chargedcapacitor
500+ Head-Fier
I will fully disagree. An elevation in the 3khz range will not effect how I hear bass and sub bass. Besides, I, and many other LCD owners, will use EQ to approximate the Harman target. In such a situation, factors like bass texture / speed and sub bass performance will outweigh the small differences in tuning.It really doesn’t matter if you volume match SPL.
When I do my comparison later today, both the LCD-MX4 and LCD-5 will be EQ'd to similar tonalities. I will tune the amps so that the bass frequencies have equal SPL, and when playing music, the average / max SPL in song will also be equal. This testing setup is the best way to accurately judge bass performance with the most credibility, and without leaving too many other factors to chance.