concorde1
Senior Member
I've had a few different expensive headphones. The only one that has satisfied me long term is the Fostex TH900mk2 with AutoEQ.
I want an open headphone to use with EQ too. I've had an LCD-3 for a year but I think due to this unit's frequency response including its high-Q peaks/dips, it is impossible to EQ to sound nice.
Before that I had an LCD-2 which if I recall correctly sounded a lot better than LCD-3 with AutoEQ.
HD800S and LCD-2 are on sale right now so I'm thinking of picking one of them up.
Some people say the HD800S has low unit variation. I believe I read somewhere LCD-2 has reached the point where the frequency response has been finalised and Audeze is comfortable that all units match closely enough to the same target. That suggests low variation too.
However, clearly the LCD-3 has poor unit consistency as my unit sounds awful with AutoEQ.
The only other candidate I've found is the Dan Clark Expanse, but that's too expensive.
Anything else worth considering 2000 USD or under? Should I go for an HD800S?
I want an open headphone to use with EQ too. I've had an LCD-3 for a year but I think due to this unit's frequency response including its high-Q peaks/dips, it is impossible to EQ to sound nice.
Before that I had an LCD-2 which if I recall correctly sounded a lot better than LCD-3 with AutoEQ.
HD800S and LCD-2 are on sale right now so I'm thinking of picking one of them up.
Some people say the HD800S has low unit variation. I believe I read somewhere LCD-2 has reached the point where the frequency response has been finalised and Audeze is comfortable that all units match closely enough to the same target. That suggests low variation too.
However, clearly the LCD-3 has poor unit consistency as my unit sounds awful with AutoEQ.
The only other candidate I've found is the Dan Clark Expanse, but that's too expensive.
Anything else worth considering 2000 USD or under? Should I go for an HD800S?
