HeadphoneAddict Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 ^ Is he achieving a state of Martian ecstasy from the ZDT? My Favorite Martian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
morphsci Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 Well I finished modding the LCD-1's. I did a slight modification of dbels mod. In addition to the yellow insulation I used some thin felt on the inside of the cups as well as another density of thin felt with an adhesive layer on the outside of the insulation. Then I used the thick dense felt pad between the screws holding the driver. Lastly I sealed the pads to the drivers using some (actually quite a bit of) special orthosealing (electrical) tape. It was a lot to stuff in there but they do sound better balanced. Can't really say if it has helped in their handling of complex musical passages as I haven't listened to anything that complex yet. Definitely an easy and worthwhile thing to do and it is infinitely customizable.
DefectiveAudioComponent Posted October 8, 2009 Report Posted October 8, 2009 I've only done a (foam) gasket mod, and I imagine that there is now deep bass at lower volume levels. It's really hard to A/B though. (I wasn't going to mod these but it's so hard to resist....) I've also tried the thin (p)leather pads again. Headstage then collapses to a thin line. So far I haven't heard any issues with complex music passages. When I hear it I'll probably want to do something about it...
Wmcmanus Posted October 11, 2009 Report Posted October 11, 2009 Any word on when the LCD-2 will be available? I'll probably pick up a pair to compare them to the HF-5 and a bunch of other cans. The headband gizmo is butt ugly for sure, but I don't ever look at myself when I'm listening to music (and as little as possible otherwise).
Icarium Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Dunno I should talk to Alex tonight I'll check with him. Just got my first set of foam and put it in.. listening now Hrm I think I can hear 17khz now, but it's tough to say I need a longer test tone grr. Oh yeah this definitely helps.. I guess I am now a full believer in headphone modding grumble. Now to move on to dbel84 mods ;p Edited October 16, 2009 by Icarium
mypasswordis Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 Hrm I think I can hear 17khz now, but it's tough to say I need a longer test tone grr. Can't you just set it on repeat? Oh yeah this definitely helps.. I guess I am now a full believer in headphone modding grumble. Now to move on to dbel84 mods ;p Did you think we ortho modders were just a bunch of nutters before this?
Icarium Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Posted October 16, 2009 Can't you just set it on repeat?/quote] It's not the same there's always a little bit of lower frequency noise right when the clip starts and it's like 2 seconds long so it's tough to tell if I'm just hearing that and if I'm hearing any of the tone at all. Yes
swt61 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 That's OK, we think un-modders are weirdos.
Icarium Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Posted October 16, 2009 Just talked to Alex and he says 1 month from now +- 1 week. Larger production run than with the LCD-1s should be plenty to go around. There are going to be some cosmetic changes from the prototype.. hopefully for the better The last piece of the equation is yet again the cable... they are still exploring options as far as wire and if anyone has suggestions if they could shoot them an email or pm me about it and I can forward it to them. In fact they are somewhat interested in farming out the assembly if anyone is interested ;p Let me know and I can pass details.
DefectiveAudioComponent Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 I didn't much like the gasket mod of the lCD-1. But it's completely reversible, so in reverse it goes.
morphsci Posted October 17, 2009 Report Posted October 17, 2009 I agree. I reversed back to an electrical tape mod from a thicker gasket mod. That's where I am at now and I think I'll be staying there for a while.
luvdunhill Posted October 21, 2009 Report Posted October 21, 2009 dropped the orthos in the mail yesterday before the mail went out, sent them priority. Do you ever get the sinking feeling that you did a really rushed job at packing? I shoved everything in a box more or less and went to ship them and noticed that something was bulging out the bottom and the box wouldn't sit flat on the table... probably a cup or something
DefectiveAudioComponent Posted October 21, 2009 Report Posted October 21, 2009 I shoved everything in a box more or less and went to ship them and noticed that something was bulging out the bottom and the box wouldn't sit flat on the table... probably a cup or something If you are lucky it's the crazy stiff huge cable causing the bulge. (If that's the LCD1 you packed down.)
luvdunhill Posted October 21, 2009 Report Posted October 21, 2009 If you are lucky it's the crazy stiff huge cable causing the bulge. (If that's the LCD1 you packed down.) not that lucky, as that cable is long gone.
mypasswordis Posted October 21, 2009 Report Posted October 21, 2009 You're sure you didn't put anything weird in there? Is Colin going to find a half-rotten squirrel corpse buried in the box? Praying nothing gets damaged in transit... should be fine as long as you used some bubble wrap. I wouldn't mind having some squirrel meat as long as it isn't rancid.
swt61 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Posted October 22, 2009 My guess is his partial fell into the box. He lives on oatmeal, so he'd probably never notice. Fingers crossed Marc!
Frihed89 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 Any word on when the LCD-2 will be available? I'll probably pick up a pair to compare them to the HF-5 and a bunch of other cans. The headband gizmo is butt ugly for sure, but I don't ever look at myself when I'm listening to music (and as little as possible otherwise). It's almost November and they still have not hit the street, as far as I know. I'm on "the list" and I have not heard a word except that I will hear from them when the LCdD-2 goes to market. I did not find them all that comfortable, but loved the sound.
mypasswordis Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 If you are lucky it's the crazy stiff huge cable causing the bulge. TWSS. Cancer would be bad. I did not find them all that comfortable, but loved the sound. Mind elaborating, both on comfort and sound?
DefectiveAudioComponent Posted January 30, 2010 Report Posted January 30, 2010 After a few months of enjoying the LCD-1 I am still amazed that it sounds so good. I am getting use to the lack of boom in the bass region too. It still beats all my other cans (none being more expensive than the LCD-1 though), and one old Pioneer can even got destroyed in an effort to sound a bit more acceptable in comparison. Maybe it's not the most neutral can around, but it sure brings the good stuff out of my music.
cetoole Posted January 30, 2010 Report Posted January 30, 2010 Didn't you do some sort of mod to your LCD1?
DefectiveAudioComponent Posted January 30, 2010 Report Posted January 30, 2010 I did. But I changed it back like it was when I got it. The cups leak a lot of sound to the sides, just at the baffle joint. I sealed it up with some soft dense foam. I also tried pleather pads. Much more bass boom (no particular increase of deep bass I thought), but headstage and overall sound became nothing special. So I thought that it was pointless to mod it.
Kabeer Posted February 3, 2010 Report Posted February 3, 2010 I did. But I changed it back like it was when I got it. The cups leak a lot of sound to the sides, just at the baffle joint. I sealed it up with some soft dense foam. I also tried pleather pads. Much more bass boom (no particular increase of deep bass I thought), but headstage and overall sound became nothing special. So I thought that it was pointless to mod it. Interestingly enough, the ID1 leaks a lot out of the sides. Since the baffle has practically zero seal with the cup. And its a rather spacious sounding headphone too. Im wondering though how treble the LCD1 is....might have to read back on the impressions again. The Audeze website is semi-up again, man I hope their delay doesnt last too much longer :/
DefectiveAudioComponent Posted March 22, 2010 Report Posted March 22, 2010 I finally got to A/B the LCD-1 with a HD800 in a store. The setup was radiohead - hail to the thief, through a laptop cd player - VLC -> xcan V8 through USB, with the x-psu. I plugged in both headphones into the Xcanv8 and had a listen, for about 10 minutes in the shop. The HD800 sounded better. Better headstage, more bass. The LCD-1 even managed to sound worse than I recall from at home.
mypasswordis Posted March 22, 2010 Report Posted March 22, 2010 Was it a quiet enough listening environment for you to properly compare? And did you try doing the backwave/comb filter test that wualta mentioned?
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