I just received a black GSX Mini from the used market in great condition at a price I couldn’t refuse. I mean this to be the counterpoint to my Violectric 280.The Vio provides the warm, powerful soul of music and my hopes are that the GSX will provide the detail, neutrality and technical skills. I’m looking forward to mixing and matching with the various cans I have and playing around with synergy.
Just checking out a few test tracks. My source is a Bifrost 2/64 with Lokius EQ… Lana Del Rey, Steely Dan’s Aja, Coltrane’s Greensleeves, GNR, Soundgarden/Outshined, now playing Comfortably Numb.
These pair at first blush very well with my LCD-X and LCD-3. The LCD-3 can come across as veiled, muffled, wooly even with the the wrong synergy. These sound the best I’ve heard mine sound. In fact with the Vio 280, which has a warm tube adjacent sound, it’s sometimes too much of a good thing. Here, the resolution and treble of the Mini seems to work very well with the dark nature of the LCD-3. They sound neutral with a gorgeous bloom. GSX has a harder edge. Vio has the gorgeous lush rush.
Now playing The National Anthem by Radiohead…just stunning. I can only imagine what a LCD-4/5 might sound like.
I’m also a metal fan. Threw on one of prog-death giants, Opeth’s magnum opuses-Ghost Reveries co-produced by Stephen Wilson, OK, here come’s some Tool/Pushit & The Grudge . I’m kinda blown away how the LCD-3 with GSX-Mini sound with rock music over all.
I think this is pretty much endgame for me with the LCD-3. About as much as I could ask for overall balance and uber technical chops. I’ve searching for this sound for a long ass time.