Broke my Audiotechnica Air ATH AD-900X - please suggest replacement

[agfoxx]

Dear all,

I'm new here, but I understand this is the perfect place to ask audio-related questions of people who don't insist that electrons need to flow in a certain direction; and that any audio cable that costs less that £1000 per millimeter is rubbish. So I'd be very grateful for your help.

For a few years, I'd been using Audiotechnica Air ATH AD-900X with a Dragonfly Red DAC. I listen to most of my stuff on Tidal. Mostly jazz, but also some blues and a bit of classical.

Unfortunately, yesterday I dropped the headphones, and now they're basically dead.

So before I go and buy a pair of exactly the same headphones, for exactly the same Dragonfly, to listen to exactly the same music, - are there any other makes/models the community here can recommend? I don't really need Bluetooth, wi-fi or a cordless setup, - something basic but decent-sounding would be just fine.

Many thanks in advance!

Artyom

 

[highpurityusbcable]

If my HE-400i will break I would just go for their 2020 refresh.

 

[Feelas]

I think that HD560s and R70x are common recommendations in this tier, maybe biased towards R70x, judging by common opinions and graphs. I don't own neither, yet ask questions if you get one or the another recommended.

 

[Bob-23]

Unfortunately, yesterday I dropped the headphones, and now they're basically dead.

Physically broken, or just no sound? In the latter case, there simply may have broken a solder joint, or a cable got loose, inside the cups. A soldering iron can help, and if you don''t have one, maybe a friend of yours does...

If any other component is broken, can't you get replacement parts?

Apart from that, I really enjoy listening to Jazz with the Fidelio X2HR - when eq'd to Oratory 1990 they sound good, open, spacious soundstage.(note genuin replacement earpads no more available)

 

[agfoxx]

Thanks, Bob. Physically broken, as in, dropped down the stairs and smashed to smithereens.

 

[16/44]

Thanks, Bob. Physically broken, as in, dropped down the stairs and smashed to smithereens.

Pics!

 

[Veri]

Pics!

Sadist!