Dan Clark Aeon2 Noire
I am a music lover, a photographer, a person who, although he has a severe physical disability and I have been in a wheelchair since birth, I try to live to the maximum. And fulfill your dreams.
feeling I get when I play my favorite jazz or rock music with headphones and strings is priceless. I don't have well-designed acoustics in my apartment or my neighbors', so I enjoy music from headphones the most. I love open headphones, but they are too distracting to the surroundings. That's why I had the Solaris 2020. However, I have now tried the DCA2 Noire and have fallen in love! I love the airy speech and space!!!
I actually borrowed this model of closed headphones as a bit of a joke, since I already have the AK KANN ALPHA.
I'll stop right here... even though the headphones look unassuming at first glance, it's not quite like that. They are less sensitive. If you don't have a symmetrical cable - which I'm waiting for - you have to give the DAPs quite a blow job. Especially if you like loud listening. For me, 110-125 of 150 on high gain.
With balanced it should be better!
The external amp gives them more juice to get going, opens up the headphones some more. But compared to the Alpha, it's not a huge improvement. At least in terms of feel.
The design is great, stackable, classy case and very comfortable on the head. The first day, the top of my head hurt after about eight hours of listening. Then all I had to do was tweak the bridge and ok.
So what bothers me a bit is that if you take the headphones off, you then have to readjust the head bridge - but yeah, Stealth has it figured out. I got used to the connectors somehow. In the end they are actually great, well made. They could have arrows, markings for quick deployment.
Sonically, the Noires have unexpectedly very good space, detail with an airy and neutral sound.
Combined with the A90, I was worried it would be too sharp a combo. Perhaps a slightly warmer amp would have suited them, but I don't see that as a major problém. For me, a brighter presentation is more pleasing than the opposite.
There are also special filters in the package that insert into the earcups to change, slightly modify the speech. Some minimal difference - I could probably feel the attenuation of the treble, but it seemed to take it elsewhere. Maybe a little more bass and dynamics would have suited them.
Overall, these headphones are close to me in their expression - just the way I like it - probably the opposite of the Audez?? And combined with the weight, comfort, they make a perfect combo for closed listening (watch out, they go a bit audible) with open headphone behavior.
Well, of course I'm going to get them - unless I fuck up a second time and go for the Stealths! I'd love to try those then, but I doubt there will be a difference - a shift directly proportional to the price...
Thanks to Audigo.cz for their speed and helpfulness with the rental.
And
@Dan Clark for fantastic headphones.
I understand that not everybody will like my opinions, feelings... And that's actually the best part about our music - that it's about perception and making us like it.
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