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Dec 13, 2019 at 9:20 AM Post #11,192 of 12,748
phthora said:
I think the X sounds best without bass boost too....

...however, I sometimes like to EQ the bass up wildly and just listen to how masterfully and cleanly the X handles it. I mean, my vision distorts before their sound ever does. Part of the beauty of these planars is that they can handle EQ sooooo well. Seems like a shame not to go crazy with that once in a while.
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I have mine boosted 6db below 100hz and I find that perfect for me.
 
Dec 13, 2019 at 2:12 PM Post #11,193 of 12,748
Just arrived! 15762643419577165109228751381199.jpg
 
Dec 14, 2019 at 4:25 PM Post #11,195 of 12,748
eee1111 said:
so

after a good amount of time with my repaired pair of LCD-X....I can without a shadow of doubt claim the 2014 variant were better by a huge margin before I had them fixed for 500.00 the year.

Dunno when the sound change happened but I wouldn't recommend dropping 1,000usd on these.
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I can not understand how people dont comment more often on this topic.

Until now i got 3 pairs personally and heard over 7 LCD-X.
The one with the driver repair (got 2016 a.k.a. new drivers) sounded absolutely bad for the price point.
The two pre 2016 driver units i had sounded MUCH, and i can not stress this enough, MUCH better.
I dont know if its due to the driver, the sloppy repair or manufcaturing inconsistency in general, but it is the reason i kept my pre 2016 pair which has a rather significant channel imbalance but otherwise sounds awesome (i fix it via eq).
Of course i would like to have my pair of LCD-X to not have channel imbalance, but i fear that my pair will sound significantly worse after the repair/new driver installment.
It seriously drives me crazy and it honestly is just sad that i have to handle the situation this way.

cheers
Johannes
 
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Dec 20, 2019 at 1:16 PM Post #11,197 of 12,748
Hi everyone. I bought a brand new pair of LCD X three months ago. Headphones are great, but they have a slight channel imbalance (the right channel is 1 db louder). It's not the cable but the driver. I tried the other two cables that I have (I also have LCD 2). I easily fixed it in JRiver by clicking the room correction and reducing the right channel by 1 db.Now, I can live with it, but I don't know if it is going to get worse in future. Do you think it is something I should be worried about? Should I take the headphones to the shop and ask the dealer to send them to Audeze customer service to fix the issue? If I do it, I'll probably have to wait for about two months until I get the headphones back.
 
Dec 20, 2019 at 1:40 PM Post #11,198 of 12,748
bobo64 said:
Hi everyone. I bought a brand new pair of LCD X three months ago. Headphones are great, but they have a slight channel imbalance (the right channel is 1 db louder). It's not the cable but the driver. I tried the other two cables that I have (I also have LCD 2). I easily fixed it in JRiver by clicking the room correction and reducing the right channel by 1 db.Now, I can live with it, but I don't know if it is going to get worse in future. Do you think it is something I should be worried about? Should I take the headphones to the shop and ask the dealer to send them to Audeze customer service to fix the issue? If I do it, I'll probably have to wait for about two months until I get the headphones back.
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I wouldn’t worry about it getting worse, however, I also wouldn’t be accepting of it. I’d get it repaired. You go to use them in a different system without balance controls, and you have to just deal with it? Not on a premium product.

There are other things that can cause an imbalance including everything in your chain and your hearing. If you try other headphones, is it still imbalanced?
 
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Dec 20, 2019 at 2:04 PM Post #11,199 of 12,748
johnzz4 said:
I wouldn’t worry about it getting worse, however, I also wouldn’t be accepting of it. I’d get it repaired. You go to use them in a different system without balance controls, and you have to just deal with it? Not on a premium product.

There are other things that can cause an imbalance including everything in your chain and your hearing. If you try other headphones, is it still imbalanced?
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The bakance
johnzz4 said:
I wouldn’t worry about it getting worse, however, I also wouldn’t be accepting of it. I’d get it repaired. You go to use them in a different system without balance controls, and you have to just deal with it? Not on a premium product.

There are other things that can cause an imbalance including everything in your chain and your hearing. If you try other headphones, is it still imbalanced?
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Thank you for your input.The balance is perfect with my other headphones (LCD 2 and Meze 99). It is definitely something with the LCD X driver. And yes, i also use my headphones with other sources such as Blu ray and CD players without balance controls.
 
Jan 10, 2020 at 6:20 AM Post #11,202 of 12,748
Hi, has anyone tried Schiit Magni Heresy with LCD-X? I know that it has more than enough power, but what about SQ? I once bought Magni 2 and sold it soon, due to harsh highs and loose bass (compared to Asgard 2). Now, is Magni Heresy (or Magni 3+) any better? I'm curious about Heresy because I don't have experience with so called op-amp amplifiers.
 
Jan 22, 2020 at 4:02 PM Post #11,203 of 12,748
Can someone who knows definitively comment on whether the new vers sound a lot worse than the older vers?

I'm either getting these or the focal clear for studio work... Don't want to regret my purchase.

Thanks
 
Jan 22, 2020 at 4:15 PM Post #11,204 of 12,748
If you are leaning toward the LCD-X Audeze offers a 30 day penalty free trial period. All that you would pay is return shipping should you decide to return them. I am not sure if that is only for purchases from the Audeze website. Since you are are located in Dublin you might contact a local distributor to see how that would be handled or communicate directly with Audeze how that might work on overseas purchases.
 
Jan 22, 2020 at 4:17 PM Post #11,205 of 12,748
TimeSnow said:
Can someone who knows definitively comment on whether the new vers sound a lot worse than the older vers?

I'm either getting these or the focal clear for studio work... Don't want to regret my purchase.

Thanks
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Go with the clear they have a much more even frequency response. I owned a pair of 2016 revisions and the clears. I sold the lcd x when I got the abyss but kept the clears
 
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