[R Scott Ireland]

Hi Scott,
thanks for the reply. love Vivaldi and will seek it out... nice to know I'm not crazy for thinking the classical I've been listening to on the lcd-3s sounds wonderful. I haven't read through a million postings, but the reading I did before getting them was fairly extensive and had no one (ahem) trumpeting their splendid performance in this area. because of that I was shocked at how great everything was sounding (even larger scale loves the tonal balance, although the soundstage can't touch the hd800s). anyway, enjoy and have a great holiday season.

regards,
Jimmy

Thanks Jimmy, you have a nice holiday as well! I highly recommend any of Carolyn Sampson's recordings (many on the Hyperion label; several Vivaldi; Mozart; Zelenka). To my ear she is one of the best (maybe THE best) baroque soprano out there.

Enjoy!

 

[dukeskd]

 
I chuckle everytime he pronounces Audeze.

 

[alvin sawdust]

The new Ordettes LCD-3.

 

[CoolBurn]

Oh! (Happy ?) days !

 

[Mediahound]

 
 
I chuckle everytime he pronounces Audeze.

 
I like to pronounce it "Odd ease". 

 

[Asr]

I like to pronounce it "Odd ease". 

 
The correct pronunciation is something like "aw-diz-zy".

 

[citraian]

Yeah, something like odyssey with a z and without the ending y

 

[rsbrsvp]

I have little experience with the LCD-3.  I was wondering if you could share with me- if I had a top of the line source, dac and and amplifier, would upgrading the cables on the LCD-3 make a noticeable difference or just very minor?
 
If it would be a worthwhile difference- what is the absolute best replacement cable?

 

[Solude]

Always minor in my experience.  Worth while as the last piece and within reason but not something I would ever spend more than ~$300 on again.  Same goes for interconnects and speaker cable.

 

[Mediahound]

  I have little experience with the LCD-3.  I was wondering if you could share with me- if I had a top of the line source, dac and and amplifier, would upgrading the cables on the LCD-3 make a noticeable difference or just very minor?
 
If it would be a worthwhile difference- what is the absolute best replacement cable?

 
 

  Always minor in my experience.  Worth while as the last piece and within reason but not something I would ever spend more than ~$300 on again.  Same goes for interconnects and speaker cable.

 
I agree. On the Audezes, swapping headphone cables makes only minor difference. However, on some other headphones like the Sennheiser HD800, it can make more of a difference. 
 
The only reason I got a different cable for my LCD3 (Q Audio Silk) is so I could have a balanced to single ended adapter to listen to both without having to have two different cables, as well as a nicer weight. 

 

[citraian]

Of course it makes a minor difference if you're using ETP copper cables

 

[Solude]

And yet the ETP showed the Silver Dragon the door

 

[citraian]

That's copper vs silver and it's a matter of tastes

 

[screwdriver]

its kind of tough compare cables , unless u ar in  a meet . cables cost about $300 up and to compare two u have to shell out a bunch of cash an lose some when selling the other one u didnt like , and then there are 5 other cables u need to LOL.

 

[Solude]

That's copper vs silver and it's a matter of tastes

 
If it makes you feel better the Q also showed the Cardas, Blue and Black Dragon copper cables the door  Truth is the Audeze stock cables were just as good sound wise as the above just too long.