Just sell them if you have economic issues or if you are no longer into this hobby. Maybe you can try Ether or Edition X later if the LCDs are too heavy for you. If you miss the sound, you can still buy one back in the future. Good luck with your sales! :D

I think you have seized the character of the XC perfectly. The one thing you have problem with is how you like it. I also have an LCD-X for comparison so I can easily understand your... frustration. In my memory the X sound quite similar to the 3F I have demo'ed, only that the 3F is too "creamy"...

Hi. I have owned a combo of schitt ragnarok and yggdrasil for a month till now and I tried pairing them with my lcd-xc a few times. Honestly, I don't find a substantial improvement over my $500 Mini-pro there... My Akg K712pro rocks with the new schitt stack though. The XC doesn't scale as...

2) Conductor is really a great match to my LCD-X/XC and many of my other headphones. It's an outstanding all-in-one amp. And the overall performance is not far from the Auralic Taurus II/Vega (ES9018) combo I tried in a local store. (not so close, though)   I also find the cheaper Mini-i Pro...

Fallout: New Vegas

Just saying, yea I guess the resistors electronics inside the Ygg may benefit from an optimal working temperature (quite high, tbh), but I wouldn't call this process a Thermal Equilibrium...     edit: someone would explain this, discard my suspections~ 

My LCD-X surely needs more volume to be enjoyable, and generally I'm not so fond of loud music.  My bookshelf speakers sound really nice even when the music is barely audible - in which case the LCDs would sound anemic.

The main problem with the op I think was that he can't resist putting himself on an unhealthy volume when he listens to LCD-X.  Despite enjoying the music from my LCD-X, I agree with the op that the sound is quite distracting indeed. Really interested in how the Ethers perform at a lower...

  Keep in mind, the Ether doesn't look as pretty as your LCD-3. 

Thank you RCBinTN.  I already have a Ragnarok on order (paid full, but still not shipped ), cheers~ And I've always been thinking about buying back the HD800 while I disliked its sound signature.  It's something so special that I've never heard. Maybe I'm just too sensitive to it's treble...

Here is my "oversimplified" review comparing the post-fazor LCDs and "my HD800":   General: LCD-2F is a very good pair of cans, and for $1000 it's sonic performance is not far from its siblings. Still, LCD-X/3F undoubtedly perform better than LCD-2F in every respect, meanwhile they are...

I like listening to X better than XC most of the time because X sounds more open and more exciting. XC is also a tad too "polite" sounding. But I agree with most points you stated here! The XC is surprisingly better at the sense of space and location - imo on par with the less of HD800. X has a...

Paid a visit to a local audio lounge in Seattle yesterday. Brought my LCD-X here, had the whole afternoon to demo all the LCD headphones in production, listening through the majestic AURALIC VEGA x TAURUS MKII combo.The clerks were really nice and there were few visitors there when I was...

  I own both XC and X and I can agree with you on this. XC is slightly more "forward" to my ears but X seems to have a fuller sound. 

I mean the treble on my lcd-x has always been well extended, smooth and airy, but sometimes I want the treble to get "hotter". With or without a mildly pronounced 3~10KHz in EQ setting, the X remains very natural sounding, and this bugs me. They can't be both right imo, while I just can't tell...

Got the FR graph of my LCD-X from Audeze yesterday. I have a neutral setup which makes my HD800 sound overly bright. For most of my music the tonality of the LCD-X sounds about right, but I can tell it's on the darker side of neutral...     Edit #1: I tried the black dragon (from moon audio)...

Heaven... It's even better than I remember. 

Hi guys. My LCD-X is arriving tomorrow. It's shipped from Costa Mesa, CA (by Audeze, of course).   So good to have you home again...

Just curious: how do you compare them to your XC (sold)?

Yeah, sometimes I do feel the air being trapped inside the pads and impacting on my eardrums. Both my X and XC use vegan pads. Exceptional listening enjoyment come at a cost. But it looks like your ears are more sensitive to these pressure changes.  For health related issues, you might want to...

Well, I suppose my XC will sound much warmer than yours.

  I can't agree more.    Last Friday I ordered another pair of LCD-X online because I just found my new HD800 overly "revealing" & bright for my taste. Later I heard about the robbery that Audeze suffered from, and I felt sorry for their loss - maybe I should've cancelled my order...

I just rechecked my LCD-XC's FR graph and I realized its peak around 5kHz to be higher than average Audezes'. I think this explains why I occasionally find my XC sounds either dusky or sibilant with some tracks.