I've had my Laxman goggles for a few weeks now so I thought I'd share my impressions of them so far with my Procyon (by the way, I don't own the Laxman L&S unit).
I bought the Laxman RGB goggles from our friends at the AudioStrobe web shop. They cost me 79euros plus 16 euros shiping to Australia (95e total). They took about 6 days to get here. Not too bad for German registered air mail to Australia.
They were packed very well and arrived safe and sound. I was a little disappointed that they did not include a case and the sleep-mask (overlay?) though.
I'm not quite sure what the sleep-mask is, but I guess it is just an external light-blocker that goes over the outside of the goggles. The white silicon goggle outsides do allow a little bit of external light to get in. A bit of black electrical tape should do the same thing so no big deal.
The quality of these RGB Goggles is very high, like most German stuff. They sort of look like super-duper swim goggles with lots of high quality silicon rubber everywhere.
The silicon nose bridge is nice and flexible but I hear (from Craig) you should not try to bend these too much or you may damage the internal wiring. Too bad since it looks like you could/should bend them in halve for storage. Given the cost of these RGB goggles I'll be keeping mine extended for sure!
While these a very good quality googles, they do come with a price (not just $'s). They are very heavy! The Procyon RGB glasses weigh ~40g (1.4 oz) and the Laxman goggles weigh ~110g (3.9 oz), or almost 3 times heavier.
As a longtime mindplace user (+8 years) I find these Laxman goggles very heavy and a bit uncomfortable. I am slowly getting used to the extra weight, but I cannot help thinking that they should be able to make the Laxman goggles a lot lighter (and maybe less expensive).
Performance-wise, there is no contest. In my opinion the Laxman goggles perform better with the in-built Procyon sessions than the stock Procyon RGB glasses, whether you are using them close-eyed or open-eyed (eg. Procyon glasses with diffusers).
The colour quality (esp openned-eyed) of the Laxman goggles has to be seen to be believed. Laxman colours are just that much better/truer than the Procyon glasses in my opinion. Laxman open-eyed patterns are also more defined, although the closed-eyed patterns of the Procyon is still very good.
Anyway, that's the way I 'see' it!
Cheers,
TomC
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