For my Audeze LCD-X Just ordered for the new man cave in progress: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmbiColoredLight (cheaper at their facebook page).

Yes, that was my point. The fact that most people's ears are sensitive to that audio frequency region shouldn't cause the dip to be noticeable while listening to most music. It may even be an advantage because it's compensating for the ear's high sensitivity to those frequencies. These are...

The human ear is quite sensitive to that region. I would not expect the average person to detect that alleged 6kHz dip. These cans are excellent! Only the self professed "Golden Ears" have said otherwise :rolleyes: Or perhaps have narrower than average auditory canals which would raise their...

Here is a very nice 50VA 15V toroidal transformer available for the LC: http://www.antekinc.com/as-0515-50va-15v-transformer/ http://www.antekinc.com/content/AS-0515.pdf

You don't need accuracy to "match" transisters. "The 4 output transistors (BD139/140) have BEST performance at about temp 70°C" "The 4 Capacitors (470uF) have BEST performance at about 50°C"

I have always wondered about the LC temperature argument. You can use the argument that the transistors performance is optimized at a high temperature. But, at what cost to other components, especially capacitors? You will notice the latest version of the Matrix M-Stage (another Lehmann clone)...

...posting a "graph" without a vetted source - brilliant!

[...] "Given the measurements I'm seeing, the iPhone's DAC is excellent and can produce very accurate output. [...] For sonic quality, therefore, the most important factor would be how well the headphone matches the amplifier. Assuming the iPhone 6 has an output impedance similar to the iPhone...

They like the Grado's with "metal" because their THD levels are sky high. Plug that into their tube amp distortion and they have an eargasm - lol. Just my subjective opinion of course :p

Very strange!

I would wager that the EL-8 is simply revealing the true sound of your desktop system. It seems your party doesn't like how your system "really" sounds. To state that it is because the EL-8 sounds better on an iPod is utter nonsense - sorry.

I guess what I'm trying to say is don't read too far into anyone's negative review of a set of cans produced by a highly respected company like Audeze. They wouldn't produce a product that is sub-par. Besides, not much detail can be known about a critics (assumed undamaged)equipment, source, and...

Some describe it as "Synergy" :bigsmile_face:

Too high impedance: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0321/7609/files/Headphone_Amplifier_Performance_-_Part_2.pdf?1361

Too low amp output impedance. http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/musings-headphone-amplifier-output-impedance

I disagree with your interpretation. Compare the amplitudes of the recovery spikes (2,3,...) that follow the leading edge spike of the 30Hz square waves and you will see that the EL-8's are much smaller (better). http://www.innerfidelity.com/images/HiFiMANHE5602014.pdf (magnify the graph)...

Mikael, Which power supply capacitors do you have in there? I was also looking at those SSC feet. Same as the original Lehmann but so expensive for no benefit other than for beauty. Beautiful girls are expensive but with more benefits ;) I decided to purchase the UNI-T UT61A from Amazon for...

[^BTW, best review I've read so far. Thanks!] If you can hear the distortion produced by your amp then you need a new amp! One of the specs that attracted me to the EL-8 was the distortion measurements. "Its performance surpasses anything on the market in its price range." I have never seen...

Mikael, do you use this DT9205A meter for hFE? Does it work for matching the transistor?

I'm thinking about building a second one with all the trimmings. Already ordered a PCB and a few boutique components. I need to find a clone case compatible with the clone PCB.

My LC is dead quiet at full volume and no input. If it wasn't for the LED light you would think it was turned off.

Unless you have a headphone amplifier with balanced output (w/XLR connectors) there is no benefit to using balanced headphone cables. To take advantage of any benefit of a balanced system the entire signal path should be balanced; Source (XLR)> >(XLR) HeadAmp (XLR)> >(XLR) -balanced cable- >...

Audeze don't need no stinkin' reviews ;)

Really? Is it yours? Didn't see it before.