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post #61 of 354
10/13/12 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by Noirceur View Post

Meh, it's closed-back.. triportsad.gif More bass but Open-back sound better. The LCD-3 will still sound better.

It's all relative to the noise in the room the person is using the headphones.

 

Even if there is about 10-20 db noise (EDIT: more than normal) in that room, the closed back headphone will sound a lot better.

Also the closed back is much more flexible, and can be used anywhere, everywhere. I could probably use the lcd-3 about a couple of hours a week. However the closed back version would never leave my head.


Edited by Marleybob217 - 10/13/12 at 3:41pm
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post #62 of 354
10/13/12 at 2:51pm

That's a good scenario for closed back headphones then, considering the average db of a quiet room in is around 40db.

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post #63 of 354
10/13/12 at 3:04pm
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Originally Posted by miceblue View Post

Interesting, I wonder how it will sound. The LCD-2 was too dark for my personal liking.
And it looks like an LCD-3 with a wood cover screwed over the grill. XD

FYI that's an LCD2, albeit one of the newer ones with bamboo wood, black plastic connectors.

 

LCD3 = chrome connectors, and brown leather earpads.

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post #64 of 354
10/13/12 at 3:18pm
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Originally Posted by jerg View Post

FYI that's an LCD2, albeit one of the newer ones with bamboo wood, black plastic connectors.

LCD3 = chrome connectors, and brown leather earpads.

Oh yeah you're right. I Googled "audeze lcd bamboo" to get that image. Thanks for the clarification.
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post #65 of 354
10/13/12 at 3:35pm

Just take my money...

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post #66 of 354
10/13/12 at 3:47pm

I have a feeling that they could make this into a simple kit, where you just unscrew the metal grills of LCD2/3s, and pop the crafted wood cups on. If they are able to make all the damping and acoustics work on the cup then there is no reason why people who already own Audeze headphones need to pay more for the entire headphone assembly with this.

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post #67 of 354
10/13/12 at 4:12pm

Subed.

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post #68 of 354
10/13/12 at 5:33pm
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Originally Posted by scootermafia View Post

 

A small piece of wood weighs next to nothing.  It's the steel parts of the LCD2/3 and its driver magnets that jack the weight up.  This should weigh very very close to what any other Audez'e headphone weighs. It being more heavy is an optical illusion.

 

I was just thinking the same thing. There won't be the weight of the metal rear grill covers.

 

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Originally Posted by DefectiveAudioComponent View Post

Early adopter got me an LCD1 + an LCD-2 for the price of an LCD2+the cost of the headset they used for the LCD-1. Audeze took good care of their early adopters.

 

 

Sure, if you enjoy headaches of shipping headphones back, waiting and wondering ad nauseum. I like to wait until everything is settled and the genuine article is available.

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post #69 of 354
10/13/12 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by jerg View Post

I have a feeling that they could make this into a simple kit, where you just unscrew the metal grills of LCD2/3s, and pop the crafted wood cups on. If they are able to make all the damping and acoustics work on the cup then there is no reason why people who already own Audeze headphones need to pay more for the entire headphone assembly with this.

Unless the drivers are completely different as well.
Reminds me back then there was a thread with a person that was interested in making headphones that can operate both in open or closed format. Did the other folks of Head-Fi ridicule him or what! If this prototype is exactly a replacement part for the grills, I do wish those people apologize. Either way they still should.

Anyway, loving the looks of this one!
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post #70 of 354
10/13/12 at 6:39pm
Why not just make the extra wood magnetic? Need your LCD 2 closed? BAM. Done.
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post #71 of 354
10/13/12 at 6:47pm

Must be very heavy......  floatsmile.png

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post #72 of 354
10/13/12 at 6:52pm

Only viable if it attenuates outside noise substantially, otherwise, what is the point.

 

Let us know how well it isolates outside noise please.

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post #73 of 354
10/13/12 at 6:55pm
They may have different drivers... why will audeze push out a closes version with same driver?
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post #74 of 354
10/13/12 at 7:31pm
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Originally Posted by kalbee View Post


Unless the drivers are completely different as well.
Reminds me back then there was a thread with a person that was interested in making headphones that can operate both in open or closed format. Did the other folks of Head-Fi ridicule him or what! If this prototype is exactly a replacement part for the grills, I do wish those people apologize. Either way they still should.
Anyway, loving the looks of this one!

FA-002, replace grill wid wood cups ---> FA-002w edition.

From open to closed :)

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post #75 of 354
10/13/12 at 7:54pm
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Originally Posted by justie View Post

FA-002, replace grill wid wood cups ---> FA-002w edition.

From open to closed :)

 

I thought they were closed to start with?

 

I however thought about Lee730's Denon open back mod

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