Well, a good rule of thumb would be the price. I'd stay away if the price was fishy. If its too good to be true, then normally is best to stay away.

Woah... Liddat ah.
Then best to buy from the popular shops from there(HK), one is Mingo and the other one I cannot remember dee.
I visited both these shops when I was there(HK) last time. Very nice shops. Small, but got lots of stuff. As far as I could tell, they were ori stuff lah, but then again I wasn't there to specifically check for fakes, so wasn't actively looking.

Good thing there is info out there on how to tell the fakes from the real ones then.
I'm personally not worried though, I get my AT/Japanese stuff direct from Japan.

^ If you want that item, I can probably get it for you from Japan for about RM600 or so.
But, IIANM, the release date for that is only December 18. PM me if you're interested.

Bro, read this, it should help you out:

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/ath-es7...d-fakes-417148/

Look out for the pouch, its the most obvious thing. Ori one has a nice fluffy grey bag.

ES8? WTF....

Sh*t la these people, selling fakes. Really irritating. I am damn pissed with them(fake sh*t) right now.
I wanna buy an Alps RK27... but damn takut end up with some fake crap.

Grrrrrrrrr.... Must tembak these people.

This post has been edited by Sony Ericsson: Dec 4 2009, 11:04 PM

Yeah, but I went to Alps Japan website, minimum order is 100pcs... LOLz... I'll have 99pcs of spare.

Well, since you guys love the AD2000 soo much but say that budget is a problem, let me know (PM so you don't mess up this thread) if any of you are interested in a used AD1000. I know of one that is in very good condition in Japan and is selling for RM988. Seems like a reasonable price to me.

Akabane might be able to shed some light on how the AD1000 compares to the AD2000 since I have no experience with the AD1000 (I dunno if he has tried the AD1000 though).

All I know is I LOVE the AD2000. Its an awesome headphone.
If any of you manage to try the W11jpn... hehehe... now THAT is a headphone which is awesome for female vocals.
Probably the best headphone for that genre.