At the 2017 Spring Tokyo Fujiya Avic festival I had a chance to audition the latest version of Audio Technicas metal-cup headphones, the A2000Z. In the past, I’ve tried the A2000X, but I had trouble getting a good seal with the wing system. Even so, they sounded too “thin” to me, with not enough bass. When I tried the A2000Z, it seemed that the seal was fine and I didn’t have to bend or adjust anything to get it, which was a very pleasant surprise. The tuning still has quite a mid-range focus and the treble is still not the […]
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Announced in 2014, the ATH-ESW9LTD headphones are the latest limited edition supra-aural from Audio Technica. Every couple of years Audio Technica has released limited edition headphones based around the ESW9 but with better drivers and special wood. Despite the basic design being somewhat dated and competing headphones having better isolation and being more robust, there is still a lot of interest in these headphones. Thanks to William Silvio (wsilvio on Head-Fi) for the photo of the ESW9s and Fujiya Avic for the photo of the ESW11s in this video. While the ESW9LTD is no longer available, you can buy the […]
