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Audeze LCD-24 LIMITED EDITION - now including impressions and comparisons
Dec 4, 2019 at 5:00 PM Post #122 of 153
the fool said:
Can someone compare this to he1000se ?
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While I have not yet heard the 24, I have heard the 4/4z. They are very different sounds. The HEK SE are light, airy and more neutral sounding. They have excellent imaging and maybe a touch bright. The 4/4z at least are a lot more meaty, with more bass impact and great bass detail. They are darker sounding with a more full sounding midrange.

It just depends on which sound you prefer. Some have both in their collection as they tend to be complementary cans.
 
Dec 17, 2019 at 7:08 AM Post #125 of 153
delirium said:
Oppdate...i did not dare to buy lcd 24...becouse of you people....maybe for the better...i dont know?
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good job, it’s a waste of money when the lcd 5 is just around the corner
 
Dec 23, 2019 at 4:27 AM Post #126 of 153
mixman said:
While I have not yet heard the 24, I have heard the 4/4z. They are very different sounds. The HEK SE are light, airy and more neutral sounding. They have excellent imaging and maybe a touch bright. The 4/4z at least are a lot more meaty, with more bass impact and great bass detail. They are darker sounding with a more full sounding midrange.

It just depends on which sound you prefer. Some have both in their collection as they tend to be complementary cans.
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I basically fixed the bass / treble to meet my preferred response (which is like the i4 at 80% Reveal) by using the following EQ: +1.2 DB in a smooth curve under 1k. -1.2 DB in a smooth curve over 1k. The sound stage still sounds great to me, very wide. Attached is a picture of the EQ. I don't have time to post any particular technicalities atm but this worked very well and essentially solved my issue with the low bass. I did this in Ozone 7 with mixbus on OSX. I picked up a PowerDAC V2 from E1DA and I'll use this to replicate the curve for portability. The PowerDACV2 should be more than powerful enough to drive this.

I'm happy with the result! I haven't heard the 4z but my hope is that this is like the 4z but with better treble than what has been described.
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Mar 16, 2020 at 1:22 PM Post #128 of 153
Law87 said:
eh...so this headset is a bust compare to the 4z?
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After having compared it to the 4z and 4 at CanJam. I would say the 4 is the best of the bunch. The 24 is brighter, less resolution and bass lite compared to the 4 and to a lesser extent the 4z.
 
Mar 16, 2020 at 8:39 PM Post #129 of 153
mixman said:
After having compared it to the 4z and 4 at CanJam. I would say the 4 is the best of the bunch. The 24 is brighter, less resolution and bass lite compared to the 4 and to a lesser extent the 4z.
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I haven't spent a lot of time with the 24, so I'll refrain. But to my ears, I think I have a slight preference for the 4z due to it's more balanced frequency response, but both are far more similar than different.
 
Mar 16, 2020 at 10:05 PM Post #130 of 153
MacedonianHero said:
I haven't spent a lot of time with the 24, so I'll refrain. But to my ears, I think I have a slight preference for the 4z due to it's more balanced frequency response, but both are far more similar than different.
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Yeah in comparison to other cans, it would be hard to place the 24 as I only compared them to the other two TOTL Audezes. Between the 24 and the other two using the TT2 and MScaler the differences were quite evident. I was more a 4z fan coming into this, but the 4 showed its superiority via better resolution more so than tonal balance with the 24 being last in both resolution and tonal balance. I would say the 24 did have a better soundstage, with more precise imaging, though not enough to help it's other weaknesses. I would say the 24 is a $1,500 headphone at best.
 
May 5, 2020 at 7:29 PM Post #131 of 153
metal571 said:
What upper treble? lol that thing sounded really dead up there to me. There's a lot of etch in the mid treble peak it has though
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Sounds like my experience with LCD-2 a few years back. Then, I tried my friend's LCD-2 at my home - it was a completely different sound. Then, I realized Audeze basically did not have any quality control that there is a bit of lottery going on with their headphones back then. Not sure if things got any better these days.
 
May 5, 2020 at 8:49 PM Post #132 of 153
BLacklWf said:
Sounds like my experience with LCD-2 a few years back. Then, I tried my friend's LCD-2 at my home - it was a completely different sound. Then, I realized Audeze basically did not have any quality control that there is a bit of lottery going on with their headphones back then. Not sure if things got any better these days.
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Supposedly as of the 2016 revision, it is better. But I'm not sure I trust variation in models aside from the 2F after that rev
 
Dec 4, 2020 at 10:09 AM Post #134 of 153
I hated my lcd24 when I first got it is has too much mids and high but after a few months of use now. it seems to have become neutral and smooth sounding like my thror. maybe i have adopted to it. on maybe my V281 just sounds so much better now. the bass is as good as the lcd4 i think. since i auditioned them both with the v590. but i am no sound expert so it could all be placebo.
 
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