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REVIEW: Audez’e LCD-2 Planar Magnetic Headphones
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Skylab
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Thanks for all the kind words folks! Few answers to questions as I'm back in town - please let me know if I missed any.
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Basically I just got lazy/ran out of time, so I stuck just to open cans. I do tend to take a little different view of what to expect in closed cans. I think the LCD-2 are better all around than the Ed8, but the Ed8 are still terrific, and are the best closed can I have, and have ever heard, aside from the R10.
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I don't have the Phoenix anymore. But the SS Meier Concerto, as mentioned, is great with the LCD-2, so many high-quality SS amps should work well.
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Tried that - no go. The Beyer headband is way too small at the center of the headband. Pity.
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Basically I just got lazy/ran out of time, so I stuck just to open cans. I do tend to take a little different view of what to expect in closed cans. I think the LCD-2 are better all around than the Ed8, but the Ed8 are still terrific, and are the best closed can I have, and have ever heard, aside from the R10.
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I don't have the Phoenix anymore. But the SS Meier Concerto, as mentioned, is great with the LCD-2, so many high-quality SS amps should work well.
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Tried that - no go. The Beyer headband is way too small at the center of the headband. Pity.
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Naah, and having two lungs is overrated as well. I believe the liver can be partially removed too but you only get paid if you weren't much of a party animal.
All that together could get you a WES + 007 me thinks. Plus you'll have some nice time off to enjoy them. Typical win/win situation.
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Naah, and having two lungs is overrated as well. I believe the liver can be partially removed too but you only get paid if you weren't much of a party animal.
All that together could get you a WES + 007 me thinks. Plus you'll have some nice time off to enjoy them. Typical win/win situation.
I could use an extra lung, seeing as my left one is now useless... But I'm not sure I want to give up my WES and O2 for one.
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One lung in the Rockies altitude?
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Well, more like 1.3 lungs, because 2/3 of my left one can't send oxygenated blood back to the heart and body due to blocked blood vessels that can't be opened. If I had agreed to the lung transplant they suggested to me in 1998 I would have only had a 60% chance of living 5 years, so it could be worse.
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The WES and the O2's really do not have great synergy. Believe it or not, I found the Omega SR-Lambda Pros and El_Doug's
original Omegas sounded better. The WES is a little bit laid back and so are the Omega II's.
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I think the WES fills in the O2 Mk1 mids nicely, and offers great power and bass impact and soundstage. The O2 Mk2 sounded too forward and boomy with the WES to my ears (tried that at RMAF). My HE-60 have a little better synergy with the WES as do the Jade, so i can see your point about the laid back part.
I look forward to trying out the LCD-2 because I really do like the planar sound a lot. The HE-5 LE remind me a bit of my O2 but with more treble presence, and the HD800 remind me a lot of my HE60 but with more bass impact, so I really should be done trying out new stuff. But that's not how things really work.
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Thanks Skylab for a terrific review.
I am willing to trade my entire headphone and amplifier collection for one of these - unheard. Would a HD650 lover and K701 appreciator slot right into the tonal balance of these phones? Are these the true successor that Senheisser should have made?
I am willing to trade my entire headphone and amplifier collection for one of these - unheard. Would a HD650 lover and K701 appreciator slot right into the tonal balance of these phones? Are these the true successor that Senheisser should have made?
Skylab
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Thanks! I think the answer to your questions about the 650 lover would be yes. I don't see any similarities between the K701 and the LCD-2, but I have not owned the K701 in several years.
The LCD-2 is in a league far above either of those headphones, though - that is for sure.
The LCD-2 is in a league far above either of those headphones, though - that is for sure.
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I join in the kudos -- a thoughful and informative review, Skylab.
Here's a question: any thoughts on driving the LCD-2s with a Zana Deux SE?
Here's a question: any thoughts on driving the LCD-2s with a Zana Deux SE?
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When you say "for sure", does that mean it sounds different from the 600 and 701 and you prefer that difference?
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In my opinion, the LCD-2 offer both a naturalness and transparency that those headphones do not approach. And yes, I prefer that
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In my opinion, the LCD-2 offer both a naturalness and transparency that those headphones do not approach. And yes, I prefer that
Tempting. You and kwkarth are teasing my credit card. If only there was an Audeze promo wagon going from town to town.
Skylab, how are they in terms of leakage of sound? For example, I found the HD800 and K701 to leak quite a bit, and the T1 and HE-5 to leak much less, using the same output level on all three. Where would the LCD-2 rank?
Skylab
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They leak the same basic amount as the T1 - less than some open cans - but they are still open.
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