burgunder
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I only have a pair off modded Fostex T50rp(which I guess are not as resolving as the LCD-3) but I have been testing various amps lately and I have come to the conclusion that the orthos don't change much with different amping, which I find great!
Having transducers that are so hard to drive can also be inferred as a "poorer" design no?
Orthos by nature have a flat impedance vs. frequency response (HE-6s are the same as the LCD-2/3s in this regard), so should we penalize them for that, when that's their nature? I think I can make an argument that designing a headphone transducer that sounds great without an UBER expensive amp that can handle the "swings" of the HD800s is a good thing? I realize that this is a taboo around here, but I've been thinking about it recently.
I only have a pair off modded Fostex T50rp(which I guess are not as resolving as the LCD-3) but I have been testing various amps lately and I have come to the conclusion that the orthos don't change much with different amping, which I find great!