I'm picking this up a bit late but have just bought a pair of the XC's and have the 3's and a modded pair of HD800's already. I bought the XC's for my bedside rig because the leakage from the T1's I was using irritated my wife. My initial impressions are "wow" what an improvement in terms of the...

What would you say the differences are Setamp and what's your source? I guess I'd also have to ask which version of the LCD-3 you have, early veiled, replaced drivers, recent with favors, etc,etc?

The guys in the States don't know how lucky they are to have such a strong headphone community, they have access to such a broad range of kit, here in the UK it is so difficult to find somewhere to audition different manufacturers headphones let alone quality amps and cables which is why the...

Come on fellas I started this thread as a point of information for those interested in the difference that these very different cables can make to the LCD-3 with no other agenda, these comments are irrelevant to the thread and relate to some other discussion held elsewhere at some time in the...

No problem.

We all have different opinions and heavens knows a forum discussion isn't the easiest place to read intonation, I don't know what has been said elsewhere but it's not relevant to this review and to clarify Steve did not send me a cable to review, he replaced a cable, it was my decision to review...

No slight taken, yours wasn't the only response in a similar vein, I just felt that it needed addressing. I believe that Hi-fi is all about preference and opinion and is all the better for it. I don't know Steve personally but I am aware of his views, he approaches the subject from the...

Gosh fellas, where did that come from. These are my opinions not Steve's and they carry no bias, I evaluate with my ears as most of us do, Steve looks for science to back up his views and has his own opinions which we may or may not agree with but they are his views and not mine and if he had an...

Today we have an update on my earlier review substituting the older Qaudio cable which is no longer in production with the current and revised version. I have decided to add this after Steve at Q made the point that it probably would be of greater value to fellow head-fi readers to review the...

Quite simple really, the Qaudio cable used for the review was over 12 months old and had the previous generation cotton sleeve and is no longer supplied by Qaudio in that spec, hasn't been for 12 months, the current production cable is slightly heavier in terms of copper with a greater number of...

Interesting, my original review was produced comparing the SW with the early cotton covered version of the Qaudio cable, I now have the current production cable, slightly heavier on copper with the current production silk wrap. I'll be updating the review to include this cable in the near future.

It's not that they were so bad, I described it as lacking sparkle, in the early days of the LCD-3's, and the 2's there was a lot written about them being veiled or overly dark, search for veiled LCD's and see what turns up. I believed mine to have similar traits and sent them back to Audeze for...

What was your amp and what is the new one? Which cable were you using? Cheers

No problem according to Jim Fosgate when I checked to see if the Fosgate would cope with my 600ohm Beyer T1's, it's quite possible that the LCD-3's will sound better with a different amp, but there's no apparent problems that I can hear with the Fosgate/3 combination and no shortage of volume.

No great surprise that the HD800 outperforms the LCD-3 with higher frequencies, I think that has been fairly well documented as has the need for many to tone it down a touch usually with a replacement copper cable. I agree however that overall the LCD-3 is full bodied and very satisfying to...