What are your impressions now?
I've spent the last day or so extensively listening to these and here are some further impressions!
Commuting: I've just started back on taking the train to work so I dug out my old Oppo HA-2 and listened to the Lensys for my 40min commute. I was a bit worried about this pairing as the Oppo has a bit of a high-end sheen and with the bright & detailed top-end on these I thought it might cause issues. To some extent it did as on some tracks it was a bit much but overall nothing that become too disruptive to my enjoyment. Isolation was great I thought as I could still hear my surroundings quietly. I had these cranked and not one person battered an eye at me so potentially isolation with my fit was quite good!
Work: I spent the day really pushing these via the Focal Arche and listened to more bass & electronic music. These are a quite fun listen with plenty of low end to satisfy. I did some comparisons with my Elegia w/Dekoni Sheepskin and whilst I initially felt the Lensys felt thinner here, I ended up preferring it as the Elegia sounded more muddy and less precise. I also tested out the different Arche presets for driving them and these actually made quite a difference to the experience. The 'voltage' mode has the lowest impedance I believe and I ended up preferring this. If I wanted to roll-off some high-end though I found the Elegia preset was a bit softer.
Studio: Last night I tracked some vocals and isolation was perfect. The condenser microphone didn't pickup anything from the headphones at all and the recording was super clean. I also did some comparisons listening to my Shape 50 monitors and then on the Lensys I would agree with the other comments that tonally these are very similar so this is a win for me for mixing and tracking with them.
Burn in: I do believe these need time to run in as initially I could here some of the spicy top-end poking out in a non-pleasant way however after a few days use this has now non-existent.
These are a very detailed open sounding closed-back that cover the FR very well. If you are after a more laid-back presentation or warmer tone, these aren't for you however if you enjoy clarity, precision and aren't sensitive to treble then these are a joy in my opinion. I did one EQ during my listen of reducing 5k by 0.7 and this was an easier listen however took away some of energy and excitement.
Comparisons: I've not had much time as yet however I did some back on forth between the Clear OG and these are very different beasts. I think I would prefer to mix on the Lensys to the Clear as these do sound much closer to my monitors. The Clear do sound bigger with a larger soundstage and present with less treble however the low-end was nowhere near as satisfying as the Lensys.
I am finding that the thinner headband gets a little irritating after a while so might actually look at the Capra band and hope this fits. I also need to look at some better cable options as for portable use the included cable is too thick and rigid for me. I'm happy enough with the coiled cable in the studio though.
I will spend more time this week but at the moment I am really happy as I am finding them great for general enjoyment whilst also doing what I need them to do in the studio.
Now I feel like I need to hear the Hadenys though!
