Agreed, Frank. Seems to me that there are a number of people for whom their "reference" sound is another pair of cans. For those folks, all the bets are off. There's no telling what will sound "best" to you. On the other hand, for those folks who's reference is real life, most hear the LCD-2 to be tonally and timbrally accurate.
Regarding the bass "slam" of the Grado... If you drive the LCD-2 with a proper enough amplifier, the Grados simply cannot keep up. The LCD-2's impact will take your breath away.
WRT the Grado bass slam, there simply is no contest here. Try any Grado headphone with a frequency sweep from 20 Hz to 80 Hz....you will struggle to hear any sound. Then try it with the LCD-2s and be prepared to possible lose some tooth filings as the LFE could rattle them loose.
