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RE: AUDEZE

Posted by Davy (A) on September 25, 2010 at 18:55:56

In Reply to: RE: AUDEZE posted by triamp on September 25, 2010 at 14:02:51:

Hi there,
Yes I remember from hearing the 57s myself that the bass is nice and tight, and pretty impressive in that respect. though it does not extend that deep, but like I say that does not bother me too much as I can get used to it. I guess if you have a small room the 57 is likely to be much more suited to it than the 3.6R. I read before the Maggies need at least 300 sq foot to perform properly. I don't have enough space for my Maggies either! I plan (or maybe should I say "dream"!) of moving to a place with a huge listening room in the future.
I guess that with reframing Maggies, and making them much more rigid, like some people do, - the bass must get a lot tighter. They are pretty flexy in stock form.
I had a pair of Apogee Stages for a while and they had a tight bass as their construction was very rigid but the treble was also not to my liking compared to the Maggies ribbon, - with the Stages the treble had a slightly annoying tizzy/metallic sound. I have heard this is partly due to the crossover design though and can be improved with crossover upgrades. So yeah I would agree and say the treble on the ribbon tweeter shod Maggies I have heard sounds more natural than the 57s and the Stages.

I am somebody who usually doesn't mind a bit of brightness with headphones, - but having not heard the HD800 its hard to say if I could take the treble or not. I read too that there is unfortunately some manufacturing variation with the HD800s, - some examples sound brighter than others and there is some correlation to this from the frequency response graphs of a particular phone. Though unfortunately the phones do not come with the graph, - you have to register it to get the graph from Sennheiser which is annoying. I guess if you you know what to look for in a graph though, buying a used one with a FR graph might allow you to pick a less bright example.

When you get the LCD2 let me know your take on LCD2 vs HD800.

Cheers,
Colin

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