On the brightness point, my early impressions are these are definitely V-shaped headphones. Lots of treble, lots of bass and good mids.
With the Grado GH2’s, for me, it is about 75% mids and the remainder split between bass and treble. I find the bass weak and I barely notice the treble. But mids for miles.
As soon as I put the WP900’s on I heard treble. A short time later I started to hear the bass. The mids sound fine and are in no way scooped out.
Spot on! It’s probably the first and only v-shaped Audio-Technicas (excluding the lower end consumer products) whereas the bassiest Grado is never v shaped. Personally coming from other ATs I’d prefer the WP900 to have a bit more mid presence
This v-shape is very special, I don’t think they are that bright but rather trebley. Its a weird v-shape as well, sometimes the mids are upfront and sometimes they’re recessed depending on the mix. Very hard to describe the sound from this pair.
Coming from other ATs I did expect more mid-emphasis, or them to be sweeter, like in their solid bass or monitor line.
The grado GH seem like an awesome set, I wonder how they do against the hemps, congratulations on your 2 woodies.
same, its recessed in a part of the mids I don’t mind, but some songs come out a little bit cold cause of that dip. Still somehow doesn’t take away from guitar crunch and pedals buzz.
I was browsing cases on Amazon. My Meze 99’s had a great hard case. I just rolled with them in my kit bag every day. They are still perfect shape after three years, although the pads were wearing.
Like to find something that would give me the same confidence with these.
Not sure if Geekria is available there, but they are good quality. Alternatively I’d suggest getting any generic case that fits, and get egg shape foam to fill the gaps, it won’t get more secure as this
Off topic but with you grado fans in here, if you had no grados and little income (xD) would you go for the sr80e or save up for a nicer pair, if feel that if I get the sr80e I wont be getting other grados for a very long time (cause they rock).
Why not both? Get the SR80e and an assortment of cheap pads to try. If you like them, then maybe save up for a Hemp, RS2e, or PS500e (they do sound better than the SR80e). Or maybe your happy with the SR80e and can save some money. The SR80e are fairly affordable so there is little harm in trying.