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Just so this isn't understood as a stereotypical sealed headphones, this isn't augmented. I would say reinforced. It is neutral in the subbass. Most sealed headphones have too much subbass, and just too much bass period. Not here. Recalling @amirm's plot:You can't compare that to the augmented sub-bass
Gone also are the obnoxious resonances of sealed headphones. These are so clean and distortion-free!
Subtract 5dB from the 100Hz-and-below region and that is going to sound anemic. Likewise subtract 5dB at 2KHz and (as your chart overlay shows) 8KHz, and it will begin to sound muffled. That already makes the Audeze a clear class below the Stealth's record-setting performance.
Make no mistake, this is the 2020's HD 800 except without the flaws in frequency response and, therefore, without the overrated hype. It marks the beginning of a new era of sonic transparency in headphones.
This is the new bar for world-class headphone audio performance.
You can bet key competitors (e.g. Sennheiser, Audeze, HiFiMAN) probably will all eventually have one secretly in their labs which they will examining to see how they can replicate its breakthroughs.
All good things come with time, naturally. I can patiently wait five or ten years for this to be realized in the sub-$1000 price region. But it will happen. There is the demand and the research and development pushing to fulfill it. It is only a matter of time before the trickle down is complete.
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