[SomeGuyDude]

If it’s the 2016 driver revision, it should sound the same.

There a way to tell? I don't have a build date, just a S/N

 

[I g o r]

Usually you can tell by SN. Mine is 2017 and SN is 28222XX range.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Hm. So if I'm 2821xxx I should be close.

 

[I g o r]

Hm. So if I'm 2821xxx I should be close.

Yeah, I think all the 28 are from 2016 and later. But just shoot an email to Audeze and ask for your FR graphic based on your serial and you also have the date on the graphic.

 

[manishex]

282xx might have started from somewhere around November 2015?

 

[SomeGuyDude]

282xx might have started from somewhere around November 2015?

Possibly, though if the 28222xx is a 2017 model I would imagine the 28213xx isn't from that far before. Either way I asked Audeze but they're busy with CES so I'll wait until Monday.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

This makes the LCD-3's strengths REALLY shine. For my metal-ish fans.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Found my card. Build date: 11/25/15. Not terribly concerned about age, TBH. They sound amazing, and I have no idea what actual "revision" happened later, so I'm happy as a clam.

I might get the carbon headband though.

 

[Sweetmeat]

Maybe you can buy my carbon fiber headband because I am seriously considering getting out of the LCD-3 business. Back when my drivers were failing once a year, it sort of took the sting out, that they were replaced under warranty. Now the sting is here, my LCD-3 is no longer under warranty, last I heard drivers were like $600 to replace, plus the wood is cracked. I really don't know how much it will cost because I can't get Audeze to reply to my emails.

Anyway it may be time to stop throwing good money after bad, and apply those hundreds of dollars towards a good pair of dynamic drivers that will last me for years. The headphones industry has come a long way since the LCD-3 was introduced, a lot of that is a response to the success of the LCD-3 itself. Still, I own several Audeze headphones, but I consider them all to be ticking time bombs whose failure is only a matter of time.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Maybe you can buy my carbon fiber headband because I am seriously considering getting out of the LCD-3 business. Back when my drivers were failing once a year, it sort of took the sting out, that they were replaced under warranty. Now the sting is here, my LCD-3 is no longer under warranty, last I heard drivers were like $600 to replace, plus the wood is cracked. I really don't know how much it will cost because I can't get Audeze to reply to my emails.

Anyway it may be time to stop throwing good money after bad, and apply those hundreds of dollars towards a good pair of dynamic drivers that will last me for years. The headphones industry has come a long way since the LCD-3 was introduced, a lot of that is a response to the success of the LCD-3 itself. Still, I own several Audeze headphones, but I consider them all to be ticking time bombs whose failure is only a matter of time.

Think it over, shoot me a PM if you really wanna do it.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

I'll tell ya what's wild. The freq chart is so similar to the LCD-X, yet the X sounds more energetic and less "lush." No idea how.

 

[I g o r]

I'll tell ya what's wild. The freq chart is so similar to the LCD-X, yet the X sounds more energetic and less "lush." No idea how.

That’s what I said in a post earlier, even with the pic comparing. Different drivers and other things produces different sounds.

Your LCD-3 graphic is for the new 2016 driver revision, so you should be fine.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

That’s what I said in a post earlier, even with the pic comparing. Different drivers and other things produces different sounds.

Your LCD-3 graphic is for the new 2016 driver revision, so you should be fine.

Really? How can you tell? Build date is from the end of 2015, I was definitely wondering if there was a revision just after mine was made.

 

[I g o r]

Because Audeze usually starts new revisions in November or December. So 2016 revision is actually from 11/15.

Same with Fazor, they say it started in 2014, but November 2013 they were already making.

But I say for sure based on the graphic, the 2016 got back the low end extension. 2014 and 2015 had a bad rolloff in the lows.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Awesome!! Good to know, brotha.