Sorry if this has been discussed before. I could not find it but to be fair I did not read all 100 pages of this thread. I have the Comet IEMs. They sound awesome. I use them mostly with my A&K AK300 DAP. Today I plugged them into my iPhone 7+ and while the pause button on the cable works...

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The CMA600i does not have balanced inputs so you will not be able to use the balanced inputs from the DAC to your Questyle without a conversion. What would be really nice is if the DirectStream DAC had a digital output. Note from the DAC manual that it is not recommended to use the balanced...

How are you feeding the CMA600i from the PS Audio DAC? It must be analog as there are no digital outputs to feed it that way?

The SE are the way to go. You can get 13DE7 tubes lots of places for under $40. The rectifier tubes can also be had for about the same to savvy shoppers. That said the stock tubes are fine and can be used for a long time without rolling them. I have the SE. I love it. Those LCD-3 will take...

I recently bought the HD800S and love them. I had thought about waiting for the 820 but decided that I didn't care about closed headphones. Now I am glad I didn't wait. I realize it's just one person's opinion but it was well written and well thought out. Thanks for doing it.

I received a new pair of the LCD-2 today and was very surprised to find that they came with the LCD2-C headband. I am very pleased.

The first Gen takes a 6 series driver tube while the Gen 2 takes the 13DE7 as it's stock tube. Some say this results in less opportunities to tube roll. I have a Gen 2 amp and found lots of available tubes to try.

It has been well documented here about how bad the quality and support is for the Hifiman products. Perhaps the high end stuff is okay but as you get lower in the cost structure you are really taking a chance with this company. I really wanted to try the Sundara but Hifiman is #1 on my don't...

Cardas makes XLR to RCA connectors. I use them all the time. You would use the XLR to RCA to convert the balanced output to an RCA output to feed your Azur. Don't do that speaker thing. It's not the way to go.

I have only had the Clear for about a week and a half. I have had them on break in since I received them. After about 20 hours they sounded a bit thin but now that they have 120 hours on them they are beginning to sound like I thought that they might. I need another week to really get them...

No sure which article you are referring to. The WA6-SE goes for $1190 in the US.

I have the WA6-SE V2. I bought it at the end of 2017 and have run it in about 200 hours. I tried the stock tubes and also bought the 13EM7 tubes with the adapters which are nice but the magic for me seems to happen with a pair of NOS Sylvania 13DE7 tubes. For the rectifier I bought the Sophia...

Just got my Clear today and immediately put them on break in. Anyone have a feel for how long it took until they sounded broken in? I have heard it takes at least 200 hours. That seems like a long time. Just looking for feedback from others and their experience.

Your iPhone might not be the best way to get the best out of your LCD2-C. I have mine connected to a Woo Audio WA6-SE and am getting all the bass I can handle. Before you blame your headphones blame the source.

On the subject of the LCD2-C I have not had a chance to listen yet as I have been breaking the amp in. I am planning on posting my listening impressions within the next few weeks. As for sonic differences? I can't comment since the only amp I have heard is the V2.

As I read through this thread most of the comments are about the Gen 1 amps. I just bought a Gen 2 WA6-SE which has the 13DE7 tubes. I am just about done with break in so I have not done much listening yet but in the times I have listened I felt that the amp was magical. I ordered and...

Yup. My bad. 128MB. Far less useful.

Okay here is a first impression. Audeze included a jump stick in the box with user manuals for the iSine and LCD series but nowhere is there any mention of the LCD-2C. Just the LCD-2. Kind of sad if you ask me. But hey, thanks for the 128GB stick.

Couldn't give an impression yet. Mine just showed up 15 minutes ago. Took them out of the box and set them up to burn in for a few hours while I am at work. I will get to them tonight. I am east coast. My hope was that someone on the west coast that got them before today would have posted...

Audeze LCD-2C Classic (2017) - Impressions Thread 58 pages of schiit. Not one impression. Sad thing.

Have to agree 100%

Not sure if anyone else has seen this. I didn't read through all 37 pages of this thread. I received a promotional email this morning from Audeze about the LCD-2C and one of the things that caught my attention was the line calling out "Remodeled Audio Jacks". It looks to me as if the inputs...

Good news!! I just emailed them before I read this. Hope they respond the same way.