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Recommendation to drive LCD-2's

post #1 of 5
2/13/12 at 8:06am
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I'm new here and looking for a recommended amp to drive a pair of Audeze LCD-2's for $250.00 or less.  I've heard good things about the Schiit Asgard, Hifiman EF2A and the Maverick D1 in general.  I don't need digital inputs.  Any thoughts?

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post #2 of 5
2/13/12 at 8:31am



 

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I'm new here and looking for a recommended amp to drive a pair of Audeze LCD-2's for $250.00 or less.  I've heard good things about the Schiit Asgard, Hifiman EF2A and the Maverick D1 in general.  I don't need digital inputs.  Any thoughts?



 Impressions for every amp under the sun can be found in this thread.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/495631/amp-recommendations-for-audeze-lcd-2
In general, I would recommend that you wait a little bit and get a better amp/dac combo for a high end pair of 'phones like the LCD-2s.  But if you really do go for the entry-level options, someone will have tried it with the LCd-2 at some point.

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post #3 of 5
2/18/12 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by CB910 View Post

I'm new here and looking for a recommended amp to drive a pair of Audeze LCD-2's for $250.00 or less.  I've heard good things about the Schiit Asgard, Hifiman EF2A and the Maverick D1 in general.  I don't need digital inputs.  Any thoughts?



My LCD-2s are supposed to show up today and I am going to try them with the Asgard but I think I'm headed for a Lyr pretty soon. I had the EF2A and thought it was pretty crappy. Not the SQ so much, but balance at low levels was horrible and mine had a nasty hum as well.

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post #4 of 5
2/18/12 at 1:21pm
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Thanks power.  Let me know what you think of the Asgard.  The only bad-ish thing I've head is that the combination can lack a little dynamic drive.  But everything else I've heard about it seems great.

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post #5 of 5
2/18/12 at 1:31pm

Heya,

 

My Asgard drives an HE500 just fine. I actually prefer it's sound over the Lyr which I also have. Go figure.

 

It'll drive the LCD2 fine. It'll even add a hint of sparkle to it's otherwise darker treble.

 

Very best,

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