murl
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Serial number is 232. It was new when I purchased the unit from a dealer. Maybe they had it for a while.
Ryan
Ryan
Serial number is 232. It was new when I purchased the unit from a dealer. Maybe they had it for a while.
Ryan
lcd3 2016 (...) also has blacker background and more detail ,its more smooth with more sub bass and less mid bass. bass is faster tighter cleaner and punch harder.
more air and soundstage is bigger, over all sound is more transparent ...
lcd3 2016 is also less warm and has less body , its thinner and drier sounding comparing to previous lcd3 models ...
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i could hear new lcd3 is technically superior but i prefer the older version because of tonality and body of midrange , ts sweeter darker with more depth and weight to the sound.
@Picassofish
You did the right choice, older version had more of an anolog sound, like vynil vs cd.
Less air less detail but the tone is right, and for me it's the most important thing- tonality done right!
Congratulations on getting a pair that suits your taste!
just my two cents on the lcd-3 driven by the mojo: yes it will play, and with ok volume, but i owned the mojo and sold it because I was not pleased with the quality of this output. it is "just ok" compared to driving them with an amp that really has the umph. note the technical term "umph", use to carefully indicate that i can not tell you why this is so, i do not have the tech expertise. but i have the gear and i have the ear.
of course, i may be crazy. there are others who have posted that they are ok with the mojo/lcd3 combo - but there are others who came to the same conclusion as i did.
It's a matter of what you want and what you listen to. If someone simply wants the LCD-3 for its frequency response (lush midrange, linear sub bass etc.), an amp which just barely makes it loud enough might be OK (it helps that it's a planar with a typically flat impedance curve, so you surely don't need a lot of power in order to simply hear any bass at all).
But if you're anything like me, you want a whole lot more. IMO the LCD-3 is one of the very best rock headphones you can get, but to hear that you have to give it a whole lot of power. The only mobile amp I know that does it somewhat justice in this regard is the iFi Micro iDSD (I still prefer desktop beasts like its bigger brother, the Pro iCAN). More power means more body, better dynamics, even the soundstage opens up nicely, not only in width but especially in height (although the latter is such a subjective thing that some might not hear any difference at all).
Maybe the people who are fine with the LCD-3/Mojo combo are the same ones who feel that high gain just means more volume.
indeed.
i heard an ifi ican and it had the juice but i wasn't in love with the sonics. have you heard the concero hp with the lcd3?
Interesting Picassofish. According to the website , the Chord Mojo is rated at 720mW for an 8Ω load, with no mention of the "trick" needed to get it to function as an amp. However, the Fi Micro iDSD does seem to be a lot more powerful, and I will have to check it out!