[cifani090]

Ill be doing a comparison of the LCD-2's and LCD-3's and ill post that when i get a hold of them. They will be at RMAF, so post your initial impressions.

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,
 
Cool. Maybe some 2's will hit the market place at lower prices as people upgrade to the 3's.

 
Very best,

 

[scootermafia]

I hate my life.  I wonder if the drivers are even different, I mean how many times per year can one revise them?

 

[Head Injury]

https://audeze.com/audez%E2%80%99e-debuts-%E2%80%9Creality-1%E2%80%9D-planar-magnetic-professional-reference-monitor-and-audeze-lcd-3-0
 
"top tier, luxury headphone"
 
Not sure how they'll manage luxury with that. It looks like the LCD-2 with different wood. You know people are going to complain about the comfort.

 

[Tilpo]

This thread might turn out to be very interesting.

I wonder if the differences will be so large. They do seem to have a fresh look, if it means anyhting.

 

[Graphicism]

"Matching Luxury Audeze Neck Brace"

 

[Tilpo]

Las Vegas, NV —October 13, 2001

Heh? The article is 10 years old.

 

[cifani090]

I dont care for that wood in the press released picture, am i the only one?

 

[scootermafia]

Yeah, the chiropractor-requiring LCD2s are by no means light.  If they gave it a magnesium frame and figured out some other ways for weight loss, then maybe it would warrant a much higher price.  But I feel fairly cheated having just bought rev 2's.  

 

[Tilpo]

Yeah, the chiropractor-requiring LCD2s are by no means light.  If they gave it a magnesium frame and figured out some other ways for weight loss, then maybe it would warrant a much higher price.  But I feel fairly cheated having just bought rev 2's.  

I think the major part of the weight is caused by the large amount of magnets they have to put in.

Neodymium magnets have a fixed weight. They could try getting other magnets, but I doubt that would do much good to the strength of the magnetic field.

 

[Head Injury]

Quote:

I dont care for that wood in the press released picture, am i the only one?

You're not alone. I like the darker wood of the LCD-2 more. I also prefer the wood cable connector tabs on the LCD-2 to the metal ones in that image, but the metal ones would be less susceptible to imperfections.
 
They probably should have went for a different look. This just looks like an LCD-2 with yet another driver, but this time a heftier price tag.

 

[cifani090]

Quote:

You're not alone. I like the darker wood of the LCD-2 more. I also prefer the wood cable connector tabs on the LCD-2 to the metal ones in that image, but the metal ones would be less susceptible to imperfections.
 
They probably should have went for a different look. This just looks like an LCD-2 with yet another driver, but this time a heftier price tag.

That would be cool if they did a chrome version, or some type of carbon fiber (with copper grills

) pair of headphones.
 

 

[TigzStudio]

Interesting!  Almost looks like zebrawood.
 
I would have to agree that the triangle looking metal mini-xlr housings don't quite fit with the overall flow of the design, imo. 
 
I wonder what changes they made to the driver this time.

 

[dye1337]

I don't see why they don't use carbon fiber.  It can be like a porsche situation - charge more for less.  Exotic woods are often more expensive than a carbon fiber shell, and carbon fiber is actually quite good in terms of its audio quality, most charts I have seen say it is better than wood in fact.
 
I've actually been debating making my own headphones (they would be a gimbal ) and using carbon fiber - cheaper and looks awesome.

 

[scootermafia]

Yeah, the metal triangles look out of place.  They are probably more for durability.  But they could have given them a more organic look.  I'll still buy them if they're good, I guess.