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To add to that: Hmmm... Interesting, you say yours is the light brown box and has "AKG K1000" on it eh? Well, my black box version had "AKG K1000" written on it. My bass light version had a light brown box that had the silver AKG logo at the bottom right side. Sometimes I see on HF that the color of the box is used to distinguish between bass light and bass heavy versions. I've seen it mentioned a couple of times now in the FS forums that the black box version is the bass heavy and the light brown box is the bass light version. Maybe the writing on the inside is the one that determines which version it is and not the box color? I'm assuming that they first produced the bass heavy version (box color irrelevant, writing shows "AKG K1000") and somewhere after the 8~10k mark started producing the bass light version(box color irrelevant, no writing, just silver AKG logo). I would love to know what version is yours, when you do get a chance to compare, do post your findings back in this thread. If yours is bass heavy and you find that the bass light version has the silver AKG logo, then yeah, I guess the writing differentiates the versions and not the box color/serial numbers. If the bass light version also has "AKG K1000" written in the box, then just throw the whole theory out the window. Does that make sense? 3am now, I'm off to bed.

Ah yes, the "holy troika", I saw that post. Would be awesome to have all those 3 Lambdas together. The (original) Lambda Signature probably ranks up there with my top 5 most favorite headphones. When driven properly (717/T1 with Toshibas), the "etch" is nearly gone or is negligible. I even ditched the O2mk1 in favor of the Lambda Signature. Lambdas FTW.

Yeah, sooner or later, I'd probably succumb to its beauty and buy one just for that. Must resist. It looks (almost) as good as the W2002/W11jpn. I love that orange color.

Well, yeah, they do sound different to me, its just that in the grand scheme of things, they are not thaaaat different. They both sound like uh... a K1000. Changing a DAC or Amp will bring about a much bigger change. If I were forced to choose between the two (just for the sake of it), I'd probably pick the treble happy version. I could live with either version though. If you do come across another K1000 with say 4k difference (up or down) in serial number from yours, its probably best if you try to audition it or if its for sale just buy it and listen to both and see which you like best, then sell the other one. Its what I did. Its what Fitz did. The brown box version is wood colored... light brown/maple~ish wood color. FWIW, one the inside, one had "AKG K1000" written in there and the other was just blank with a small silver AKG tag at the bottom right side. Definitely two different versions.

I've had two K1000 before, one in the 11xxx range (brown box) and the other in the 7xxx range (black box). The 11xxx one had more treble (I loved the sweet treble extension) while the 7xxx one had a more "evenly" spread out frequency range/more balanced presentation. The sound felt more weighty. If the 7xxx unit had the treble of the 11xxx unit, while maintaining its "weightiness" it would have been great. The treble happy version was a little more picky with quality of the recording, if there was harshness/grittiness in the highs, you're gonna hear it. When the treble in the recording was smooth, extended and well behaved... woah... the O2mk1 (driven by 717) can't come near it. No wai! However, I think its gonna be impossible for you to figure it out without comparing side by side. The differences I mention above are really very minuscule and I'm nitpicking. We're talking about the same headphones here. Both K1000 still sounded like a K1000 to me and not like a... um... Deno... never mind. Don't split hairs over it, just enjoy your K1k.

A used W5000 is worth about five fiddy or so. And the W1000x is ALREADY out btw. A friend of mine has the W1000x, and has owned the W5000 in the past. He says the W5000 sounds better overall because its more refined + better details. He says they are kinda cut from the same cloth though. I really want to hear the W1000x.

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Its one of my favorite headphones.

Does this also mean that you put your headphones in areas other than your head? Eeew! EeeeeeeW! No wonder you have soo many headphones. I think I'm gonna be sick.

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^ WOAH...

Did you somehow manage to find another Ayre AX-7e Stretch?

Hola, new guy. Welcome to HC!

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Well, I'm still looking for a second set (HPA got me one but that is going to my dad as a gift), so if anyone has a spare unit to get rid of, just let me know and the monies will be sent your way immediately. I'd love to have one myself for portable use.

Fitz, that's a fucking awesome avatar.

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Well, if any of you are getting from the Logitech site and can grab two units for me that would be great since Jin had some problems with his CC and only managed to get one for himself from Amazon; hit me up with a PM of your paypal address and I'll send the cash over right away, otherwise nvm, its ok. JH13 here I come....... yeah riiiiiiiight. Even that Logitech site does not do international shipping.

Do they take Paypal? I have the monies ready and can send it over immediately.

^ If anyone of you guys are getting one and don't mind buying another two and shipping it to me here to Malaysia, I'd be really grateful. One will be for me, the other will be for my dad. I have an amazon account and just tried to order, but they won't ship outside USA. Please?

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Yup, that is my understanding too, no different "runs"; the one ESW10jpn that I owned in the past was sweeeeeeet. Reminded me of the W11jpn a little. If we were talking about the W10vtg... eh... now that has some slight variation SQ wise. Be careful if you're planning to buy an ESW10jpn though, the fucking fakes have started to show up. I saw a thread on HF the other day saying that the pirates have started selling fake ESW10jpn and they were quite good copies too.

You're asking about the ESW10jpn and not the W10vtg right?