Kabeer

Very best of luck Gary! If you need a review section, then apart from the ones from headfi, if you need any quotes of appreciation from people who have owned your TPs before id be happy to. and im sure a lot of others would be too.

Which Fostex are you reffering to?

Thats a very odd hole pattern on the drivers? :S seems random Beautiful phones though

How about the sound of it?

its about double the price of USA

K3cT, are you going to but THAT particular NAD? (I think I used to own the pair your reffering to). Anyway unless its that specific pair, I think youlll have a near impossible time finding another Mylar NAD again. Most of the pairs you will find will be the standard Kapton ones (super bassy). Even if it IS the mylar one, the LCD2 IS superior. But how much it is worth it to you? That is only answerable if you hear a LCD2 and make that judgement.

Well, ok it will probably be a bit like the v1 you heard. Even if you felt that wasnt extended enough for you, you have to admit its a whole different sound to the kapton NAD.

You two are both refferering to the NORMAL RP18 which is a dark bass monster Ghurubhai and K3cT are reffering to a rare variant of the NAD RP18 (mylar NAD) that is bass light and has treble stock (ie Fostexish)

I agree, its just personal taste. I preffered the LCD2 to the O2 (although i had a really weak setup). Also someone who came to my house and heard my LCD2 preffered it to his prior O2 rig as well (o2+717). Thats not to say that some may prefer it the opposite way around. Its just a taste thing. The important point here is there is a headphone with TRS termination that can compete in the league of the O2, that in itself is rather cool. Personally, my favourite headphone is actually still 30+ years old (yet i recognise its tehcnically inferior to both the lcd2 and o2)

Yup the LCD-2 drivers are very well made , and professional looking. Nothing at all to put down about them

A tramp! the Fostex/Sansui diaphragm is its still a beauty! . Audeze has done a marvelous job on their driver though. I am running it air damped as we speak...(i dont reccomend other users try it so...remember I am nuts, and certain mods might invalidate your warranty), and its still in more control than any stock ortho I know.

Veryyy strange. The LCD2 has the most 3D soundstage iv heard, giving me an impression of a "whole" sound compared to most headphones iv heard :S. Maybe im used to a MUCH more L/R seperated kinda sound then hmm...but doesnt seem likely. Somethings off. As for comfort, Im thinking maybe that varies person to person? The headband is THE most comfortable headband iv ever felt on a headphone due to the foam. The weight is fairly weighty, but it doesnt mother me due to the way it is spread out evenly. The clamp did annoy me a bit when I got it, but after a little stretching, and softening the pads with a bit of massaging, I have zero gripe with the comfort. And all 3 people who tried it at my house also felt the comfort complaints on HF were way ott. So because of this I think the confort issue is fixable. The sound issue on the other hand, if your ears hear another LCD2 like that too, then its unfixable for your tastes, and rightly so it's not the can for you.

How about something like this: Image:Pioneer SE-30 side.jpg - Wikiphonia Slightly bend the forks to be circular instead of oblong, id guess theyd probably become like a NAD headband then? And loads of these kind of headphones pop up on auctions. Then you can donate the leftover drivers to one of the big manufacturers to put in their high end dynamics . Well this is the best idea I have so far...looking for alternatives.

It's ok , looking for a cheap drill+bits now. Also looking for a headband to accomodate this, my ideas of bending metal and drilling it, making my own custom design are out of the window now, way out of my league, I tried bending some metal and it came out a way ugly. Ideally Id want something like the HE5 or LCD2 headband, but I dont picture them selling it to me...(especially at a low price)

Errhem, just to note, these were old cups that were lying around from an old project . So i am putting them to good use. And nope this is the original Commando LeakyPants. Gary himself doesn't have great hopes for the LeakyPants project, but I have good hopes. Problem is actually getting everything else done.... Does anyone have a headband/fork harness I can use? It needs to accomodate cups that are about 100mm diameter (even if the forks can be stretched to do so) Btw Gary they are exquisite looking.