Hello All,
How much of this positive review of the Dan Clark Expanse Headphone is due to closely approaching the Harman curve without equalization?
How many other headphones get good reviews because they can be equalized to approach the Harman Curve?
Now recall the Harman AES paper where they equalized the AKG 712 PRO to match the response of other brand headphones. Listener preference was nearly a perfect match.
The next step was to equalize the response of the other headphone brands to the Harman Curve. Once again this was a listener preference home run.
What do you all think about using a much less expensive LCD-2 or whatever planar magnetic headphone to match the response of the Dan Clark Expanse Headphone.
For grins see the GRAS 45 measured LCD-2 and AKG 712 Pro response curves. These headphones are fully capable of being equalized to look like the Dan Clark Expanse Headphone.
What do you think?
Thanks DT