For me,my ESW9 put me a smile in my face whenever I listen to it.Don't take my word much though,try it first if its suit your need.BTW it is woody and closed,but the female vocal part is simply magnificent with this cans.It is easily driven too,an amp is not necessary,though it also gain benefits when amped,just not as much as the harder to drive cans.

Yup2,woody by AT just magnificent.My dream after getting secured job is to make home setup with W1000X,one day for sure.

Go for the Ibasso D-zero,I had to be contented with Govibe Mini USB DAC only,tight fund.Nevermind,at least got decent amp.

Hmm,for me,ESW9 always satisfy me.Ya,the comfort of closed on-ear headphone couldn't match with the ad series of course.If you like airy sound signature,you won't go wrong with ad700,ad900 or higher.

No wonder people seem avoiding my ES7.Is there many fake ES7 out there?As a proud owner of ES7,I feel sad and angry.

I think long time ago I found fake AT.It called ATH-ES8 if I'm not mistaken.I found it around Summit SJ.

This post has been edited by Axe93: Jan 31 2012, 11:58 PM

ESW9 is my best cans so far.My ear is quite normal,so the comfort isn't that bad,although it still sit on my ear.I need to take it out after 3-4 hours to rest my ear a bit,but usually,I'm ok with it.Pair it up with ordnance .22 currently,its so beautiful.

I'm not good in reviewing,so forgive me.Pairing Ordnance .22 and cryo copper IC with ESW9,the first thing I noticed is the instrument separation.It is much more spacious also.The mids is a bit forwarded,but not as forward as govibe mini box amp.The bass become more tighter and faster,the response time.The high doesn't improve much or my newbie ears doesn't detect it.That is all I could detect,sorry with my clumsy explanation.

If you think the bass for AD700 is not enough for you,I doubt AD900 will satisfy you.You might want to look at HD5xx series for more bass quantity than ad700 but it semi open cans.

Oh,I thought it semi open because of its bass quantity.Yesterday,I traded my ES7 for Alessandro MS1i + topup.Its still new,less than 20 hours of burn in,so may be quite some time needed before reaching it full potential.I'm quite happy with it as the vocal and string instrument quite nice but the soundstage almost non-existence.I'm thinking for modding it to MS1000.

I'm sure Akabane already sapu some of it already.

I've got no headphone stand,just put it on my desk after using it.

No space already,my desk occupied with figurines.

This post has been edited by Axe93: Feb 15 2012, 07:08 PM

Haha,I collect mostly anime related figurines,especially if it is Nagato Yuki or Hatsune Miku.

I wish figma offer all the vocaloid member.The only available vocaloid up to now is Miku,Luka, and Kagamine Len&Rin.There might be hope for it coming to figma as Meiko,Kaito and Gakupo already enlisted in Nendoroid line.

Hmm,I have to agree with you.Since I entered this field,my budget for figurines seem declined sharply.A bit frustrating sometimes.

The mids of AT make it successful today,so many AT mids fans,including me,especially the woodies. XD

Haha,yup2.Female vocal is the best with AT.Tried to use my tube amp pair it with ESW9,using cryo copper IC,disaster.Too warm,until masking the detail too much,so change it to cryo gold IC,better result.Didn't try tube rolling yet,btw I use DIY tube amp sold by LYN forumer.

I use LYN forumer Creater Star DIY tube amp,this amp improve mostly in bass and treble when using the provided tube,mids also got improvement,but maybe need a bit of tube rolling to get the perfect synergy with ESW9.

Hmm,I just ordered RCA long black plate yesterday,from ebay though,I'm cheap.The amp I'm using now also use 12au7,got many flavor for this type of tube,headache.