jvlgato Posted March 20, 2011 Report Posted March 20, 2011 Oh, great! I hope morphsci gets it! It'll alleviate my guilt...
cetoole Posted March 20, 2011 Report Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) Have you heard the HE6? Its much faster sounding with a kick ass bass that n estat would have a hard time pulling off, I think. Yep, and the new proto, and I own a normal HE-5. Preferred the signature to the LCD2, but still gimme my Stax! Edited March 20, 2011 by cetoole
Tyll Hertsens Posted March 21, 2011 Report Posted March 21, 2011 Yep, and the new proto, and I own a normal HE-5. Preferred the signature to the LCD2, but still gimme my Stax! I liked the HE-5LE better than the He-5....less "zingy", I agree with both of you though, the LCD2 rocks.
jinp6301 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Posted March 21, 2011 Yep, and the new proto, and I own a normal HE-5. Preferred the signature to the LCD2, but still gimme my Stax! The proto at the NYC meet kicked ass. I also preferred it over the lcd2
Tyll Hertsens Posted March 21, 2011 Report Posted March 21, 2011 I guess I should give Fang a call and get one in here.
Currawong Posted March 21, 2011 Report Posted March 21, 2011 I took the grills off my LCD-2s the other night, which also removes a piece of loose cloth sitting behind them. I am very much enjoying the improvement from that.
mypasswordis Posted March 21, 2011 Report Posted March 21, 2011 The piece of loose cloth was probably there for a reason (damping). Improvement? Ehhh, perhaps.
Tyll Hertsens Posted March 21, 2011 Report Posted March 21, 2011 I think there's a bit of a problem with the damping on the LCD-2, playing with the cloths may be productive.
Tyll Hertsens Posted March 21, 2011 Report Posted March 21, 2011 This might help: http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/All%20graphs.pdf
complin Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 Hey Guys, At the other place i've noticed that the number of LCD-2's coming up for sale is gradually increasing. Also people dont seem to be hanging onto the Audeze for very long, perhaps just a month or two. According to 6Moons these are the holy grail of headphones with the ALO audio cables I have personally never heard a pair and dont know anyone who has, so cant comment or had a chance to borrow or evaluate. Having tried most of the high end dynamics on the market over the years (AKG 701/1000, Sony R10, AT, Beyer, Sen 650/800 et alt) I always gravitate back to my beloved Stax 007, they just sound so right to me. A recent forray with a pair of Sennheiser HD800 have convinced me even more of this, even though they have a wider (if not natural) headstage. I would be interested in your comments why people seem to move the Audeze on quite quickly. Is it that people just want to give it a try, or are there other reasons like comfort, weight or tonal balance?
faust3d Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 (edited) As all new good headphones they were over-hyped, so everyone jumped on the band wagon and since these are nice but have their own flavor folks who don't like them sell them. The usual story. There are a lot of SR-007s and HE-6s for sale as well, does not entail there is anything wrong with how they sound. Edited March 26, 2011 by faust3d
The Monkey Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 Hey Guys, At the other place i've noticed that the number of LCD-2's coming up for sale is gradually increasing. Also people dont seem to be hanging onto the Audeze for very long, perhaps just a month or two. According to 6Moons these are the holy grail of headphones with the ALO audio cables I have personally never heard a pair and dont know anyone who has, so cant comment or had a chance to borrow or evaluate. Having tried most of the high end dynamics on the market over the years (AKG 701/1000, Sony R10, AT, Beyer, Sen 650/800 et alt) I always gravitate back to my beloved Stax 007, they just sound so right to me. A recent forray with a pair of Sennheiser HD800 have convinced me even more of this, even though they have a wider (if not natural) headstage. I would be interested in your comments why people seem to move the Audeze on quite quickly. Is it that people just want to give it a try, or are there other reasons like comfort, weight or tonal balance? Consider the fact that he sources of information you refer to in your post are responsible for the dissemination of a significant amount of idiocy.
swt61 Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Posted March 26, 2011 But that idiocy can be a good thing when wanting to pick up a used pair of LCD-2s.
deepak Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 I thought about buying one of the many used pairs, but I can't justify buying a dynamic amp after how much the estat amp is costing
The Monkey Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 fffuuu I'm wondering if I could live with a switch from stats to the LCD-2...
swt61 Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Posted March 27, 2011 Probably so Dinny, but honestly there are probably some things you're going to miss about the OII. As good as the LCD-2 is, it just can't match the stats in certain areas. However, for a headphone that can be driven by a multitude of dynamic amps (headphone as well as speaker), it's definitely something I could be very happy with. I've actually discovered that I seem to listen more now that I have just one headphone. I think it frees me up from overthinking which phone is gonna be best with a given genre of music.
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