[Montecristo]

Loved the LCD 3's but the heaviness/clamping was too much to listen to for long periods of time. The bass also left something to be desired....Though it was tight and high quality, there was not a "fullness" or "rumble" to it. I would also like a wider soundstage...
 
- Tried the SZ2000 and though the bass are literal subwoofers it was obviously too much...
- Tried the Nighthawks and I loved the full and rumble of the bass but it sounded a bit muddy and the mids/treble didn't have the clarity/detail the LCD 3's had
- Sony Z1R's are out of my price range (looking for $1k and under used)
 
 
Is there any headphone like this?

 

[FumblingFoo]

The fostex TH-900's are great bass hitters but may be a bit out of your price range. It's possible you can find em' used for less.
 
Edit: Here's the graph

 

[Montecristo]

What exactly does this graph portay? Excuse my ignorance

 

[FumblingFoo]

My bad. That's a frequency response graph, showing how much more or how much less the headphones respond in sound relative to the frequency. At the top shows the three sections of the graph: bass, mid, and treble. The graph shows a stronger response in the bass for the TH-900's than the LCD-3's, but somewhat recessed mids and a somewhat stronger treble response. I'm not sure if the TH-900's are similar enough to the LCD-3's, the bass notwithstanding, but those were the only pair of headphones I could think of, besides the LCD-2's which have the same bass response as the LCD-3's.

 

[Montecristo]

Thank you for the explanation...
 
Isn't most music in the midrange??  So wouldn't a recessed midrange have a big impact?

 

[buke9]

Thank you for the explanation...

Isn't most music in the midrange??  So wouldn't a recessed midrange have a big impact?

Music usually covers the entire range. Vocals tend to be in the midrange as other instruments as well. Recessed doesn't mean absent though just not as upfront.

 

[Montecristo]

It's so hard to talk about the description of music conceptually -.-

 

[buke9]

It's so hard to talk about the description of music conceptually -.-

Yes what some call music others call noise making no sense at all .