Danz03
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Most 'professional' microphones are neither neutral nor accurate. In fact some of the mot used studio microphones are popular because of their coloration, like most tube mics. I don't think you can make a statement saying that the LCD-2s are not accurate just because a recoding you made of your mom using a 'professional' microphone didn't sound like her. The distance between her and the mic can alter the frequency response by a lot: too close you get proximity effect, too far you get coloration from the room reverb. I can easily make Dianna Krall's voice as deep as I want by merely close miking her. It would have been more convincing if you compared the LCD-2s with a pair of reference monitors. If you think you can correct the LCD-2s by just using EQs, in theory you could even make beats studio sound perfect too just using EQs, why spend money on expensive headphones?
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I don´t think the lcd-2 are neutral in a absolute level. But they are perfectly linear in a relative level. That is, as you can see from the graph, the frequency is ruler flat from 10hz to 1khz, so you can hear for instance, the bass notes very linear. With some speakers or other headphones, you can hear some notes of the electric bass more emphasized than other notes. This doesn´t happen with lcd-2. But the bass/midbass/mids are too prominent. You can hear female vocals too deep. That´s what some people have been loving about Diana krall, and the other female singer whose name i don´t remember. If you like it, it´s ok, but if you want a neutral voice, you don´t get it. I´ve even tried that with my mother´s voice recorded with professional studio microphones, it was deeper than in real life. While people may like this, this is not neutral in my opinion.
But it´s very easy to solve with an equalizer. For instance, as i wrote in my previous post: I´m applying -3db to the frequencies up to 1khz, -1db to 2khz and 16khz bands. To my hears also, this sounds much more similiar to my speakers, that are very flat (i have their frequency response measurement).
This is much more natural, and similiar to real life. I´m trying to buy a tube amp for more musicality though. But still, i want the frequency response to be as neutral as possible.
When i first heard about the he-6 being more open, i was worring that i made the wrong choice in buying the lcd-2, but with the EQ (wich is free if you use your computer as the source), i can easily tailor these headphones to my tastes.