Audeze LCD-3 Impressions Thread

[S Crowther]

Try putting some folded tissue paper behind the grill. You may find the SQ further improved!

 

[Argo Duck]

^ Is that per purrin's TP mod? He found it improved the original 'veiled' LCD3 but once Audez'e made changes he deemed the mod no longer necessary. Still, always worth experimenting

 

[S Crowther]

Know nothing of purrin's TP mod sorry.

 

[Argo Duck]

No need to apologize. It's a thread worth finding though. Lots of good information backed up with waterfall measurements IIRC.

The irreverence of toilet paper with $2000 phones gave the thread some notoriety at the time.

 

[Badas]

Add me to the LCD-3 list.

Love the sound signature. I came from the Senny HD 700. LCD3 is a big improvement.

Can someone give me a pointer (link) to longer Audeze cables? I find the stock ones too short.

 

[efeist]

Add me to the LCD-3 list.

Love the sound signature. I came from the Senny HD 700. LCD3 is a big improvement.

Can someone give me a pointer (link) to longer Audeze cables? I find the stock ones too short.

The folks over at Moon Audio can help out with your cable needs.
 
http://www.moon-audio.com/

 

[KmanChu]

That is a neat looking stand, what is it?

 

[Saraugie]

 

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Add me to the LCD-3 list.

Love the sound signature. I came from the Senny HD 700. LCD3 is a big improvement.

Can someone give me a pointer (link) to longer Audeze cables? I find the stock ones too short.

Congrats and welcome to the LCD3 club. Every single time I listen I have wow moments.
 
Here is a cable maker's latest review "http://www.head-fi.org/t/695297/the-new-headphone-lounge-thread/240#post_10760612"  I echo the reviewers comments. Lead time, price, and most importantly sound, all those boxes are ticked with Ted.

 

[Badas]

Congrats and welcome to the LCD3 club. Every single time I listen I have wow moments.

Here is a cable maker's latest review "http://www.head-fi.org/t/695297/the-new-headphone-lounge-thread/240#post_10760612"  I echo the reviewers comments. Lead time, price, and most importantly sound, all those boxes are ticked with Ted.

Thanks for that.

Wow moment are everywhere at the moment.

Larger soundstage. Are we suppose to hear things in different position on each side. I'm listening to Dexter Gordon at the moment. Drums at top, string instrument on left and sax kinda between top and bottom on right. I haven't heard that before.

Treble is smooth. HD 700 distorts. I had to EQ them. Not using EQ now.

Bass. Well we all know that about the Audeze range. What I didn't expect was to hear different notes.

Mids. No comment. Sound perfect to me.

These HP's are staying in the family forever. I will pass them on to my sons when I'm gone.

 

[mscott58]

Enjoy and as others have said welcome to the club! 
 
How do you like your Oppo?

 

[Badas]

Enjoy and as others have said welcome to the club! 

How do you like your Oppo?

Love it.

It has stacks of power. 3 watts @ 32 ohms

Clean DAC. I also use as a Pre-amp.

Remote control. A biggie. I don't have to get up and down.

Easy to use. A real Oppo thing.

And that display is the bomb.

 

[commtrd]

 

Congrats and welcome to the LCD3 club. Every single time I listen I have wow moments.

Here is a cable maker's latest review "http://www.head-fi.org/t/695297/the-new-headphone-lounge-thread/240#post_10760612"  I echo the reviewers comments. Lead time, price, and most importantly sound, all those boxes are ticked with Ted.

Thanks for that.

Wow moment are everywhere at the moment.

Larger soundstage. Are we suppose to hear things in different position on each side. I'm listening to Dexter Gordon at the moment. Drums at top, string instrument on left and sax kinda between top and bottom on right. I haven't heard that before.

Treble is smooth. HD 700 distorts. I had to EQ them. Not using EQ now.

Bass. Well we all know that about the Audeze range. What I didn't expect was to hear different notes.

Mids. No comment. Sound perfect to me.

These HP's are staying in the family forever. I will pass them on to my sons when I'm gone.

Talking about the new fazored 3s? Or the classic? I had the 3(c) and while they were just beautiful in a dark sort of way I traded in on the X and these maintain everything I loved about the 3s but with better airiness, a bit more neutrality, superior treble response, and still that good old Audeze bass that we all know and love. The X just do it all for me. However I would really like to hear the new 3s some day to compare with my remembrance of the 3(c) I had and now the X. Basically I think it is just hard to go wrong with whatever Audeze headphone is the choice du jour really...

 

[Badas]

Talking about the new fazored 3s? Or the classic? I had the 3(c) and while they were just beautiful in a dark sort of way I traded in on the X and these maintain everything I loved about the 3s but with better airiness, a bit more neutrality, superior treble response, and still that good old Audeze bass that we all know and love. The X just do it all for me. However I would really like to hear the new 3s some day to compare with my remembrance of the 3(c) I had and now the X. Basically I think it is just hard to go wrong with whatever Audeze headphone is the choice du jour really...

Mine were purchased second hand. From Dec 2013. So they are pre frazor

I went to a shop and listened to the LCD 2 and was so wowed. When I put on the LCD 3 I nearly fell over. I haven't listened to the X.

Going to buy a Woo soon. Anyone using a WA7 / LCD3 combo?

 

[citraian]

If they're from Dec 2013 they have a small chance of being Fazored. You can email Audeze and ask to be sure.

 

[mattelka]

@Badas
 
I am using a LCD3(F) with a WA7/WA7tp as one of my combination. As the LCD3(F) & WA7tp are fairly recent purchases, I have not really made up my mind yet. Don't get me wrong, as they are, that combination sound great already. For a more sustained period, I have been mainly listening to the WA7 with a Beyerdynamic T1 as my main set-up and this combination is great too. Between the two, I will not go as far as to try to conclude which is better. They do sound substantially different and I guess it boils down to a matter of preference and probably also to the genres of music that one listens through them.
 
For me, the LCD3(F) seems to be a warmer sounding headphone with a better bass punch than the T1 (I am not much of a basshead and I have only briefly demo-ed to the LCD3 <without the Fazor> when it was hooked up to a Fostex DAC/Amp at a Headphone Festival; so I cannot comment on the previous LCD3). With the WA7/WA7tp, I find the LCD3(F) not as revealing as the T1 in comparison. I enjoy both headphones tremendously.
 
I have also plugged in the LCD3(F) to my solid state Musical Fidelity M1-SDAC and I find that this makes up for some of the details have been missing with the WA7/WA7tp but as a trade-off, it loses some of the warmth that I had previously talked about. I have a sneaky feeling the LCD3(F) may fare better with a solid state amplifier for some people who may crave for a "slightly brighter" sound.
 
Overall, I am still more than happy to have the LCD3(F) paired with the WA7/WA7tp as one of my main set-ups.