LCD3 Kirkland Bath Tissue Edition, a.k.a. ToiletPants - Page 7

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Originally Posted by purrin 

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Even after the mods, the ToiletPants is still a pleasant and forgiving sounding headphone.

 

Totally agree with this. After running a couple dozen tracks through them I noticed that they are extremely forgiving and not as transparent as other headphones. They are colored and the bass still remains a bit atonal. Even with these major deficiencies the LCD-3TP is a vast improvement over the stock LCD-3. The pads are nice and comfy though!

The LCD-3 is a joke in stock form. Perhaps it's the seriously overpriced quality controlled stock sound, perhaps it's the atonal bass, perhaps it's the severely recessed mids....I don't know. I seriously don't understand the praise this headphone is getting. It seriously puzzles me. Could it be that my hearing is that bad/amazing that you guys are hearing things that I am not?! The TP'd version barely...barely managed to resolve certain distortions in some recordings. In stock form, there was no distortion!

For a TOTL headphone, the LCD-3 is a serious fail for me.

This thread brings tube rolling to a whole new level.

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Originally Posted by FrankCooter 

All this talk of various damping materials has got me thinking. Anybody ever thought of $100.00 bills as damping material? Now that we've got "Thunder Pants" and "Toilet Pants", why not "Money Pants"?  $100. bills could also be used to wrap high -end cables and rolled up to serve as tube dampers. Stacks of bills would make ideal isolation feet for electronics. We could even start a vintage currency thread. I'm sure that bills issued before the U.S. went off the gold standard in 1932 have to sound better than the debased crap that passes for modern currency.

Ben Franklins are for wannabes.  People who are serious use gold leaf.

The only worry I have in applying the mod is that if the paper is not applied correctly, it could smear the sound.....

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Originally Posted by FrankCooter 

All this talk of various damping materials has got me thinking. Anybody ever thought of $100.00 bills as damping material? Now that we've got "Thunder Pants" and "Toilet Pants", why not "Money Pants"?  $100. bills could also be used to wrap high -end cables and rolled up to serve as tube dampers. Stacks of bills would make ideal isolation feet for electronics. We could even start a vintage currency thread. I'm sure that bills issued before the U.S. went off the gold standard in 1932 have to sound better than the debased crap that passes for modern currency.

Why not try the new Canadian $100 bills that are no longer made from paper/cloth, but are now made from single polymer strips - ---- polymer is the way to go!

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Originally Posted by LFF 

Could it be that my hearing is that bad/amazing that you guys are hearing things that I am not?!

 

For a TOTL headphone, the LCD-3 is a serious fail for me.

 

Actually, multiple people here agree with you...

Right, never apply it back to front
 

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Originally Posted by wink 

The only worry I have in applying the mod is that if the paper is not applied correctly, it could smear the sound.....

I believe that using Chux Super Wipes would give a cleaner sound........

AND, how about:-

For a clinical sound......

Try it.... You know you want to.. !!

Those also work great if you happen to have MRSA in your ears. The doctor told me...

I wonder if I stuff some TP into a RWA Audeze Edition amp if it will have the same affect?  Probably could use a few rolls.

Maybe its me but that last post is a bit uncalled for.

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Originally Posted by rgs9200m 

LCD3s don't need any tweaking for me except for a Q-audio cable. Now I can stop buying headphones or amps and sell off everything else. What a relief.

(Well, if the stock market doubles --fat chance-- I'll try a Stax 009 rig someday, but I'm not holding my breath.)

I agree except for my cable is ALO.

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Originally Posted by visualguy 

Actually, multiple people here agree with you...

 

 

Well, that makes ......3 in total.