[Hawaiibadboy]

  It would be nice to see cans with high power handling, high-excursion drivers....but HBB you're right....a SZ2000 w/ 55x pads and plenty of amp behind them already feels like an SPL car!
Maybe a mid 150's car when these things are pushed to the limit and bottom out. Anything more than that just gets into pain territory.
 
I'm curious what these cans do on an SPL meter with a good seal, clean test tone, and big power. Has anyone fed these 3w+ per side? 

 

 
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I could get them higher with the iDSD micro.
 
Whatever it actually is ...is enough to cause pain and damage hearing. Just like car audio.
 
When I competed they put the meter a few inches away from the inside of the windshield on the dash.

 

[chillaxing]

  Finally got a balanced cable for my LCD-2.2Fs and my A-GD NFB-28, now I can boost bass by about 16dB for some fun. It sounds so smooth! Not SZ2000's but hey, at least I can bang Screw like it's meant to be heard now!

 
 
**** Yeah!!!!
 
Bro... I would paper test challenge my non-f and kenny ka-9100 combo against any open backs, you know what I'm saying. 

 
 
 
 
 
HBB, db dragging with headphones LOL

 

[twiceboss]

  Finally got a balanced cable for my LCD-2.2Fs and my A-GD NFB-28, now I can boost bass by about 16dB for some fun. It sounds so smooth! Not SZ2000's but hey, at least I can bang Screw like it's meant to be heard now!

Hows the bass compared to the other bass cans?

 

[vapman]

Anyone with a stock SZ2000, i have an extra set of HAM 55X pads...
 

 

[chillaxing]

  Hows the bass compared to the other bass cans?

 
 
its one of the bassiest open planars and it will rumble, but doesn't compare to the top 10 list.

 

[twiceboss]

   
 
its one of the bassiest open planars and it will rumble, but doesn't compare to the top 10 list.

TH900 will be better? or TH900 will be the same bass hitting as X00? i will get X00 this May though... I could afford TH900 if it is a huge step up

 

[jodgey4]

I EQ it real low, I like that shaking feeling on the bottom end. It's smooth, that much I can say for sure. The impact is pretty good without EQ due to the linearity, so I think you can really shape the sound (punch vs. shake etc.) a lot by changing the peak. If I want a more classic subwoofer feeling easily put in more of a peak in the low-midbass or whatever, but I prefer a smooth slope, just me... I don't like the vocals gettin' played with. So I'm not a basshead like many in this thread looking for raw bump ability. Never really heard other basshead gear, which sucks... but I really have no need.

 

[chillaxing]

TH900 will be better? or TH900 will be the same bass hitting as X00? i will get X00 this May though... I could afford TH900 if it is a huge step up

If your looking for impact, the LCD will not reach the levels of the TH series.

For the money I would go for the thx00. You get 90% of the performance at a fraction of the price. If your comfortable eqing you so t be disappointed.

 

[ahmad-bayern]

hi
Of the best in terms of BASS, LCD-2 or HiFiMAN HE-560 ?

 

[Sound Eq]

  hi
Of the best in terms of BASS, LCD-2 or HiFiMAN HE-560 ?

good luck for anyone buying an lcd2 to get good bass from it
 
I owned this lcd2 and it was a nightmare to own, it made me feel so bad and without heavy heavy it sounds so dam lifeless and bassless 
 
i solved it by buying oppo pm1 which has good bass and warm sig, its not basshead level but tons better than the lcd2

 

[vapman]

I used to own the HE-400 because some people said it was the bassiest planar except the HE-6.... it was pretty good but nowhere close to top 10 level.

 

[Oregonian]

  good luck for anyone buying an lcd2 to get good bass from it
 
I owned this lcd2 and it was a nightmare to own, it made me feel so bad and without heavy heavy it sounds so dam lifeless and bassless 
 
i solved it by buying oppo pm1 which has good bass and warm sig, its not basshead level but tons better than the lcd2

Interesting.  Never heard anyone say the LCD2 was bass light before. 

 

[thejammonster]

LCD-2 doesn't have huge impact, mostly because they're open back, but I didn't think they were light on bass. They had similar bass to the HE-400i if not a little more.

 

[jodgey4]

Yeah the bass is high quality not high quantity on the LCD-2. Don't get it if you're going for a basshead sound.

 

[vapman]

Yeah the bass is high quality not high quantity on the LCD-2. Don't get it if you're going for a basshead sound.

Basically how I felt about the HE-400, it was capable of producing impressive bass but with all the amping and EQing you had to do for that, switching to something like the SZ2000 provided deafening levels of bass.