[the-kraken]

Sometimes marketing is interesting.

Lcd-2: "For the best performance The LCD-2 requires an external headphone amplifier."

Lcd-3: "For the best results Audeze recommends pairing the LCD-3 with an external headphone amplifier."

Lcd-x: "The LCD-X is an extremely efficient headphone that extracts the maximum power out of low-powered amplifiers and portable devices."

Lcd-xc: "The LCD-XC is the finest closed-back planar available, sensitive enough to be driven directly by portable players and mobile devices, but an external amplifier produces better sonic results."

El8: "The EL-8 is flexible, portable, lightweight and loaded with new technology for extreme performance. It works beautifully with most portable players and phones."


What's funny, is that all these will get better with external amplification. Every. Single. One.
I get their angle though. It's more inclusive to let folks believe that you don't need external amplification.

 

[nicholars]

Can you tell me how the EL8 sound with this :
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv6hz6NCL5M
 
That is the only thing I ever listen to on headphones 24 hours a day 7 days a week, I want some high end headphones to play it repeatedly 24 hours a day with best bass and soundstage. Can you test and tell me plz.
 

 

[MattTCG]

^^ Have you had a few adult beverages? 

 

[nicholars]

  ^^ Have you had a few adult beverages? 

 
But either way I listen to techno viking youtube video from when I get out of bed in the morning, until I go to sleep at night, I have been doing this since it was released in 2000 (15 years, 16 hours a day) and will do this until the day I die, it is all I have ever listened to and I am seeking the best possible reproduction of it at whatever price I have to pay to get that.

 

[rovopio]

 
But either way I listen to techno viking youtube video from when I get out of bed in the morning, until I go to sleep at night, I have been doing this since it was released in 2000 (15 years, 16 hours a day) and will do this until the day I die, it is all I have ever listened to and I am seeking the best possible reproduction of it at whatever price I have to pay to get that.

 


have you check out the extreme bass thread of head-fi?

hawaiibadboy is pretty knowledgeable with best bass headphones. maybe he can points you in regards to soundstage too....

 

[nicholars]

 

   
But either way I listen to techno viking youtube video from when I get out of bed in the morning, until I go to sleep at night, I have been doing this since it was released in 2000 (15 years, 16 hours a day) and will do this until the day I die, it is all I have ever listened to and I am seeking the best possible reproduction of it at whatever price I have to pay to get that.

 


have you check out the extreme bass thread of head-fi?

hawaiibadboy is pretty knowledgeable with best bass headphones. maybe he can points you in regards to soundstage too....

 
Ok thanks but I need comfort as well because I listen to it 16-24 hours a day.

 

[nicholars]

Can I get some feedback plz because I am about to pull the trigger on an end game techno viking rig.

 

[semaj8james]

I'm so confused...

 

[murrays]

Well apparently the HE560, which I've demoed at length, are also lighter, but I didn't notice. The HE500 was definitely heftier; pretty sure the HE1000 was too but not positive on that one.

Definitely lighter than other Audeze cans...lets see...I felt that the Mad Dogs and HE400s were heavier, but the numbers are telling a different story...I guess I just really liked the fit of the EL8s *shrug*

Haven't heard the Oppos.

If that is the case, then it may indicate some clever design related to comfort.
i.e. It measures on the scales as being heavier - but feels lighter by the wearer.

 

[Lorspeaker]

  They pretty much have more or less.  Directly from their website:
 

EL-8 Open-Back Headphone

The EL-8 is flexible, portable, lightweight and loaded with new technology for extreme performance. It works beautifully with most portable players and phones. Designed by BMWDesignWorks USA and available in open and closed-back models, they're built with superb craftsmanship, wood veneer accents, and enormous attention to detail. The EL-8 is possessed of the world's most advanced planar magnetic technology with sound quality unheard of in this or any other price category. 

 
this is designed to kick the ass of the X /XC / etc  ...i am excited !!

 

[lamode]

  That is the only thing I ever listen to on headphones 24 hours a day 7 days a week, I want some high end headphones to play it repeatedly 24 hours a day with best bass and soundstage. Can you test and tell me plz.

 

 

[the-kraken]

this is designed to kick the ass of the X /XC / etc  ...i am excited !!

 

[scizzro]

 

 
I find it hard to believe the EL-8 could compete with the LCD-X, but would be very excited if I'm wrong.

 

[lextek]

Just think someday these headphones will be out in the community and we might have an idea on how they sound. Or we might even wait and demo a pair for ourselves. I look forward to trying them.

 

[Linchpin]

I somehow highly doubt they're going to be LCD-X killers because it literally would make no business sense. I'm fully expecting something like LCD-X lite that will allow people with lower budgets to get hooked on Audeze.