I'm using the 20s with Shanling m1 and Mojo. The soundstage and detail retrieval/ seperation is astonishing, but musicality is sustained and brilliant. On Patricia Barber's Cafe Blue, I was just going to sample the album, biut it was so incredible I just listened to the whole album. If I had 1...

Me too!

I love the concept of priceinduced FOMO ( I really recognise myself here :-/) I haven't read every post here, but has anybody heard this device yet? I've got my Hugo 1 singing after 2 and a bit years of fiddling ( sorry configuring) and i wonder how much better it can sound? I listened to a...

Amen!

Then We'll need to get Chord into Cyber enhancements, just to upgrade the relevant part of our ears and brain to appreciate how good the next thing actually is!

I wholeheartedly agree with that!

I'm sure it does, but I don't recognise any of the problems with Hugo recounted here, I think it must be down to partnering components! As someone has already said, It's stellar with vocals and piano, two sounds notoriously difficult to reproduce!

Absolutely right, it reminds me of way back when, listening to my Linn Sondek, I think the Hugo is very subtle, and this leads to the wide variety of opinions on this thread, I have often thought that my wife was talking to me, or somebody was banging on the door, and it was just detail and...

That's what it's all about!

I've had no cause to regret Hugo + X, So congrats to you!

Wow! Interesting to know if it sounds better than silver!! Don't think this baby really alters with burn in , sounds great from the get go!

Disagreeing constructively is healthy! :-) But in my Opinion the T1 s you have, sound like they're duff! Sessions with friends here , who are seasoned headphone users and who Own everything from Abyss. Audeze, Sennheiser, etc , have, without exception, garnered comments on how smooth they are...

Well obviously we're all different in the ears dept, but. I totally disagree! They sounds organic and silky smooth through the Hugo with a decent soundstage. The HD 800 s sound bright through the Hugo, as they do through many amps, though the Hugo even tames these to a certain extent

To me it sounds organic, liquid detailed , Hugo drives the T1s easily and sounds fantastic!

Yes I admit I was surprised I just thought they would chug-on forever like my friend's LCD 3s! Thanks for your support and I'll certainly get back to everyone, if and when I find out the cause! Cheers R

Thanks, yeah bit of a bummer, let's hope they sort it quick. I live in England, so I'm hoping I 'm just getting a swapped - out replacement! If I find out the cause, I'll let everybody know! Good listening!

Will do!

I was surprised ! To say the least ! I have never heard of non-fazor LCD3 s dying in this way, Have heard a couple of reports of fazor LCD3s dying, But none so far of LCD-X .I expect Audeze products to be totally reliable, to mature and take on a refined character, like fine wine, not bomb-out...

My X 's left channel just popped a couple of times and died ! Anybody else had this problem?

Absolutely right, if you trickle charge, (top-up) ithey're unlikely to go through a cycle any time soon and are likely to last a very long time!

My Xs took about 120 hours burn-in to " Wake - up", they were originally quite veiled, but now they have woken -up , I think they're unparalled amongst headphones of this class and price range. Detailed, natural and truthful!, They also see to be still improving!

Same to you, Happy listening fathers day, hope you got something new and good!

I should be so lucky, didn't even get a card!! Anyway happy listening day for all the fathers out there!!

Well said ! This is pretty much the way I feel with the T1s . They just make listening to music a pleasure. The HD 800s are technically magnificent, but this is both a strength and a weakness, especially concerning the conveyance of emotional content in music!. I like them and the Audeze lcd-x...

I concur!