Xcalibur255
Headphoneus Supremus
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Just my .02 cents, but I don't want the impression of separation, I want the truth of what is on the recording. Phones like the KXXX and HD800 give you this and something extra. I'm actually a huge fan of this and love it most of the time, all I was trying to say was there is something that strikes me as extremely right and truthful about the way the LCD-2 renders instrument timbres. The LCD-2 don't sound congested or closed in on my setup, they just don't make that deliberate effort to project wide like some phones do. I wouldn't call either effort misguided, as each has their place so far as serving the different preferences and perceptions we all have.
If anything I agree with your logic, more air generally serves classical music well. All I can say is I was struck by how truly real instruments sound on the LCD-2 and I think part of the reason for that is because Audeze wasn't making a deliberate attempt to inject this extra sense of air. So instead the correct sense of weight that notes occupy in space is conveyed better than I have heard it on other headphones. I didn't realize how important this was to timbre until I discovered through the LCD-2 that so many other headphones don't seem to get it right.
For classical music you want that extra soundstage headroom because it gives the impressions of good instrument separation. If you have a laid back congested or narrow like soundstage such as the LCD2's certain aspects of the recording can sound mushed up, not coherent and congested. If you are strictly listening to classical music, jazz or some ambient type of music only the HD800's are the end game headphone for that path before going into the stat's arena which also have a similar airy, wide soundstage sound presentation.
Just my .02 cents, but I don't want the impression of separation, I want the truth of what is on the recording. Phones like the KXXX and HD800 give you this and something extra. I'm actually a huge fan of this and love it most of the time, all I was trying to say was there is something that strikes me as extremely right and truthful about the way the LCD-2 renders instrument timbres. The LCD-2 don't sound congested or closed in on my setup, they just don't make that deliberate effort to project wide like some phones do. I wouldn't call either effort misguided, as each has their place so far as serving the different preferences and perceptions we all have.
If anything I agree with your logic, more air generally serves classical music well. All I can say is I was struck by how truly real instruments sound on the LCD-2 and I think part of the reason for that is because Audeze wasn't making a deliberate attempt to inject this extra sense of air. So instead the correct sense of weight that notes occupy in space is conveyed better than I have heard it on other headphones. I didn't realize how important this was to timbre until I discovered through the LCD-2 that so many other headphones don't seem to get it right.