Audeze LCD-3 Appreciation Thread - Page 24

Haha yes sir! Yes sir they do.
Edited by SoundFreaq - 11/23/12 at 7:28pm

 

Yeah the other awesome thing about them is the price, Steve definitely has very competitive pricing on the cables, plus they look the nicest and are the most ergonomic, thats most likely what ill end up with, i was just curious

"They are the best headphones not named the SR-009s"

 

Just so I understand you are referring to the Fostex TH 900?

Does anyone else have the same problem with the headband though? with not being able to get it to lay flat without putting it almost off the front of your head?

 

i dont remember it being like that whenever i wore the LCD-2s in the past, oh well...its weird they dont sit like normal headphones. cause this way they are tilted downwards, it almost negates the angled connector for the headphone cables...

 

the only one i had the chance to wear was the old style, i dont think i ever even had the chance to listen to the 2.2, only the v1. I just think its weird it doesnt fit more normally in the headband, because i have it so far forward that it hangs off the top of my head and therefor its only part of the pad resting on my head which makes it start to bother me after a while. that would be my one complaint.

 

EDIT: hmm, another amp that i had kind of forgotten about..anyone hear the LCD-3 with the Little Dot Mk VI+? that thing is supposed to punch quite a bit above its weight, im looking at that and the mjolnir

Edited by SoupRKnowva - 11/23/12 at 9:19pm

That doesn't sound normal about the headband. Mine is in the middle of my head. Either you have crooked ears or they could have put it on wrong. There are a few ways you can angle the headphones for different sound quality but if you have them upright they should be more or less in the middle.

An interesting thing I was playing around with was wearing the headphones backwards and reversing the cables. It's not better than the normal way but rather a different sonic style. The bass moves towards the front and has more accurate imaging and the treble is smoother, the mids a bit more forward and lush but definitely a loss of transient response. I tried them for a few hours this way and found the signature quite relaxing to listen to, but it's not better than the standard orientation, just different. Certainly worth trying though to see if you like the sound.

Got it thanks :)  All three look great. Wish I could get em all!

Headband thing is normal IF you have a flat head.  Its a function of using angled pads instead of an angled mounting system.  Ie, push down on the back of the pads to 'flatten' them and poof they lay flat on the head.  Its why Senn and Beyer angle the housing on the HD800 and T1, keeps the headband inline.

 

Didn't you a chance to listen to my LCD-2.2s?

 

Youre right i did, but not for very long or anything. not really long enough to make a lasting impression

 

Oh Skylab, i know you got your review out for the soloist...did you ever get a chance to review the Mjolnir? i know you were talking about reviewing it for quite a while but i never saw one...

 

i dont really know, but it wont sit flat in the middle of my head, its angled back so only the rear part of the headband is in contact with my head, which starts to bother me after a while.

 

 

haha youre right! if you push down on the rear it flattens it right out...why would they not take that into account when they designed the headband though????