There are minimal inconsistencies with the batches of retooled blacks that they've had made thus far - the first two batches seem slightly better than the more recent ones; that said, they're still far more consistent than vint blacks and about as smooth. I'd say that if we take it as the very...

Bit late to the party but firstly, great chapter and I can't wait to see what comes of this page you guys are turning with the Lyr 3. Here's what I personally care the most about - I'd want a new full tube amp (akin the Valhalla, but not a Valhalla seeing as you said it won't work no matter...

Whilst I do not particularly agree with the way @lugnut worded his opinion, I think your approach isn't particularly healthy or accurate either. People do lose track of the value of money at times and that's never a good thing, as has been proven many a time by economies and empires falling to...

Glad to hear the Espressivo is now up to the Elise's standard at least - I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to tube rolling and I definitely do not own a big arsenal of them like some people do so having a better offering out of the box is actually more beneficial to me. Yet I'd have no...

Wow, I've been out of the loop for a while as I've had no budget to indulge myself in upgrade-land when it comes to audio related gear of late - as a prospect Elise buyer now that my financial situation is recovering I almost went into anaphylactic shock upon checking their website you linked...

It's not really the same, or maybe your AC is just much better than mine, but I live in an extremely hot and very humid area and despite our AC it still gets uncomfortable more often than not to wear full sized headphones all day. That's why Audeze's iSines are the most useful gimmick I've...

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Beautiful. Way too expensive for me though, especially if they're just 800(S) drivers with a pair of gorilla glass tupperware lids on either side; I'd say we should reserve this sort of judgement for when Sennheiser actually announces the drivers inside of these and discloses why these cost...

Agreed; the main "contenders" within that bracket are gonna be the ÆON (open), the new AR planars and maybe the LCD2C (if they don't mess it up)/the Elear if it comes down in price for good. I doubt the Sundara is trying to compete there, at least I personally am not ecstatic about the idea of...

If you cannot reach a consensus on which ones of those are neutral and which are not, someone's trolling you real hard and/or you haven't read enough reviews and impressions. The LCD-2 (especially without fazor) are not neutral and are complete, polar opposites of the HD800 (and 600, to a lesser...

I'm so incredibly relieved. Unreal support from all of us, 24k in just a couple days is amazing.

I'm very comfortable sharing the fact that Mo is the one absolute most helpful, down to earth and all around stellar human being I have met within this community and hobby as a whole. My dismay reading the gofundme page, I know how passionate he is about wrestling and I cannot believe what...

Silly thing to say, really. You can disagree with Tyll all you want but fact of matter is he was listening to headphones before many of us were born and his expertise is not only inarguable but also based on the (in my opinion) most impressive measuring rig in the community. His opinions and...

I'd like official word on this too from @Audeze but from people I trust I've been told they feel like 400g~ max.

Interesting, thank you for sharing, according to their website it seems they don't have a definite launch date yet and they'll be available some time in Spring - good price, though, interesting sound signature and they look pretty cool.

Ah yea I see, when you mentioned the LCD-2s in your previous post I thought maybe you were referring to the new 2C since that's mostly what people have been talking about. Regarding the Sundara, they seem to be a little polarising, you and another friend of mine seem to have loved it but others...

Isn't that a big part of why people seem to be loving the new LCD2C, though? From what I've heard they're meant to be like 30-40% lighter than the original wood ones, which would put them at like 400g max. Even if they are 450~ it personally won't bother me but I can see why it would bother others.

Appreciate the input, Bixby! I was hoping the AEON Open would be more of a home run than people seem to think they actually are - positive impressions but most seem to not really be impressed by them. Makes me wonder if the LCD2C will be the best value for your money in the 500-1000 range...

My local Focal dealer (they have no website, oldschool store) has it listed for 799€ now; Moon Audio also had that sale where the new in open box Elears were going for like $600 which, despite them being open box, is a hell of a deal. I guess it may take a while for it to normalise but I have no...

I'm sort of relieved to hear that, strangely - the 500-1000 market is looking very interesting lately and I'm looking to get something around that price for a secondary setup I'm putting together; with the AEON, the LCD2C, the Elear (since it's dropping in price), etc I feel like the Edition X...

You mean withOUT fazors, correct?

Oh wow, I can't believe I somehow missed that - I read through the entire page like 3 times by now. Thank you.

Very true, and the Amiron Home. Thank you for the reminder, I admittedly tend to forget about those two as I've never been a fan of Beyerdynamic's open headphones for pleasure listening but most reviews seem to be very positive - I really don't know if, despite them being widely liked, those two...

I see, thank you - I'm sure it'll be successful so I'm not really worried but either way, even if it were to not be sold in Europe, I guess I can just order one directly and have one of my friends in the US proxy it for me; not the biggest deal. Do you happen to know if they gave out any sort of...

Any word on when the new LCD2C will be made available within Europe (or in general, really)? Thanks!