Please chime in what your best amps are for this headphone or educated guesses compared to previous ortho experiences.
I use the Cavalli Liquid Carbon with the balanced cable and I really like that combo.
Please chime in what your best amps are for this headphone or educated guesses compared to previous ortho experiences.
I use the Cavalli Liquid Carbon with the balanced cable and I really like that combo.
Budget £300=$400 this is utter max for me
Would like dac/amp with XLR front out, neutral to slightly warm sound...but for that budget, not going to happen.
But in asking, any neutral/slightly warm amps with XLR front out, all I can see is Aune X7s, any others
thanks
If you're alright with secondhand goods, try getting the Schiit Mjolnir which I find has excellent pairing with the LCD-2. I waited patiently for mine and searched the forums everyday, eventually got one at SGD420, about £235. All the best!
I second this, the LCD-2 sound spectacular when paired with the Mjolnir. They're my favorite Planars to go with tubes.If you're alright with secondhand goods, try getting the Schiit Mjolnir which I find has excellent pairing with the LCD-2. I waited patiently for mine and searched the forums everyday, eventually got one at SGD420, about £235. All the best!
Just joined this thread having recently got my own LCD-2F (2016 Alu). I started off with an ifi Micro iDSD (silver not BL - not enough of a difference to justify an upgrade IMO) as my main desktop dac/amp as it has an amazing dac section and plenty of power in its clean AB-class amp. More recently I bought a Matrix HPA-3B balanced amp when I tested my iDSD with my brother’s Matrix and found the synergy to be incredible. Both are warm of neutral, and the Matrix gives the brilliant iDSD dac so much more headroom (and the option of powerful balanced output, which I take full advantage of).I'm keeping it. I don't intend to keep it running or plugged in all the time at my desk, as I will keep the Deckard there. It does sound better with better instrument separation than the Cambridge or my LG V20... so, there is always that. I don't think I'll return it, as I think the Hugo 2 is too much for me. I want to work on my 2 channel setup and stop with the headphones pretty much.
What about an iFi iDSD Micro BL or something?
If you're going single-ended, the Deckard has no peer when it comes to powering the LCDs with beautiful music.So I'm thinking of a nice used amp for my new lcd2 (my 6080otl amp is not going to pair well)
For the same price, I can get a chord mojo, deckard, or burson soloist SL+ some dac, probably a schiit. I picked up the lcd2s for the bass and mids. Which routes should I try? Thanks!