bagwell359
Headphoneus Supremus
Slam has a lot to do with rise time and perhaps overshoot.
The only can that's ever forced my eyes shut on transients is the HE-6 6 screw - many times in maybe 40 hours. Using a Rag 1 and Bryston with the Gumby and basic CD's 16/144.
The tone out of a LCD-4 is deeper and richer but the leading edge is not as stark. The 1266 Phi is the closest and the most impressive of all cans I've heard - but 4 hours on some killer equipment and no eye shut.
I can't count stuff like the LCD-2 wooden cup pre fazor. Increasing bass from 50-200 Hz obscures the slam IMO and the leading edge is not comparable to the top cans I mentioned. I think all HE-6 versions beat the pants off the LCD-2 of any vintage. LCD-3 had better bass but the upper mid dip and mid treble and up dip puts way too much an amusical personality on the sound. Although never heard one EQ'd and I have no doubt it would help.
The only can that's ever forced my eyes shut on transients is the HE-6 6 screw - many times in maybe 40 hours. Using a Rag 1 and Bryston with the Gumby and basic CD's 16/144.
The tone out of a LCD-4 is deeper and richer but the leading edge is not as stark. The 1266 Phi is the closest and the most impressive of all cans I've heard - but 4 hours on some killer equipment and no eye shut.
I can't count stuff like the LCD-2 wooden cup pre fazor. Increasing bass from 50-200 Hz obscures the slam IMO and the leading edge is not comparable to the top cans I mentioned. I think all HE-6 versions beat the pants off the LCD-2 of any vintage. LCD-3 had better bass but the upper mid dip and mid treble and up dip puts way too much an amusical personality on the sound. Although never heard one EQ'd and I have no doubt it would help.
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