WOW! Remote control and 2 additional bands would be nice, but not for over a grand! I hope it sounds good but I'll stick with my current one lol.The Loki Max should be hitting production soon; it is Freya-sized, and features 6 knobs. It's also 10 times as expensive as the Loki+. Oh, well.
In any case, enjoy your LCD-2 Closed Back (with the Loki).
I'm thinking the same thing. I'd rather have balanced ins and outs than a remote control (and wouldn't that add to noise?). And yeah, I'm not going to spend more on an EQ than the rest of my stack combined. LOL.
To be clear -- I don't think this has balanced in/out. If it's going to be north of $500 (let alone north of $1K), I'd all but expect that.
This. All of this.Audeze LCD-2 Closed - mini Review - 4-01-2021
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Dac-Amp used :
Prism Sound Callas
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Lets do the ritual dance:
Box : White, supportive, functional, cardboard.
Cable : (1) Typical of recent vintage Audeze. Its excellent and not too long.
Headphone comfort : Not light, quite comfortable.
Pads : Soft, thick, probably man made materials, but, could pass for nice leather.
Strap : Nice, comfy.
Build of Headphone : Solid and Professional
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Sound :
My very first thought when Keren Ann's lush French voice appeared in the ear cups was " thats impressive".
Everything about the tone the timbre and the depth the realism........ the sweetness, was accurate and gorgeous.
My next thought, was : ""the soundstage is impressive for a closed back.""""
And then i realized that the LCD-2 Closed sounds nothing like the LCD-XC.
The LCD-XC is very energetic, bristling with dynamics, and is treble forward.
The LCD-2 Closed, is not any of that...yet in a good way..... and i'll tell you about that in a little bit.
First let me tell you the next thing i noticed, once the bass guitar appeared in the 1st song, on "Bleue"..
I noticed that the bass is big. So that right there is the main frame in this movie clip.
Do you like big rich textured detailed bass response that is north of neutral at all times, on all songs?
What the LCD-2 Closed present is a smooth lush detailed sound with a large bass response.
This is a money sound. This is a audiophile sound. This is a connoisseur's sound, and the bass is plentiful.
So far.....Ive noticed the bass bigness on every track ive played, bar none. Its a big, sub, textured, weighty, punchy, bottom end, not to be confused with slam.
Im not describing slam, im describing SIZE.
Its not annoying, its just righteously planted.
Does it qualify as bass head bass? Well, the reason it probably doesn't is because its not slamming bass, and the tonality regarding the rest of the sound is quite rich and full, and slightly dark, .. and that allows the big bottom end to feel at home, yet you will feel it's SIZE.
Its not chest rattling, skull crushing bass, its just big at all times.
If you've been in this game for a while, then you've owned headphones where you felt like you had to turn the music up louder so that you could hear it over the bass.
Know what i mean? So, this is almost what is going on here but for the fact that Audeze deftly tuned this gear so that the low end is quite separate from the middle of the mids, and so, this lack of bass bleed into the middle midrange allows the middle mids and beyond to stand alone, yet, the bass never lets you forget its alive and well.
Will all this that im describing change after burn in?
That is quite possible, as often, right out of the box, one frequency can be more obvious and then as burn in and settling of driver's occur, this all disappears.
So, thats the reality.
Time will tell.
Sonically, overall, this is a quite neutral and very accurate tonality representing headphone.
Its neutrality is presented as lush and rich, and its accuracy is presented as slightly dark and thick.
IN some ways, the sound of this LCD-2 Closed reminds me of the Rosson Rad-O, yet with less driving intensity.
Treble : Its beautiful. Its detailed but not etched.
Midrange : This is the good stuff. Its wide, its accurate, its present yet rich, and detailed yet not hyped.
Low Mid : Slightly dark, and warms the overall FR.
Bass and Sub Bass : They make a big statement.
Timbre : Lush meets Accurate.
Soundstage : Better then some open backs.
Instrument Separation : Clearly defined
This is a very good set of Audeze headphones that offer a big bottom end.
Its slightly more bass then i prefer, but, its probably not more the most listeners will prefer., but just know that its ample.
The FR, the Tonality, the Soundstage the High End, the comfort and the overall sonic immersive experience, is impressive.
Its worth its price, but the bass is big.
Mine are the "non-carbon" weave cups, as i prefer this vs the AUDEZE Logo on the cups.
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Very much agreed. Especially on two points:Audeze LCD-2 Closed - mini Review - 4-01-2021
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Dac-Amp used :
Prism Sound Callas
---------------------------------------------
Lets do the ritual dance:
Box : White, supportive, functional, cardboard.
Cable : (1) Typical of recent vintage Audeze. Its excellent and not too long.
Headphone comfort : Not light, quite comfortable.
Pads : Soft, thick, probably man made materials, but, could pass for nice leather.
Strap : Nice, comfy.
Build of Headphone : Solid and Professional
---------------------------------
Sound :
My very first thought when Keren Ann's lush French voice appeared in the ear cups was " thats impressive".
Everything about the tone the timbre and the depth the realism........ the sweetness, was accurate and gorgeous.
My next thought, was : ""the soundstage is impressive for a closed back.""""
And then i realized that the LCD-2 Closed sounds nothing like the LCD-XC.
The LCD-XC is very energetic, bristling with dynamics, and is treble forward.
The LCD-2 Closed, is not any of that...yet in a good way..... and i'll tell you about that in a little bit.
First let me tell you the next thing i noticed, once the bass guitar appeared in the 1st song, on "Bleue"..
I noticed that the bass is big. So that right there is the main frame in this movie clip.
So, if you are considering buying these and you are listening to me, carefully......
= Do you like big rich textured detailed bass response that is north of neutral at all times, on all songs?
What the LCD-2 Closed present is a smooth lush detailed sound with a large bass response.
This is a money sound. This is a audiophile sound. This is a connoisseur's sound, and the bass is plentiful.
So far.....Ive noticed the bass bigness on every track ive played, bar none. Its a big, sub, textured, weighty, punchy, bottom end, not to be confused with slam.
Im not describing slam, im describing SIZE.
Its not annoying, its just righteously planted.
Does it qualify as bass head bass? Well, the reason it probably doesn't is because its not slamming bass, and the tonality regarding the rest of the sound is quite rich and full, and slightly dark, .. and that allows the big bottom end to feel at home, yet you will feel it's SIZE.
Its not chest rattling, skull crushing bass, its just big at all times.
If you've been in this game for a while, then you've owned headphones where you felt like you had to turn the music up louder so that you could hear it over the bass.
Know what i mean? So, this is almost what is going on here but for the fact that Audeze deftly tuned this gear so that the low end is quite separate from the middle of the mids, and so, this lack of bass bleed into the middle midrange allows the middle mids and beyond to stand alone, yet, the bass never lets you forget its alive and well.
Will all this that im describing change after burn in?
That is quite possible, as often, right out of the box, one frequency can be more obvious and then as burn in and settling of driver's occur, this all disappears.
So, thats the reality.
Time will tell.
Sonically, overall, this is a quite neutral and very accurate tonality representing headphone.
Its neutrality is presented as lush and rich, and its accuracy is presented as slightly dark and thick.
IN some ways, the sound of this LCD-2 Closed reminds me of the Rosson Rad-O, yet with less driving intensity.
Treble : Its beautiful. Its detailed but not etched.
Midrange : This is the good stuff. Its wide, its accurate, its present yet rich, and detailed yet not hyped.
Low Mid : Slightly dark, and warms the overall FR.
Bass and Sub Bass : They make a big statement.
Timbre : Lush meets Accurate.
Soundstage : Better then some open backs.
Instrument Separation : Clearly defined
This is a very good set of Audeze headphones that offer a big bottom end.
Right out of the box, Its slightly more bass then i prefer, but, its probably not more the most listeners will prefer., but just know that its ample.
The FR, the Tonality, the Soundstage the High End, the comfort and the overall sonic immersive experience, is impressive.
Its worth its price, but the bass is big.
Mine are the "non-carbon" weave cups, as i prefer this vs the AUDEZE Logo on the cups.
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Agreed.
Thanks for that nice write-up, @FullBright1 .... I take it as a good sign that I happened to snag a used one of these today (bought, but not yet received) and then I read your take on it and I think ahhhhhhh.... yeahhhhhh.
Didn't I used to see you over at the Grado Fan Club? Haha. Either way good call on these used. I picked mine up for barely over 50% of retail and the only issue was a tiny scratch on one of the cups. WELL worth that price.Thanks for that nice write-up, @FullBright1 .... I take it as a good sign that I happened to snag a used one of these today (bought, but not yet received) and then I read your take on it and I think ahhhhhhh.... yeahhhhhh.
Buying headphones is why we're hereYes, well, I still own a few Grado's (SR325i, SR225e, Alessandro MS2i, GW100 wireless), so I haven't ditched Grado, lol ... I just like having different headphones with different strengths. I paid 56.7% of retail for LCD-2 Closed, some minor scratching from what I can see from the pictures, but I suppose I won't really know until they're in my hands.
