Well, I stole Ravi's pair just very recently.
Here are some confessions to the crime:
- Indeed a bit warm as stated. I have heard this headphone a few times already, but could never grasp its sound until now.
- In fact, sounds like it has a phat bottom end, with a fairly lean midrange, and very fast/detailed treble that rolls off pretty early.
- Midrange loses a bit of texture and articulation due to a dip around 2-4KHz (I'd guess a dip at 3KHz?). I think this region is really hard to get right, because too much and it'll break coherence, so... safe tuning is to push it down... a la Audeze, Senn's HD800, etc... Overall just a very slight "huh?" moment for me since I'm used to headphones that elevate this region.
- Bassy without much impact, but with good body. That's how I'd describe the bass here. It doesn't necessarily sound bloated either. I guess that's one of the other mysteries. In contrast, my ES10, which measures much less in bass, actually hits harder IMO.
- I can hear sparkles, and a wee bit of sibilance, so there is some energy in the 6-10KHz region. In fact, the "sharp" imaging, I think, can be attributed to a peak at around 10KHz. String instruments sound okay-ish, which means 4-6KHz isn't that elevated, but I'm sure as heck 4KHz isn't a dip because Eric Clapton's voice is just a wee bit raspy/grainy.
- Darkness can probably be attributed to either a sharp roll off starting at 10KHz, or slightly more decay in the bass region than usual.
But I may very well be talking out of my arse, as my impressions above don't really chime with any graph being presented here...
Hopefully will get Audeze LCD-2r2 (non-fazor) in soon, so that I can do a direct comparison.
Edit: couple of things on ergonomics: the leather band that's hanging loose actually does a disservice to this headphone IMO, because it has a tendency to slide around, is pretty hard to get right, and if it's not on right, clamping force may be tighter on one side vs the other, which results in channel imbalance. Wondering if taking it off will help with clamping force and all, but... this ain't my headphone (yet, until the police gives up on looking for the thief, hrah hrah hrah!), so I won't mess with it. Honestly, though, Ravi's pair is already very very very comfortable compared to ALL of the Enigma I have heard thus far. It might well be the most balanced pair, too.
On amping: I have found that some amps cause channel imbalance at high volume for some weird reason. Not sure if this is as a result of uneven impedance, or something else. Definitely not a power issue. The Leckerton UHA-6S Mk.II does excellent here... even on high gain at max volume, whereas on my iPhone 6+, and the TTVJ Portable Tube Hybrid, right side gets obviously louder than left at higher volume.
Kidding aside, this thing sounds good. Good enough that I'd consider stealing it for real! Or... well, place an order with LFF. I think I might prefer reddish cherry wood better than black suji. I'm just flashy like that.
