Always looking for something better or in this case a better sounding closed back headphone to compare to my Denon 9200’s. I received the DCA E3’s today and I only have about 3 hours listening to them. Immediately I noticed the E3’s are lacking in bass compared to the 9200’s. In addition, I hate to say they sound lifeless, luckily, I have a Schiit Lokius EQ and I added more bass. I know sound is very subjective and maybe I do not care for the tuning Dan Clark Audio use for its headphones. The E3’s are power hungry and border line not usable on my Schiit Folkvangr (tube amp). My Schiit Mjolnir 3 amp has no problem powering them. I am going to give the E3’s sometime to burn in and I will see where we are at sound wise.
One thing is for sure, the 9200’s are not going anywhere.