you can read up the review from headfonia, however the budget is kinda stretched out and you have some mid/mid low coloration as opposed to the regular mid/mid high coloration that the AD700-900 has, even more so on the 1000PRM. to say the least, and according to headfonia, ad1000 and ad2000 is very colored, while ad900 gives your a slightly more neutral balance (as compared to the ad1000prm and ad2000), in other words the best bang for buck, unless you're able to stretch your budget for either 1000prm or ad2000, and provided you prefer either the highs (1000prm) or lows (2000) coloration as opposed to the ad900.

it really depends on your budget and preference i would say, though if you havent already, you can gain some additional insights of the ad series, especially ad900, and how far it can potentially go with an ear pad change by checking out my reviews (can just click my signature's picture )

Never tried AD2K before but I managed to test the AD900. If you ask, I could not differentiate between AD700 and AD900.
Having said that, my ears probably not used to both cans. From wallet point of view, I can safely say, AD700 is already worth the buy. No need to stretch to AD900.
My point is, if you're budget is around AD900, why not audition it and see if it fits the "bill".

At times, reading too much comparison reviews and listening other ppl's comment will give alot of unnecessary headache. LOL.

AD700/900 was on my wishlist. But I ended up buying the ES7 due to other reasons (portability, closed).

for starters, the extension and the frequency range is greater on the ad2000, after all, it is the flagship for AT's AD series, if its not considerably better than the ad900, then it quite a joke already to be honest. what most (especially headfonia) is saying is that ad900 is the best bang for buck that you can get (provided you can stretch your budget until that high) to experience the AD line up's sound signature. if budget doesn't permit, consider the AD700 as well though you do lose out on the extensions, and the fuller sounding mids/lows (especially when the lows are the AD series weak point i may say) and yes, i have auditioned both ad700/900/1000 (and recently, for a short bit, 1000prm from techmy). anything lower/higher i have not auditioned yet.

and yes, as the review mentioned, especially the keywords used by headfonia: "genre bandwidth"
if ur mainly listening to jpop, considering the said coloration on the mid/lows, i think they are quite spot-on on the recommendation too. however if its out of your budget, then you'll have to save up for it no doubt

and yes, i mainly listen to anime songs. going back to "genre bandwidth", if you're familiar with anime songs, they can range widely from metal, rock, classical, sentimental, upbeat, mellow, digitalized, and acoustical and so forth. it really depends on the anime one watches, and i watch at least a good half of any given season's anime shows (which is at least 10ish give/take for those who wants some numbers) which suffice to say that i do require a good amount of genre bandwidth to cope with the wide variety of music i listen.

during my audition session at jaben which lasted a good few hours LOL, going from beyers, senns, AKG (which i even mentioned in my review), none of them really struck me, the senns are pretty good, however with the pricing they go for asia region, its just not worth it unless i get my friend to help me buy from UK, and lets just say im impatient and i dont feel like troubling him ^^;
randomly going with the audio technica a series, things are starting to shine a bit, and once i got on the ad series, thats the end of it. rm500 budget became a 500 singapore dollars overbudget credit card swiping spree LOL

that, is how well i find the ad series are for my liking and music preferences

now for the stock pads, i fine it fine, honestly. the sq differences between the stock and leather pads arent huge at all, and unless ur listening to it analytically, you may not even notice much difference at all (my friend sichiri said theres no difference )
like i've mentioned in the reviews, i went for it due to comfort reasons, and a problem that i face wearing the headphones for long hours. constantly trying to wipe off sweat, and in the end, once the pads soaked up enough sweat, any wiping wouldn't save it anymore and the listening session comes to a halt. it obviously wasn't a problem during audition at jaben's as i didnt went on hours on JUST the ad headphones, and it was in an air con'd room where i dont always turn on my air con at home lol.

to to summarize, it was a problem that i had to fix, i seeked out solutions (which akabane kindly helped, and also during the TT session where i find the leather pads really really comfy haha) and i applied that just solution. as simple as that.

now if you're still having dillema, over your choice, heres the best way:
attend TT sessions or goto jaben, audition audition audition. then access how much budget you can fork out (or willing to fork out, now bear in mind, they both mean very differently if you put your thoughts into it  ) once you got a few selection. thats how you nail your money's worth dream headphone

Yay lol.  Can finally try the ad 2000

ad700 is the way to go my fren ! me sense mid freak here like muah

then pergi ke woodies w11jon

but really ad700 is wut suits ur characteristics clearly n burn more to see how it goes, at least 140hrs so far for me now is my liking alot

i havent gotten into DACs yet, as i find the x-fi titanium sufficient enough to push it. Even the shitty laptop (dell SXPS 13) on board IDT sound card aint too bad either (quite an understatement i guess, its pretty shitty lol, and f*** the x-fi software lulz), i would say maybe 70-80% of what my pc is doing.

then its further paired with the govibe peak and i find this amp really good to compensate the bass for the AD series, the gain boost also covers highs, mids and lows pretty well. i have also just recently auditioned the AT HA20 amp at jaben, havent tried with my own ad900 as i sent it in for warranty    how with everything else i tried for it, in comparison with the govibe peak, i find this amp really really smooth, laid back and i think it does compliment majority of audio technica's headphones pretty well. that said, its not as laid back/smooth as the audio GD compass, that one is just too much for my taste 

overall, its cheaper than the govibe peak too, and it looks HELLA sexy with the see through shaded acrylic panel, with blue LED to highlight the internal components of the amp. no option to tweak bass/gain boost on/off unlike the govibe peak though.

if you want amp pairing recommendations for the ad900, i would highly recommend either the HA20 (if ur onto smooth/laid back listening) or the govibe peak (for more engaging/forward listening, and good bass boost to compliment the lacking bass department of the AD series in general)

ps: i have the ksc75 too, and ive used it for so long, at least maybe 5years or so, its currently running naked without the foam as i never bother to replace it XD

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Added on July 17, 2011, 10:46 pm

anyways anyone have any recommendations/experience for these? else i guess ill just post on the recommendations thread instead?

well to poison any potential buyers, one would assume that their demo headphones are all burned in nice and well. hell, you think logically, if many people keep testing their demo units, it would be automatically burned in right? 

headfonia review (and mine lol shameless advertisement) aside, i also highly recommend the ad900. its just that sweat spot so long you got the budget to spend (i know, its not exactly cheap with our malaysian currency/buying power)

and yes, i am aiming for the ad2000, though by the time i buy it, they may release an update or replacement of the flagship already heh (which is what im hoping for! XD)

wow ini sgt cheap ada money in hand, errr.. but w1000x not my cup of tea thou, still prefer woods ie w10vtg or w1k or errr * cans with special cable *cough*

yeah no doubt.

however my reasons for the ATs are somewhat different haha. then again if you think about it, it could be very well the same thing too, since i like the mid/high coloration from the AD series 

if ur AT headphone/earphone is Made in Japan, chances are it's born in this factory!   


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this is sho funneh ... what about car, tax is 6% as well huh?