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Do you own an Audeze can? Changing subject - is LCD3 worth when compared to LCD2?
Well, personally I don't think an LCD3 is better than an LCD2 Price/Performance wise. Of course, the LCD3 is going to beat the LCD2 in every SQ category, but I'm not going to pay an extra $800-1000 for 5-20% improvement and an even darker signature. Here is my pair of LCD-2.2s I ordered on 1/08/13. It was on back order since the dealer ran out so this is a very recent version. I had to wait till 1/18/13 to receive it after the dealer got a new shipment from Audeze. As you can see, the signature Audeze FR almost flat bass/mids leading to the small roll off at upper mids/highs. Audeze has been trying to address people's complaint of the headphones sounding too dark/roll off in the treble. As you can see from the graph, it looks like they did somewhat compared to other people's FR graphs I've found on the forums. The LCD-2.2 is the just the perfect darkness for me. Any darker(aka LCD3) I'd fall asleep.
Also NOTE: Audeze was sneaky with their Serial Numbering, which is randomized. Why? because the LCD2 has had MANY MANY revisions since it was first revealed, and many problems addressed. The resale value of low S/N numbered LCD2s would be drastically lower than higher S/N ones if the LCD2s were numbered sequentially and matched the progress of the revisions.
The randomized S/N has a two-fold effect: 1) allows Audeze to sell low S/N LCD2s they already produced, but had lots of imperfections. 2) it allows LCD2 owners to resell theirs without
worrying too much about resale value. (I doubt you can message Audeze to say, "Hey Audeze I want to buy this LCD2 from someone on head-fi, can you tell me when this one: S/N: XXXXXXX was manufactured?" they would be shooting themselves and the Reseller in the foot if they told you)
Also, Boerd, the inconsistency in the measurements on innerfidelity are affected by the Randomized S/N as well, you'd have to know the actual manufactured date for the LCD3s measured to know about the improvements/revisions/consistency etc.
Edit: the build quality on the LCD2.2s give off a very good feeling. The weight, sturdiness of the components, etc make the LCD2.2 feel like its worth $800-1000 at least compared to some other
flimsy headphones. Too bad there is a small design flaw. The hinges that fit into the wood cups, that is an a heavily stressed area that it would crack easily. The wood has already cracked at one of the hinges and I need to send it in for repairs. The thickness of the wood is 1.7 cm, the hole drilled down the middle is 0.6 cm in diameter. leaving the wood at 0.55 cm thick on either side of the hole. Thus, I was not really surprised when the wood at the hinges had cracked.
