[Androb]

Price is right ^^
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151861463602132&set=vb.119953092131&type=2&theater

 

[Chikolad]

  (repeating myself from another thread with some more info):
I'm mystified by the reports of reticence in the higher frequencies of the LCD3 (at least my pair). They seem quite vibrant and basically totally balanced top to bottom (and have a wonderful deep bass).
I just listened last night for a few hours and thought they were totally musically engaging, with no part of the frequency spectrum standing out, great palbability, sweet and exciting and dynamic and fast all at once.
 
I guess I've been reading about this reticence in comparison to the the new LCD-XC (which I've never heard), but for me the 3 does it all.
 
I use Drew's Silver Dragon cable (balanced/Furutech XLRs)

 
I read in a post you wrote back in 2012 that after getting a newer set of HD800 and the RMA'd LCD-3s the latter were actually brighter than the HD800 and that you felt the HD800 were more natural sounding. Do you still feel that way?

 

[Chikolad]

  Price is right ^^
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151861463602132&set=vb.119953092131&type=2&theater

 
That's quite hilarious. Ordinary people have no idea how expensive headphones can get

 

[citraian]

I can also add that the -3s are much darker with the stock cabling.  At least for me, upgrading the cable really shifted things towards treble significantly.

With the stock cable they're downright dark

 

[citraian]

Price is right ^^
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151861463602132&set=vb.119953092131&type=2&theater

This made my day

 

[Kojaku]

Got a new camera. Applied an interesting filter. Got a new avatar.
 

 
Kojaku

 

[philo50]

nice....

 

[Chikolad]

With the stock cable they're downright dark

 
When were your pair manufactured? I think the older ones were darker. I just can't call mine dark at all...

 

[kothganesh]

With the stock cable they're downright dark

+1. With aftermarket cables though the sound was more balanced and neutral (specifically referring to the DHC Complement cable). 

 

[Saraugie]

With the stock cable they're downright dark

Which of course is your opinion. I use the stock balanced cables and do not find my pair so called 'dark' at all, which is mine.

 

[Androb]

I don't find it any darker than hd650 for example. If it gets brighter I do not want an aftermarket cable

 

[citraian]

As I said it depends on everyone's neutrality reference. I found them quite veiled and a little bit too warm with the stock cable. The air, clarity and detail of an aftermarket cable is just great
Dark is not really a bad thing you know?
Oh, and HD 650 are dark too

 

[Androb]

Yea I know. I prefer little bit "darker" phones. But if it would get even brighter I don't think I would enjoy it that much. (I'm really sensitive against treble. )

 

[Androb]

That's quite hilarious. Ordinary people have no idea how expensive headphones can get

This made my day

Haha indeed. Didn't even guess half of it's price.

But yea, I am experiencing this at work, a colleauge of mine tells everyone how much I payed for my lcd-3 and I allways gets funny faces and questions of what I earn lol.

 

[citraian]

I'm sensitive against treble too but I found out that I can add a some overall clarity and sparkle without adding too much harshness or loosing too much bass. So it's kind of a win win for me