ctsooner22
1000+ Head-Fier
Many of us have purchased these can's after auditioning all the other much more expensive can's. It wasn't about money either. My buddy had every top can in his house and chose the Ori's also. Now the new Auteurs that Zach made from scratch (my Ori's are upgraded Fostex like Dan started out with when he started Mr Speaker but are much more tonally correct to most of our ears). They have a solid bass swack and plenty of extension on top without being bright. If a recording is recorded brightly, then you will get that in spades. I run them balanced, direct from the Ayre QX5 DAC/amp. Matt's auditions were from his Hugo 2 if I recall. Teh sound was better to all of us (there were a few who listened) than the LCD 3. You never know which edition, because they change so often without telling anyone and they all sound different. That's the biggest reason I didn't go with Audeze the first time. Matt did get the Kennerton Odin's (the newer Odin's are lighter and better sounding) as his reference, but still kept the Ori's while selling off his Mr Speaker Aeon Flows if I recall correctly. He liked them for size, weight, but they aren't Ori's tonally.
