Mike has posted he isn't upset and Audeze had cleared up any confusion.
Time to let this go and get back to discussing the headphones.
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RTFO!!
On my last track for this EL-8 open-back sunrise listening session!
"Here To Fall" (Pete Rock Remix) - Here To Fall Remixes - Yo La Tengo
Live Impression
This has to be one of the hottest Pete Rock remixes I've ever dropped on the dance-floor. It's got that classic Pete Rock pulsing bass line. It weaves to the front of the stage and ripples back, while also swaying side-to-side, creating this rhythmic wave that's just head-bobbingly infectious. But the systems gotta have speed AND precision to give this track what it needs to move people. Dimensionality is key too, as that bass line hovers, the vocal samples swish across the stage.
The Burson Conductor Virtuoso + EL-8 open-back systems not only handling the BASS with ease, rendering a textural, almost tactile feeling - like I can reach out and grab the kick as it slams and recoils (with no hints of over-hang). The sound-stage also has the air and spaciousness I just mentioned above - creating a wide, deep sense of field. The sound is dark, but club-dark, not dark in terms off mood. It's drivy and moody.
The EL-8s doing a wicked job. I think there's something to the single-sided driver methodology employed here that gives the EL-8 a nudge in the transient speed - and this maybe the edge it has over other cans in this range...
Damn, I'm loving this - but I gotta go get some sleep!