Yeah, reject WoodLuvr's experiences, because we all hear different things. But I'm pretty confident that my LCD-2f out perform my H6s also in every way except comfort from my experience using both daily...
Happily will concur; we all have different hearing and fitting experiences.
Especially coming from a guy with minor hearing loss/damage (from malaria, a career of guns/helicopters, and the 2008 Israeli bombing of Gaza) with missing/reduced/amplified hearing frequencies so please do take all my findings with a grain of salt.
Maybe I should place a disclaimer under my name that says: "hearing impaired!"
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...For closed cans, they have excellent sound stage (better than most closed cans, and better than many open headphones in their range). And they have absolutely incredible imaging. My LCD-2f still has better imaging, but I would say the H6 are 70-80% of the way there with this. This is also the case when it comes to clarity (except the H6s mids are not as forward so guitars are not as detailed. Vocals, Treble, and bass are.)...
...my LCD-2f bass is ridiculous, in a positive way (I still have to explain my slang lol). The LCD-2 bass is Mike Tyson like punchy, it reaches down under the soles of your feet, and still manages to not bleed into the other frequencies. The reason I explain this is because if you read my review from before, you'll see I enjoy the H6 bass just as much, but for different reasons.
My LCD-2s were old... circa 2012.
I recently listened to a pair of LCD-2s (circa 2016), LCD-4s, and LCD-XCs... and wow the LCD-4s and LCD-XCs were beautiful (way better imaging and overall sound to my H6s) but unfortunately they and the newer LCD-2s still have that same uncomfortable heavy/clampy/sweaty feeling like my older LCD-2s The 2016 version LCD-2 seemed to be a bit stronger in the bass; improved clarity; with the same imaging as my older version but still very comparable and only ever so slightly better than my H6s!
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For closed cans, they have excellent sound stage (better than most closed cans, and better than many open headphones in their range). And they have absolutely incredible imaging. My LCD-2f still has better imaging, but I would say the H6 are 70-80% of the way there with this. This is also the case when it comes to clarity (except the H6s mids are not as forward so guitars are not as detailed. Vocals, Treble, and bass are.)
Either way, the H6s are awesome headphones and they are very underappreciated in their price range. I think they can compete with many headphones worth twice as much. That's pretty awesome if you factor in how small, light, comfortable, and sexy they are.
Imaging as in timbre and instrument separation and presentation, yes the LCD-2s are slightly better but imaging as in a wide sound-stage with clear neutral mids, no I truly think the H6s are slightly ahead there with a sound-stage and mids nearing HD800 level.