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I wish someone would send in those Adam 200 headphones to Amir for testing. It would be fun to see how they do. For $150 on Amazon they are not very expensive at all.
 
I also thought that the microphones where too close right up to the midrange driver. They should've put them further away but not as far as you suggest as that would give a recording with way too much reflections from the room as microphones would pick up everything our hearing wouldn't “register”. I think 1-1.5 meters away would probably enough for the sound from all the drivers to sum up good enough acoustically for at least hearing the differences in bass output.

But anyway, such test would only be useful to determine if the sound is more or less bassy, but we already know that adding subwoofers will add more bass, so what's the point? ;)
To hear what we'll integrated subwoofers bring to the system, the only real thing left to do is demo the difference in person.
Yeah, that’s probably a valid point namely placing mics a meter or two away from all speakers including the sub. And of course in person audition/demo is the only real way to truly experience the full impact in the soundstage and dynamics. I did just that before pulling the trigger on one Rel using the aforementioned CD of Vinland Saga. After a month of enjoying one sub and running it in, I decided to give a pair a shot. And all I can say is wow! A stereo pair of subs is quite astonishing to experience even with strictly musical content. With HT, its a game changer, at least for me it was/is.
 
I wish someone would send in those Adam 200 headphones to Amir for testing. It would be fun to see how they do. For $150 on Amazon they are not very expensive at all.
Agreed, it’s not a huge investment by any means. I wonder though how does one measure the performance of such small drivers in the first place? Has Amir reviewed other HP’s? I suppose I could simply search the archives.
 
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