New Audeze LCD3 - Page 453

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Originally Posted by bmichels 

gentlemen, i am convinced.... I am going to buy a LCD-3. But before, i have 2 questions :
- I saw that we can choose leather or velour Pads. Which are the most confortable ? Which one most people get ?
- does it has à Good synergy With à iBasso DX100 DAP ? Is it really à Good match ... Or can you suggest à better portable source ? ( at home i Will have for it the new RedWineAudio Balanced DAC/Amp as source :-))))
Tanks in advance for your advices

The LCD-3 leather pads are significantly more comfortable than the LCD-2's leather version.

So without question, go with the leather pads.

Not an portable user. However the Ibasso seems fine.  

The RWA will be fine.  The iBasso if you like it is probably fine as a source but not amp.  Even the numbers listed are probably optimistic and if nothing else the LCD will suck the batteries dry fast :D

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Originally Posted by bmichels 

gentlemen, i am convinced.... I am going to buy a LCD-3. But before, i have 2 questions :
- I saw that we can choose leather or velour Pads. Which are the most confortable ? Which one most people get ?
- does it has à Good synergy With à iBasso DX100 DAP ? Is it really à Good match ... Or can you suggest à better portable source ? ( at home i Will have for it the new RedWineAudio Balanced DAC/Amp as source :-))))
Tanks in advance for your advices

I have both the LCD-3 and the DX100 and while they are indeed a good match, the DX100 will not drive the LCD-3 to realize its full potential (i.e. the WA22 sounds much better with the LCD-3). That said, the DX100 is good value for money being a DAC / portable amp combo and it impressed quite a few people during a mini meet I attended recently (you know who you are ).

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Originally Posted by Lan647 

 

Comfort is easily the second most important factor for me. No matter how amazingly good a headphone sounds I could never live with it if it caused me physical pain. The LCD-3 isn't uncomfortable to me though, but the 2s would bother me after long listening sessions. 

Exactly, I spend many hours with phones on my head and with the HD800s/TH900s, I actually never feel they're there. If you are paying $1k+ for anything, you expect it to be capable of having that feature.

Patrick Bateman loves his LCD-3 



EDIT: I refined it a bit, filling in blank spots beneath the headband and adding some shadows to make it look more realistic. 

But is he really listening to it or is it all in his head?

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Originally Posted by Radio_head 

But is he really listening to it or is it all in his head?

Good one!  

Hello from Stuttgart!,

I was thinking of getting a LCD3 but I have some questions for you :)

After looking at the Audeze website it seems that they don't offer shipping to Germany. At first I wanted to buy the HD 800 but they apparently do not offer the sound signature I was looking for (deep low bass, warm sounding)

After reading things about "veiled" and "unveiled" I'm a little bit hesitant to buy it from a reseller in Germany because they may have the "old" model. Is this still an issue?

The amp I considered was the Woo Audio WA2 or the Violectric v200.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you guys :)

Best Regards,

Alex

EDIT: One little thing I have to add, they only sell it for approximately €2000 in Germany what's equivalent to almost $2650. Even with customs I would probably be better off with one shipped directly from the U.S.

I wouldn't buy from any other reseller than Audeze itself right now. Audez'e quality control seems to have improved to the point where the "veiled" issue is handled with, but you never know what's still in stock at resellers. 

I wouldn't worry so much about it...  I just recently bought mine from headamp and everything seems fine.

You still get the warranty, and it comes with a FR graph that shows the date it was made.

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Originally Posted by Lan647 

I wouldn't buy from any other reseller than Audeze itself right now. Audez'e quality control seems to have improved to the point where the "veiled" issue is handled with, but you never know what's still in stock at resellers. 

I thought the exact same thing. Almost every country available except Germany and Switzerland. Probably because they have many dealers in Germany. But they're probably sitting on older LCD-3's.

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Originally Posted by DairyProduce 

I wouldn't worry so much about it...  I just recently bought mine from headamp and everything seems fine.

 

You still get the warranty, and it comes with a FR graph that shows the date it was made.

Yeah, I think the dealers in the U.S. maybe have more recent models in their stock. Nonetheless, I'll try one out in January.

The dealers here should be able to order a new model with a recent manufacturing date from Audeze or I'll write them whether it is possible to order directly or not.

Thanks for your answers guys!