Call me crazy but I’d take the X with EQ over the MM-500. That being said, if reading the word “EQ” triggered your gag reflex, then get the MM-500.

Makes sense… that’s why I said could be the sax itself or could be something in your setup. Wind instruments make all kinds of sounds close up that you don’t really hear a lot of the time. Lots of moving parts. Makes sense you’d hear some of these quirks with a good setup

Saxophone has a lot of moving parts. Literally anything can be rattling from a screw to a rod to something in the mouthpiece. For the “kazoo sound” it’s likely a way the overtone series is ringing with the playing. Potentially the amp is imparting some harmonic distortion as well. LCD-5 is not...

Hopeful for singularity!

Does schiit currently offer any DAC with the same footprint as the Mjolnir 3? Will they in the near future?

Lol I didn’t mean that it was exactly the same as an HD600… just that if you’re used to an old-audeze tuning even going to an HD600 would be a lot. Agreed! And this is probably what I’d also personally suggest over trying to bring down the 3k peak. Now I wonder how they conducted that research. 😂

If you’re open to EQ… I’d try giving them a bass boost and filling in the upper treble a touch rather than bringing down the midrange peak. I think what makes the midrange shouty for some is mostly that the upper treble is dark. Unit variation might even account for some of the mixed...

Mine sound great. They are a HAIR too forward in the midrange for my taste but, I find I adapt to the tuning super fast after putting them on and that the sheer neutrality up to that mid-range peak is really nice. I bought mine a year ago and essentially left the hobby (successful endgame imo)...

3db bass shelf at 125hz is literally all it needs to my ears. But you can use this tool to create an EQ profile. https://listener.squig.link/5128/?share=Listener_Target,LCD-5 I believe that squig was traced from a measurement of my unit! Ymmv as there is a tiny amount of unit variation in the...

@Audeze seeing as your mm-500 and LCD-5 measure so similarly, what is your take on “why” an MM-500 is worth less than an LCD-5? What are the benefits to the design of the LCD-5 that make it “worth the cost” to the listener. Of course there are many reviewers who claim a myriad of subjective...

Does @Audeze have any measurements of the LCD-2f on the 5128 that they are willing/ready to release? I would be curious to see them. The LCD-2 are still one of my all-time favourite headphones and I say that as an LCD-5 owner.

Warranty is still transferable!

I use a chord Hugo 2, have considered downsizing to the Mojo 2 but I still haven’t gotten around to comparing it with the Hugo. Nonetheless… while I can always get them loud enough it’s sometimes surprisingly high up on the volume knob when running EQ in tandem with specific tracks/albums. I...

While I personally think the LCD-5 is quite neutral as it comes and is just a little “darkened” in its colouration. I also think that you can do a lot with EQ on the LCD-5. Just keep in mind that LCD-5 is not an easy can to drive and if you’re thinking about doing some really radical EQ you may...

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