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Enigmas
« on: July 22, 2014, 09:35:10 AM »
These are Gelocks very own Enigmas...

Sound

These have a somewhat warm signature. Not too bassy though. Treble might be a bit mellow and smooth. Pleasant and impactfull. No edginess. Pretty nice. Like. While the signature might be on the warm side of things, the treble and upper mids offer good detail on strings and recordings with ambiance.

Comfort

Tight. Pads are comfy. But tight.

Presentation

Pretty organic. Like the fact that they are black. These are real wood cups, from who knows what endangered tree species.

Price

Dunno. Ask LFF.

Overall

A very good sounding full-size closed ortho can. Kicks ass.



Measurements

Frequency Response



Distortion Right



Distortion Left



CSD Right



CSD Left



Impedance

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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2014, 02:53:58 PM »
Hmm... wasn't expecting that dip from 1k to 4k D:

I wonder how different the custom pads on my pair sound from the alpha pads.
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2014, 04:46:07 PM »
I don't know for sure, but based on my listening of the Alpha Dogs and the similar pad shapes, I doubt it would fill out that dip. Jerg pad technology might.

That said, from my listening impressions, that dip is not as bad as it looks.
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2014, 04:59:54 PM »
The dip is somewhat filled in the CSD quickly, probably not that problematic. The imbalance, however...
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2014, 05:12:45 PM »
I noticed the bass imbalance in the measurements as well. Fortunately, IMO it is fairly minor in what I would consider the critical spectrum (for sound localization): 200 Hz - 14 kHz. To me it is fairly subtle, but it may depend on ones sensitivity to imbalances in the bass area. An aberration smacked right at 1 kHz might be easier to pick up.
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2014, 05:38:45 PM »
I've had pairs with imbalances in the 40-300 Hz region and it drove me nuts (2-3 dB being enough). Doesn't help that in most electronic music the kick drums are dead-center. Of course, YMMV.
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2014, 05:45:39 PM »
The laid back upper mids make sense, probably why it reminded me of the 007. Tasteful little bass hump.
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2014, 06:22:19 PM »
Quote from: anetode on July 22, 2014, 05:45:39 PM
The laid back upper mids make sense, probably why it reminded me of the 007. Tasteful little bass hump.

Yup. I agree with that. These have a little more impact though, while distortion is lower as usual with the Staxes.

Quote from: c61746961 on July 22, 2014, 05:38:45 PM
I've had pairs with imbalances in the 40-300 Hz region and it drove me nuts (2-3 dB being enough). Doesn't help that in most electronic music the kick drums are dead-center. Of course, YMMV.

 :)p13 It may very well be that you are sensitive to that region. Milos 009s might drive you nuts too.
Personally these imbalances in the bass region did not bothered me that much. Perhaps over time they might. Dunno.
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2014, 02:55:40 AM »
I'm getting a 404 on the images... Did you take them down Ultrabike?
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Re: Enigmas
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2014, 05:29:16 AM »
I see them now. Proly server upgrade...
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