around $200 ? So its $800 for a $1500 headphone and maybe $300 into the production cost? But seriously, it aint expensive for a big company like AT to make headphones. |
Originally Posted by atx The W1000s get a very favorable mention in these 6moons reviews: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/s...ower/mpx3.html http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/emmeline/sr71.html I just don't get the polarized opinions when it comes to the w1000. The leather probably comes from India, and they would cost probably $20-30. The wood is also dirt cheap if you go to asian countries like Indonesia. These companies are marking up the prices so its worthwhile for them to get into the business at all. I'm pretty sure that the profit margin is at least 60-75%. That aside, I wouldn't mind buying the L3000, except I listen to mostly contemporary music and the way they are mastered nowadays (at clipping levels and compressed range), using the L3000 is a waste of money. |