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RE: If you are serious about headphone listening...

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In Reply to: RE: If you are serious about headphone listening... posted by EdAInWestOC on October 04, 2019 at 22:06:48

I agree completely with EdA ... "until you hear planar etc., you will not know what you want." the best advice you will read here.
The Audeze LCD2C for example are a reasonably priced, ultra high-value target into that end, and are easily sourced used. The second responder opines that, "after planar, dynamic phones kinda blow." This is also true, and an understatement in my view. Right now I am using the equally cost effective Chord Mojo as a source, with an iPad, an Audeze Deckard Class A single ended 4 watt monster, bringing buckets of current, and with it unreal slam on the big stuff, gorgeously sympatico w the Audeze stuff. To reproduce this calibre of sound in a room rig employing reference level open baffle speakers with bass units capable of reaching to 10Hz, ..would cost multiple thousands. All items purchased used, mint, total investment around $1600CAD

Edits: 10/12/19

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RE: If you are serious about headphone listening... - Dawnrazor 17:34:42 10/12/19 (1)
Hey I hedged my bets because I havent heard all the dynamics out there. One has to sound as good as planars.

Yeah I may get the Audeze stuff. Currently thinking of spending some dough on more headphones. But the audeze stuff seems colored, but in a good way. More looking for neutral. My hafler has a touch of tube gooeyness so a neutral can is best I think.

But yeah planars are such a bargain and do everything pretty well. Bass especially is extended but not bloated. Dynamics have a problem matching this IMHO. Also the driver size is hard for dynamics to match and a big driver, sounds BIG...

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- RE: If you are serious about headphone listening... - DrD 07:49:39 10/14/19 (0)
  I don't find them coloured really. Warm, resolving. --I have tinnitus and can listen to these for 8 hours at a time. Also, with the LCD series, if you feed them current, then you have a head rig that would require bass elements in the order of something like Bag End Infra series 18 inch to get that kind of grunt in a room rig. Use a superb source like Chord anything and they do not appear to be coloured at all in my opinion. To reproduce this level of sonic grandeur in a room rig you would be looking at a > $35,000 investment and the requirement of a large room to load up the bass.

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