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Arrgh, I accidentally deleted a more detailed impression.
Let me simply put it this way. Since owning the Lyra II's, I've been paying particular, renewed attention to the sound mix when I've gone out to various live music venues. The slight elevation of bass in the balance, the attenuation of treble clarity in relation to distance from the stage, etc. And I absolutely get that sense of natural presentation and a connection to the analog sources I grew up with when listening to with the Lyra's. Very satisfying.
Natural, coherent, musical, detailed, and a beautifully balanced, textured bass. A joy. Couldn't be happier!
Nice to hear another Head-fier sharing the same sentiments of the Lyra 2. I own a few decent full size headphones but the Lyra 2s were my first big spend on IEMs and I wanted something like the IE800 but more natural sounding and good for long listening sessions. They did just that for me and with a timbre to instruments much better than the IE800 I demo'd. The bass is no slouch although the IE800 gives the impression of deeper subbass. I would still choose the Lyra 2 over again and it really helps me kill time on my boring flights I do back and forth two times a year from Perú. The isolation is good enough to cancel out the cabin noise and the whole sound signature is smooth but not rolling off all the details with very engaging vocals much like my HD600.
With my Chord Mojo and Fiio X3II it is bewildering to me how anyone could truly enjoy these from a phone. They are kind of power hungry and my Samsung Galaxy S7 doesn't provide the power that the Mojo has to make them sound as dynamic. When hooked up to the Mojo I can just shut my eyes and fall asleep on a low-medium volume and the hours just disappear on my flight. Helps having a full 120gb of music too on my Fiio.