AIWA/SONY MDR-CD,MDR-5a,MDR-M,MDR-E,MDR-A,AIWA HP-V and others of the golden era

Great headphones from Sony. Sadly they are not 3.5mm jack
Tomorrow part 2 will be MDR-M55

 

Those are truly hi-fidelity headphones: Some one says the golden era of SONY
MDR-M55
Gredit:bouya.officew.jp

 

Another hi-fidelity model MDR-60II. The sound is very similar to MDR-51 driver is the same. Anodized aluminum champagne colour.

 

The drivers on some of those look to be very similar to those on my MDR-605.
Still the best headphones I own and a personal favourite.

 

I should definitely revisit my younger days!! Nice stands you got there, I hate vacuuming/dusting (all of my plastic model jets are nicely surrounded by spider-webs!) so I keep my collection of hphones bagged... The latest and greatest from Sony got crucified by InnerFidelity, that was odd to read! But the market nowadays is cruel, good old days of Stax and Sonys are gone forever...

 

MDR-51 WM-DC6 version short jack 3.5mm
Maybe one of the best portable cans

 

At last, the place for me!
I am going to buy an MDR-M55 if everything goes right. I used to have some nice stuff as well, now I only have an MDR-62 from the 30mm driver headband series.
So the MDR-605 is better than these oldies? How about the M55? Is it better than the MDR-5 for example?
What about the difference between the MDR-51 and the MDR-M55?
Thanks in advance, I am really happy for this thread!

 

One of my dream headphones

 

Aiwa Pipe-Phone HP-V14 Great Sound 15mm drivers.

 

AIWA Sound GT HP-V20 I think ST-MN switch 15mm drivers

 

Sony MDR-E484B Big sound from those little drivers. Mellow sound.

 

Nice E484!
I plan to get some too. Here is the E747, one of the last nice buds from Sony.
484-ish, but has an inferior soundstage and reproduction. Still better than most buds recently.

 

MDR-E464 HI-FI N.U.D.E. Sounds harsher in HF than E484. But with foam is very nice.

 

The humble SONY MDR-E212. Natural sounding great mid-range.

 

Seems like a surprise, in what way the E464 is better than the E484?

 

The Highs is more sweet even with foams. Bass is tight, Mids is spot on. Soundstage is large. I think Sapphire Diafragm is better than Diamond Evaporates one. I prefer 464. I think 464 driver on a 484 body will became best combo ever.

 

MDR-Е551 Good Soundstage

 

Hey guys, FYI - I recently sold my MDR-E484, MDR-E575 and lastly my MDR-E888 but I kept the MDR-E565 because I have a soft spot for them and I think they sound better than the 575s and 888s (but never above the 484s). . . . I am currently selling another of the great ones of that time - the AIWA HP-V743 (sapphire diaphragm and LC-OFC).

 

MDR-EX90LP SONY EX MONITOR:Great sound if is original ones cuz many fakes are out there.