Though I do find one issue with your poll that if you could kindly update if possible ... the highest choice is 3 times or more ... well, I am on driver failure number 5.
I am sorry but the format does not allow me to alter the poll once it has been created. I want to say I really feel for you dude, I sent mine back twice and I just can't imagine the heartbreak you have experienced. That said, I think we can agree that yours is a very unusual case, even though I have spoken to a couple other guys with multiple returns like yours. There may be a correlation between hot climate and LCD3 failures.
My highest hope for the poll was that it would prove these failures are very rare, so even if our LCD3s break we don't feel like we just paid $2000 for a lemon. But so far the results of the poll seem to prove otherwise, the LCD3s appear to be prone to failure. Unfortunately the poll has received very few votes, so we can't draw conclusions from this small sample size. However the thread is not a total failure, it has highlighted the need for better QC at Audeze.
Knowing what I know today, I would think twice about purchasing a pair of LCD3s. I have not heard of similar problems with other Audeze phones. I think Audeze should offer to buy back any phone that has been returned 3 times or more.
Sweetmeat ... I think I understand your intentions behind making the poll ... your motivation (if I understand it correctly) was to gain
clarity on how frequent the LCD3 experiences issues.
For this,
I thank you. You are trying to build
insight around something that is usually mentioned in an ad hoc way ... it is really
commendable that you took the
initiative to create a poll.
Good on you.
Though I do wonder how many people are being silent, especially about the driver failures ... why I say this, is that I have never posted publicly before about my own experiences.
I am told that I have a "very long fuse" ... that is, I do not get upset very easily ... though It was driver failure number 5 last night that upset me enough to post.
My intention, which everyone gets, is not to criticise Audeze for there sound quality or comfort, the LCD3 is truly a reference quality headphone that brings me joy ... when it actually works.
By the way, I do not consider the thread a failure in any sense, I just think the quality of the poll data will improve over time ... if I may make a suggestion in the main LCD3 threads,
maybe provide a link back to
this thread every month or two ... the poll data can only improve as more votes are cast.
If I was choosing between a LCD-3F and LCD-X today ... by researching the HeadFi threads (which is my main reference as the feedback provided by this community is very valuable),
and if I typed "failure", "driver" or "failed" as keywords .... well, very little appears in the LCD-2 thread, very rare, incredibly infrequent in fact for the LCD-X thread,
though it seems to be a constant issue in the LCD-3 threads. So I would avoid like the plague the LCD-3 and get the LCD-X.