Fegefeuer
Headphoneus Supremus
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Wow, alright, got a pre-fazor LCD-2 here which comes in beautiful Rosewood matching its (tonal) character if it had a color. Beautiful, finely textured, detailed and rather dark. Had a friend reterminate a Forza cable for them. I'm amazed how good they sound and how they probably got buried under with the thousand (silent) revisions of these and the release of many other headphones that came after these got introduced. Clean bass to the bottom, wonderfully lush vocals.
First thing the transitions between bass, mids and treble are absolutely fine. No pitfalls to stumble into, no annoying peaks or highs that make me squirm or close my eyes. No femal vocal shoutiness, no etch in the treble, no overly sharp or soft attacks. The owner did not lie when he kept them over the course of owning many other revisions and other Audezes like the Classics.
Very well and delicately tuned. Still great on technicalities like cleanliness, (micro/macro) dynamics, though of course a headphone like the Verité, 800 take over in terms of speed, dynamics, detail etc. Technicalities are not everything though, it's why we can go back to "old" headphones which trade off the very latest screaming qualities with great tone and timbre.
I think this and the HE-500 are the ultimate "dreamy" headphones you can get. They do most things simply well and have proper extension for any kind of genres. They are not the best gaming or movie cans as their staging is rather small. If I had to nitpick it's the staging size. I don't care much for it for music though as long they don't give me that spooky voice effect. Haven't heard the LCD-4 properly yet, under home conditions.
All in all a wonderfully romantic headphone that you can listen to for hours and hours and not want to lay them down. They simply do so much right.
First thing the transitions between bass, mids and treble are absolutely fine. No pitfalls to stumble into, no annoying peaks or highs that make me squirm or close my eyes. No femal vocal shoutiness, no etch in the treble, no overly sharp or soft attacks. The owner did not lie when he kept them over the course of owning many other revisions and other Audezes like the Classics.
Very well and delicately tuned. Still great on technicalities like cleanliness, (micro/macro) dynamics, though of course a headphone like the Verité, 800 take over in terms of speed, dynamics, detail etc. Technicalities are not everything though, it's why we can go back to "old" headphones which trade off the very latest screaming qualities with great tone and timbre.
I think this and the HE-500 are the ultimate "dreamy" headphones you can get. They do most things simply well and have proper extension for any kind of genres. They are not the best gaming or movie cans as their staging is rather small. If I had to nitpick it's the staging size. I don't care much for it for music though as long they don't give me that spooky voice effect. Haven't heard the LCD-4 properly yet, under home conditions.
All in all a wonderfully romantic headphone that you can listen to for hours and hours and not want to lay them down. They simply do so much right.
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