Actually that's a reasonable concern, the magnet could pull the screwdriver through the diaphragm. Which is why you use a titanium or hardened plastic screwdriver.
Most likely. However, since the LCD-3s are already 2k, and then you add the extra manufactured parts and the R&D cost for them on top of that, it's not unreasonable. Alas, these days no company sells more for less $.
Now if the guys at Audeze decide that a closed design will not be able to leverage the LCD-3's Lotus diaphragm's subtle improvements over the regular one anyway, they may base it off the LCD-2 and a lower price is possible.
Or maybe there will be both an LCD-3c(losed) and an LCD-2c...
I thought it was fairly clear from the pictures in the OP that these are based off LCD-2 drivers. Pricing them more than the LCD-3's wouldn't make much sense if that's true.
I thought it was fairly clear from the pictures in the OP that these are based off LCD-2 drivers. Pricing them more than the LCD-3's wouldn't make much sense if that's true.
Considering Audez'e's previous pricing history, yknow like jacking the price of the LCD-2 up by $400 when people said it was a good deal, I would expect them to do something like this.
Considering Audez'e's previous pricing history, yknow like jacking the price of the LCD-2 up by $400 when people said it was a good deal, I would expect them to do something like this.
Seems like nobody here posted this video of one month ago at RMAF, showing Alex Rosson with the new prototype and talking about a mid-2013 release... Wait & see!
http://vimeo.com/51569553
Seems like nobody here posted this video of one month ago at RMAF, showing Alex Rosson with the new prototype and talking about a mid-2013 release... Wait & see! http://vimeo.com/51569553
I finally had a chance to demo the LCD3 at a meet in June and i wasn't really impressed, I felt it was very lacking in bass for my taste. For 2k I gotta say it sounded very hollow to me.
I demoed with an Eddie Current balancing act and a W4S Dac2. Personally I like the HE-6 with the EF-6 amp way better. Maybe I would like the LCD3 better with a good solid state amp like the EF6?
I do have high hope for the new closed design though!
It's their product and obviously most people here think it's worth it at $995 so what's the problem? That someone somewhere got a better deal, or that the guys at Audeze want to be able to keep making money so they can make new products?
It's their product and obviously most people here think it's worth it at $995 so what's the problem? That someone somewhere got a better deal, or that the guys at Audeze want to be able to keep making money so they can make new products?
Simmer down there. He meant that it's bad form to raise the price four hundred dollars. I think the LCD-2s are worth the grand you have to drop, but I wouldn't mind $600 for them either.
It's their product and obviously most people here think it's worth it at $995 so what's the problem? That someone somewhere got a better deal, or that the guys at Audeze want to be able to keep making money so they can make new products?
From a customer service standpoint, it's not something customers appreciate.
From a business standpoint, the LCD-2 was the first headphone they mass-produced. The starting price was the one they knew they could make enough profit to keep afloat at. They did NOT need to raise the price to stay in business, nor to make a profit. This is why I have a problem with it.
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