That was me, I was using my Imod,Lorracco PRII with ad744 mod,which drove ethier phone supprissingly well.
The crowd was divided on which headphone they preffered.
Now these are meet condition impressions.I preffered the LCd2s over the HE5s
The HE5s had a bigger headstage ,good detail alittle on the bright side/thinner sounding then the LCd2.The Hd800 came to mind when listening to the HE5.
The Lcd2 with the leather pads had a little more body to it,Annie Lenox's voice was more holographic,Headstage not as big as the HE5 more like a Grado but bigger.
Bass was a little muddy on the LCD 2 /But the annie Lenox album
Bare the bass is muddy on the recording.
The Lcd2 with the Hybrid pads Velour/leather lost some of the holographic
body to annie Lenox's Voice but the Headstage seemed bigger more in line with the HE5.I compared the two differant pads side by side
Unfortunately the pads are not changeable because of how the LCD2 is built.
I asked Alex if you could buy both pads seperately,you have to order the headphones & specify which pads you want,I would like to see that fixed in the final production LCD2
I thought the LCD5 was more comfortable then the HE5,Others said they had more of a clamping force using the LCD2 with the leather pads as opposed to the velour/leather Hybrids I did not have this issue.
For the money I think ethier headphone is a bargin,I will
be borrowing a HE5 in the near future.
These are meet impessions so take them with that in mind.
I will order the LCD2s probably with the leather pads/Alex preffered the Hybrids.
After I spend more time with the HE5s I will decide if I will buy them as well.