Thinking about buying these but I mostly listen to Death Metal and the like. I'm also a lover of great bass and Z's review made them sound like mini subwoofers which sounds interesting. Do they need anything crazy to power them?

Yeah I did try my other dac I own, which is the Dacmagic XS USB, which was no where near as harsh but didn't sound great. I guess I'll have to look for something else, any recommendations for one with a warmer, less bright sound would be appreciated. Also after some advice from you guys, I...

Cheers for the reply, will definitely look into getting these. Can you recommend a good place to buy tubes?

Hey guys, just a quick question. Any tubes recommended to tame the harsh top end I'm experiencing with the lcd2f? As my ears are quite sensitive to it, looking for something warmer, thicker almost. I'm using stock Lyr tubes.

Yeah I did have a look and fiddled with a few bits but generally have no idea what I'm doing.

The sound overall is pretty much perfect it's just at higher volumes I find that it hurt my ears (duh), like it becomes too bright. Anything that'll take the edge off, give a more thicker/warmer sound I'll give it a try, never really used an eq so I'll have to look for some guides. I definitely...

  I'm using the original Lyr so there's no gain switch. Any tubes you'd recommend for a start? 

  I'm using stock tubes at the moment, I just find the sound to be way to sharp, like the treble hurts my ears. I'll have a look at the tube rolling thread and see what information I can gather.

  I'd be willing to spend up to around 350 if it helped me get to my end game. I did look at the Bifrost before the Modi2U but read from a few sites that it wasn't a drastic difference to the Modi2U so I went with that.

The dac was the first thing that came to mind when thinking what it could be. I went back and forth with the fidelio x2 and found them to be similar just not as piercing. I enjoy quite a smooth, thick sound. To me this almost feels super analytical to the point it hurts my ears. Out of...

Hey guys, new owner of the LCD-2f and just wanted some opinions on an issue I'm having. I'm listening to them using a Schiit Lyr+Modi 2 uber setup and I'm finding them a bit sharp on my ears, like the treble is piercing. Is this normal? As I read they were quite a dark/smooth headphone. Before...

So I'm down to either the lyr(2ndhand)/modi-uber or the audio-gd nfb15. Both will work out at about the same price for me (in the uk)

I see a lot of people recommend the Lyr, what would be a good dac to match? I'm aware of the bifrost but wondered if anything cheaper that's just as good?

Thanks for the quick reply, this was something else I was also looking at. The combo looks sleek and sexy too.

Hey guys/gals, been trawling through the thread and feel so overwhelmed that I felt the need to post. Recently purchased myself a pair of the lcd-2 fazor, coming from the fidelity X2, my only dac/amp I have is the dac magic xs and a yamaha rx-v667 a receiver. Now I'm looking at getting something...