Hi there will always be a market for it to feed off our addiction! It does pay for itself based on the number of hours used unlike home hifi. Also this kit is a mood changer.
And for those of us who can't afford it, don't forget, that it's the profits from these higher margin products that drive the R&D that improves what we all have access to. I never dreamed of listening to music with headphones before the Shure 215 became available and that was barely passable (compared to my home equipment). Now I listen to full symphonic pieces on a headphone. Amazing progress.
The thing that truly impresses me about the LCDi4's is just how B-I-G they sound! In-ears that sound bigger than many full sized open-back headphones too! Such a revolutionary product! I can't wait until later this week when my Hugo 2 arrives and I can try this pairing. I was talking with Sankar the other day and he mentioned this was his "go to" source/driver for his LCDi4s...gonna be a fun weekend!
Dang I think there was a sell out at Beaver Hall. Three slide shows were held at Mooseville here in Southwestern Ontario. At least 90 percent of Canada came to see the slideshow of the images of Audeze's new i4. Reporters from the major newspaper and our TV station travelled to see the show. Honestly reporters think that we will receive at least a 9 on the Rotten Apples score which is pretty darn good for a slide show. Normally I would take all the credit for pretty much anything, but in all honesty if it were not for all of the supporters here at Head-Fi (and the beer), I don't think that I could have pulled this off. Tickets were $20 Canadian a head so now I can afford whatever Audeze's next version is.
Please take a look at the crowd and take a bow at what you helped make possible:
Aside from the price, the failure rate is alarmingly high. How many LCD-i4 have been produced so far? Not many — and yet from so few units produced we have already heard about so many failures.
Aside from the price, the failure rate is alarmingly high. How many LCD-i4 have been produced so far? Not many — and yet from so few units produced we have already heard about so many failures.
This must be mission critical for Audeze to fix the problem pronto. Until they can get things under control they should IMO do quick exchanges for all affected customers. I mentioned the high failure rate less than a week ago and it has climbed ever since. We are such a small community. I wonder what is happening out in the real world...
Don't know if you read my post in the iSine 10/20 thread, but I had 3 faulty Cipher cables in a row (Failed on upgrade, faulty operation of centre button, completely dead), plus my first set of LCD-2s had a faulty left connector. Currently waiting and watching before I buy anything
Don't know if you read my post in the iSine 10/20 thread, but I had 3 faulty Cipher cables in a row (Failed on upgrade, faulty operation of centre button, completely dead), plus my first set of LCD-2s had a faulty left connector. Currently waiting and watching before I buy anything
The left earpiece of my iSine 20s developed a buzz on low frequency notes. Audeze customer service has been quite good but the kicker is that I bought the 20s from Amazon and I called them yesterday, their response is they are sending me a new pair arriving tomorrow and I have 30 days to return the old pair.
Given that the iSines 10/20 are a relatively new product and the LCD-i4 a totally new product requiring new production techniques on a new production line its understandable to me that the initial failure rates are higher than what we or they would like. I don't take it as a sign of incompetence on Audeze's part. Yields from production lines increase as manufacturers gain production knowledge. Failure rates for them are lost money. Of course that's not our problem, we just expect our new toys to work their magic.
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that sucks... I was hoping the i4s wouldn't have issues like this... it scared me from ever buying an LCD-3.
