[Audeze]

@Audeze
Still a very disappointing experience.

That really sucks. Apologies for the issue. We do test both headphones and cables. We will contact you later today to figure out how to solve this issue.

 

[Rotten Apple]

It would be an injustice to all if I first didn't issue an apology to all for not having posted these past few weeks. Therefore from the bottom of the Pope's blackened ole heart, that has witness/caused? suffering I must issue a formal Canadian apology - I'm sorry, sorry to you, and that lady in the back, sorry ma'am. Sir, yes you, the one that speaky no goodly English. Yes you - you no miss me? Well I no miss you either!

So where has this Rotten Apple been? Well I've been busy dumping those old junky, junklette devices known as IEMs knowing that one day, one fine day that would soon become one finer day when I would receive notice that my ie4s were on there way. And praise be to the whales, the sheep, the unicorn farts and all the hairy legged women in Italy - that day, verily that moment occured a few hours ago. Upon receipt of the notification email that the i4s were on there way I let out an unearthly roar for half of the Province of Ontario to hear. The earth shook, the trees swayed back and forth and the skies cracked with thunder and lightening. My neighbour rushed over and said, "Dude, it was as if a thousand schoolgirls squealed in delight at the same time!" Obviously he has a hearing problem from listening to those crazy in ear Vega thingies.

Incredibly whilst waiting for my i4s I lost my mind. Either it was the fever or whatever was playing on my mind from i4 deprivation but somehow I ended up buying 2 pairs of TOTL planar headphones. A closed pair, and it had to be closed or the little woman would smack me in bed - hence the Audeze LCDXC; and an open pair, the Hifiman HE1000V2. The Audeze I've had for about a week, the Hifiman I pick up in about an hour from the post office. Just think, if you want to know where to avoid reading my stuff you know where to go. I'm sorry.

This Monday is going to be a Holy day in this household. Requests for photos shall be accepted but not necessarily processed. For example, to stick them in various places will likely not happen. Be civilized as some of you are hugely bad.

On behalf of Planet Earth, let me take this opportunity to bless our collective ears, Audeze and most of all safe passage of my i4's.


Thank you
Pope Dudley TrueDoh's Emissary
Rotten Apple

 

[rskbug]

Haha. Someone's wetting his pants with excitement.

 

[Eric Smith]

It would be an injustice to all if I first didn't issue an apology to all for not having posted these past few weeks. Therefore from the bottom of the Pope's blackened ole heart, that has witness/caused? suffering I must issue a formal Canadian apology - I'm sorry, sorry to you, and that lady in the back, sorry ma'am. Sir, yes you, the one that speaky no goodly English. Yes you - you no miss me? Well I no miss you either!

So where has this Rotten Apple been? Well I've been busy dumping those old junky, junklette devices known as IEMs knowing that one day, one fine day that would soon become one finer day when I would receive notice that my ie4s were on there way. And praise be to the whales, the sheep, the unicorn farts and all the hairy legged women in Italy - that day, verily that moment occured a few hours ago. Upon receipt of the notification email that the i4s were on there way I let out an unearthly roar for half of the Province of Ontario to hear. The earth shook, the trees swayed back and forth and the skies cracked with thunder and lightening. My neighbour rushed over and said, "Dude, it was as if a thousand schoolgirls squealed in delight at the same time!" Obviously he has a hearing problem from listening to those crazy in ear Vega thingies.

Incredibly whilst waiting for my i4s I lost my mind. Either it was the fever or whatever was playing on my mind from i4 deprivation but somehow I ended up buying 2 pairs of TOTL planar headphones. A closed pair, and it had to be closed or the little woman would smack me in bed - hence the Audeze LCDXC; and an open pair, the Hifiman HE1000V2. The Audeze I've had for about a week, the Hifiman I pick up in about an hour from the post office. Just think, if you want to know where to avoid reading my stuff you know where to go. I'm sorry.

This Monday is going to be a Holy day in this household. Requests for photos shall be accepted but not necessarily processed. For example, to stick them in various places will likely not happen. Be civilized as some of you are hugely bad.

On behalf of Planet Earth, let me take this opportunity to bless our collective ears, Audeze and most of all safe passage of my i4's.


Thank you
Pope Dudley TrueDoh's Emissary
Rotten Apple

That was beautiful, I laughed and I cried.

 

[sorrick]

It would be an injustice to all if I first didn't issue an apology to all for not having posted these past few weeks. Therefore from the bottom of the Pope's blackened ole heart, that has witness/caused? suffering I must issue a formal Canadian apology - I'm sorry, sorry to you, and that lady in the back, sorry ma'am. Sir, yes you, the one that speaky no goodly English. Yes you - you no miss me? Well I no miss you either!

So where has this Rotten Apple been? Well I've been busy dumping those old junky, junklette devices known as IEMs knowing that one day, one fine day that would soon become one finer day when I would receive notice that my ie4s were on there way. And praise be to the whales, the sheep, the unicorn farts and all the hairy legged women in Italy - that day, verily that moment occured a few hours ago. Upon receipt of the notification email that the i4s were on there way I let out an unearthly roar for half of the Province of Ontario to hear. The earth shook, the trees swayed back and forth and the skies cracked with thunder and lightening. My neighbour rushed over and said, "Dude, it was as if a thousand schoolgirls squealed in delight at the same time!" Obviously he has a hearing problem from listening to those crazy in ear Vega thingies.

Incredibly whilst waiting for my i4s I lost my mind. Either it was the fever or whatever was playing on my mind from i4 deprivation but somehow I ended up buying 2 pairs of TOTL planar headphones. A closed pair, and it had to be closed or the little woman would smack me in bed - hence the Audeze LCDXC; and an open pair, the Hifiman HE1000V2. The Audeze I've had for about a week, the Hifiman I pick up in about an hour from the post office. Just think, if you want to know where to avoid reading my stuff you know where to go. I'm sorry.

This Monday is going to be a Holy day in this household. Requests for photos shall be accepted but not necessarily processed. For example, to stick them in various places will likely not happen. Be civilized as some of you are hugely bad.

On behalf of Planet Earth, let me take this opportunity to bless our collective ears, Audeze and most of all safe passage of my i4's.


Thank you
Pope Dudley TrueDoh's Emissary
Rotten Apple

Gird your aural loins and steel your reserve for a sonic delight the likes of which your mortal flesh has hitherto nair experienced awaits inside the leatherbound box expressed to you by winged federal chariot.

 

[DonChuy]

@Audeze
Just wanted to thank you for contacting me about this issue. I received my pre-paid shipping label and will return them today. Great response time and customer service. I hope the 2 week lead time given by the specialist can be improved. Thanks again!

PS: Options were given to me to just get a new cable or return the whole thing, so I didn't want to risk it and decided to return the whole thing and get a brand new pair.

 

[reddog]

My LCD i4 has arrived. The sound is fantastic, so natural and detailed. The bass is deep and textured and does not intrude upon the sweet sounding mids. Likewise the highs are resolving and clear without being bright. The soundstage large, detailed and holographic.

 

[AxelCloris]

My LCD i4 has arrived. The sound is fantastic, so natural and detailed. The bass is deep and textured and does not intrude upon the sweet sounding mids. Likewise the highs are resolving and clear without being bright. The soundstage large, detailed and holographic.

I figured you'd get a kick out of them.

 

[x RELIC x]

My LCD i4 has arrived. The sound is fantastic, so natural and detailed. The bass is deep and textured and does not intrude upon the sweet sounding mids. Likewise the highs are resolving and clear without being bright. The soundstage large, detailed and holographic.

@reddog, are you finding you need to insert them deep to get the bass, or not so much?

 

[Rotten Apple]

My LCD i4 has arrived. The sound is fantastic, so natural and detailed. The bass is deep and textured and does not intrude upon the sweet sounding mids. Likewise the highs are resolving and clear without being bright. The soundstage large, detailed and holographic.

Congratulations on your new arrival! We all know that before a new baby comes into our family much planning takes place what with the painting of the room, choosing new blankets, getting little booties, new pajamas etc. Can you imagine what the headphone feels like?

All that I know is that come Monday it is my turn and sir, big fancy words like "resolving, detailed and holographic" shall not be spitting forth from this man's keyboard. Nor shall "deep and textured." I will just pretend that I didn't read that for my mama's sake and move on. For as much as I like you reddog, and I do, as Jeebus be my witness there's going to be hootin' and hollerin' across the tundras of these white lands and the elk, moose and rabbits are going to come and rejoice with me over the dang blasted sound from the gods.

Then I'm going to stand up, look around and shoot the animals right between the eyeballs. That'll learn 'em. Next step is to make a huge pot of stew outta those silly animals and drink some beer and listen to my i4s. Then I'm going to drink some more. After that I'm trading some of my stew for more beer as backup. The moral to the story, and every pope must have morals, is that y'all need a plan. And any man that says that I'm testing out my new pajamas now before their time is a liar!


Pope Apples

 

[MacedonianHero]

My LCD i4 should arrive tomorrow, I can not wait to hear these babies. I will only use these bad boys on my home rigs.

Congrats! I'm listening to them right now from my Benchmark DAC3 HGC, they sound incredibly open. Likely the "biggest" sounding in-ears I've heard! Earlier today I was using my AK240SS (actually up for sale if anyone is interested) with some DSD files and they were splendid! Looking forward to more impressions! I definitely agree on large sounding, detailed and holographic.

 

[Cagin]

Gird your aural loins and steel your reserve for a sonic delight the likes of which your mortal flesh has hitherto nair experienced awaits inside the leatherbound box expressed to you by winged federal chariot.

I'm grinning a big smile, because what Sorrick says, is 100% legit real.

My LCD i4 has arrived. The sound is fantastic, so natural and detailed. The bass is deep and textured and does not intrude upon the sweet sounding mids. Likewise the highs are resolving and clear without being bright. The soundstage large, detailed and holographic.

I'm having a harder time trying to phrase what kind of signature the LCD-i4 has.

My reference points being the Empire Ears Zeus and Zeus R. Owned the Zeus XIV for a month or two before I had it re-tuned for the Zeus R which I've been owning for a year now. So I'm quite accustomed to it delivery and abilities.
I sent my Zeus R back 20 days ago for another re-tuning, going back to the original Zeus XIV configuration as I feel I will appreciate it more from my Sony WM1A in balanced output. The Zeus is somewhat balanced. It's not neutral, it doesn't have a lean bass, it's still slightly lifted, it's a mid-forward sound sig with smooth treble. Back when I used the Sony ZX2 in 3.5mm TRS, I'd boost the treble a tiny bit. On the DP-X1, I'd leave it with no EQ. The Zeus R was different in that it was slightly less mid-forward, had an airier treble presentation, more balanced. With the Zeus R, I'd not need any treble boost with the ZX2. With the DP-X1 in BAL mode, I'd boost 50-250 a bit, as that dap was more cold coming from the ZX2. Now the Zeus R / WM1A pairing is great in single ended with stock spc cable, but with my pure silver Therium 4.4mm balanced cable, it gets a bit hot in the treble at times. That's why I wanted it to be re-tuned to XIV orig.

Now, back to the wonderful LCD-i4.

Using this tone sweep generator: http://onlinetonegenerator.com/frequency-sweep-generator.html :
In Sine wave, linear sweep, I can start hearing/feeling the bass at 7Hz. With my Zeus it'd be starting at 13Hz. And I get the roll off starting after 14k (booo I'm too young to get old).

It is still the brightest and airiest earphone I've experienced. I mean it well too. I wish I could share how much I enjoy its rendering of the decay on the crash and ride cymbals. The rolls are so exquisitely detailed.

The bass has more impact and texture than the Zeus R. This is very enjoyable. It's not prominently boosted, which I appreciate.
The LCD-i4 is not mid-forward, but it's still gives a beautiful intimate voice. I think that because the sound stage is so big, it preserves the silkiness of the voices from the rest. So yeah, it's not mid-forward, yet everything is still there. Electric guitars+bass aren't thin, they have body.

It's definitely not a laid back, smoothed earphone. I wouldn't recommend it for those that are looking for relaxing. Believe me when you'll surprise yourself as you turn the volume dial up pushing your comfort zone. It gives for very intensive sound sessions. Think of a Hubble telescope strapped onto the back of Beethoven. Oh don't look at me like that, I don't mean the composer, but Beethoven the famous Saint-Bernard dog! The LCD-i4 is a retrieval paragon.

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@KMann @Audeze : I'll follow up on your PMs. I did further testing. To make sure it was just the cable connector and not the socket. It is indeed only the Left side connector that is causing this. Using the R on the Left LCD-i4 does slide out. Using the L cable on the Right LCD-i4 did also make it fall. I'll try to fetch a caliper but by my eyes, the Left 2pin connector black part is 1mm thinner than the Right side connector.
My Onso iect_03_bl4c: 4.4 5p -2pin(l/r) (for 4.4mm balanced output of my Sony WM1A) has been shipped out. I'm eager to try it with the LCD-i4.

 

[reddog]

@reddog, are you finding you need to insert them deep to get the bass, or not so much?

I do not insert them to deeply to get more bass. But I am using the grooved tips.

 

[reddog]

Pictures of the desktop rig, I have used to drive the LCD i4. Schiit Audio Yggdrasil and Liquid Cavalli Gold

 

[Rotten Apple]

Pictures of the desktop rig, I have used to drive the LCD i4. Schiit Audio Yggdrasil and Liquid Cavalli Gold

Reddog those are some fantastic pictures. Now I don't mean to be a smartass, however in this case an exception may have to be made. It may be said, by others of course, that for the ffirst time ever, that i4s looked better in a frickin mouse than on a human being.
Now don't get me wrong. You are a descent piece of meat of a man. The ladies must love you and the men that, well swing in that direction - not that there is anything wrong with that of course, must similarily chase you.

It must be pointed out, perhaps because it is so dang blatant that the photo of the mouse tramples you son. In fact I would rather look at the mouse than photos of me or photos or of most women - with or without clothes. Trust me Reddog, I have a fine imagination
when it comes to body parts. As a man, and there are many of us out there - we would want to wake up to our favourite IEHs plugged into a mouse than roll over to the other side and look at that other thing that steals our covers.

Bottom line (not referring to where one should be swinging), Copyright the idea and get some samples made. Your first customer is Audeze, right after me. If there were a vote to be taken I think that many would think that this is a great idea. A mouse house. Ears for your In Ears.
I could dream up many one liners but the basic concept is that you want to keep your buds right by her pits (armpits). Changes could be made depending on your residing country. Sir Dog of Red, you came up with a working prototype and deserve all glory and honour.
Now build upon the American Dream sayeth the Pope and readers/posters of Head-Fi. Where there is a will there is soon to be a dead person - or there shall be a WAY. I believe in YOU.

PS Nice Schiit there.


Pope Minnie