two headphones which are reported to be very similar in sound signature). In general, if somebody says something is the 'ne plus ultra' of anything, one might be inclined to do a little research before paying a high price for an item they know nothing about (or in this case potentially doing it twice - disliking an LCD-2 AND an LCD-3. Nobody should buy a component - especially an expensive component - without any form of research, unless they are prepared to accept the result/s of that lack of preparation as being their own responsibility (with full acknowledgement that this may not directly pertain to yourself the LCD-2 and LCD-3 might have been presents given to you, for instance). If anyone purchases a headphone with the expectation (garnered from whence, I wonder?) that something which is more expensive (the 'ne plus ultra' of its category) is the unequivocal 'best' - or even will be more likely to have a sound signature that they personally like than a cheaper headphone also chosen at random - then they are labouring under a gross misapprehension. Read what I said again - slowly this time - so that you might make better sense of what I did say and may then be better equipped to address what has actually been stated. I certainly haven't said any particular sonic signature needs to be accepted, by anybody. 'Best' - Pfft ! In a subjective endeavour ?

Well, at least I haven't as I wouldn't be that lax with words - however, I will endeavour to use the word 'best' within this post as you have introduced it as a concept (even though I abhor the lazy thought process this entails). Um, nobody has talked about the 'best' of anything - whether dark, bright, low-cost or high-cost (which are all relative terms anyway).

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