Comments on Profile Post by Tachikoma

Not sure how much I'm allowed to say, but let's just say that damping isn't the only reason why the Expanse sounds like that

I thought we covered this already in YMOs profile post above?

@ChaChaRealSmooth I think the Expanse sounds OK FR-wise, but it was strongly reminiscent of my T50RP with too much damping. It had the dynamics of an LCD TV's built-in speakers, even when being driven by a power amp.

I'm just going to say that if you have the chance to see the Expanse disassembled, you'll know what I mean. I agree it sounds way overdamped but the damping itself isn't the whole issue

I'm a bit late, but just saw this - educated guess is that the passive components and the wave guide inside are probably a big part of this whole "tuning the waveform" thing that makes Expanse + Stealth sound much more like live music vs "a headphone".

However, in the process of putting all these things in, yes, it dampened the sound. Tradeoffs.

Granted, this is only based on a few brief listens, a brief glance (of a privately owned pair, NOT ripping apart a pair at a demo / public event) where I may have missed a few things, and the videos DCA made with HF (I think) where they talk about the wave guide and managing long wave forms for bass vs short wave forms for treble, etc.

Curious what everyone else thinks too.