[hop ham]

  Has anyone found what amps they consider to be ideal for the LCD-X?

I really like the Balancing Act (EML Mesh 300b and TSRP) with the X. I've used Liquid Fire, Soloist, Grace M902. I expected the Balancing Act to be better for me. I will have an Apex Teton from the loaner program very soon. 
 
I've now had my X for 12 days and I can hear a good improvement from burn-in. I also ditched the stock balanced cable and using the Q cable from my 2.2 - makes a good difference in dynamics and things seem livelier. 

 

[Dubstep Girl]

Audeze LSD-X

 

[Focker]

  Audeze LSD-X

 
There are some LSD-Xs with gray rings going around...don't listen to the ones with gray rings!

 

[emertxe]

  I would be cautious for those considering "upgrading" to an LCD-X from an LCD-3. We know that in some aspects the LCD-X may be preferable and in others the LCD-3. The LCD-X is not a replacement, or successor to the LCD-3. But for sure there WILL be at some time in the next year or so.
 
For those constrained by a budget, it would be deeply unsatisfying, to change to an LCD-X, only to then hear the LCD-4 announcement and want to change again!
 
I am going to hold out for the LCD-4. Afterall, it is hardly the fact that the LCD-Xs are in a different league to the LCD-3s.

 
+1 (I do not own an Audeze headphones recently but I just agree that people should stay with what they have since these LCD-X phones seems to be rather a step towards something bigger, more perfect)

 

[megawhacko]

just put my order in for the lcd-x and wa7! itll be a few weeks but ill be back to update!

 

[Zoom25]

  Audeze LSD-X

http://goo.gl/Xo449I

 

[Tedman]

^^ And earcups made out of a newly found reserve of unobtanium rendering the whole headphone 200g lighter. 

 

[roskodan]

200g lighter per earcup at least!

 

[dan.gheorghe]

I am starting to rediscover some songs, because of the excellent treble on LCD-X, songs  that I never truly noticed before .  
 
The Mozart Harpsichord Concerto sounds just amazing. I cannot get enough of that treble ( i never thought i would be this fascinated in this manner by the treble before )

 

[negura]

  I am starting to rediscover some songs, because of the excellent treble on LCD-X, songs  that I never truly noticed before .  
 
The Mozart Harpsichord Concerto sounds just amazing. I cannot get enough of that treble ( i never thought i would be this fascinated in this manner by the treble before )

 
I guess your HD800s, like it was for me, only made you slightly afraid of the treble. You never know what type of treble you're going to get next. 
 
Few headphones pull the trick of excellent treble detail, attack and extension, while keep things civil and very enjoyable. Stax does that successfully.

 

[dan.gheorghe]

   
I guess your HD800s, like it was for me, only made you slightly afraid of the treble. You never know what type of treble you're going to get next. 
 
Few headphones pull the trick of excellent treble detail and extension, while keep things civil and very enjoyable. Stax does that succesfully.
 

 
I never enjoyed the treble this much with HD800. The treble is cleaner here with no sign of harshness or sibilance. It is just amazing. Never heard any stax yet, but I am quite positive you would love the treble on LCD-X. 

 

[Dubstep Girl]

i am still interested in buying LCD-X but so unsure.
 
the LCD-3 seem better and better the more i listen to them. especially right now with a tube amp, they are so warm and rich in the midrange, its so sweet! 

 

[MacedonianHero]

  i am still interested in buying LCD-X but so unsure.
 
the LCD-3 seem better and better the more i listen to them. especially right now with a tube amp, they are so warm and rich in the midrange, its so sweet! 

Agreed that the mids of the LCD-3s are a very special thing to behold. But the LCD-X are outstanding headphones in their own right. They're treble presentation with a better sense of air and improved instrumental separation are also very special. Imagine an Audeze headphone with top notch bass and an open sound / balanced that is intoxicating with pretty much any genre you through at it. 

 

[cizx]

ALL OF YOU NEED TO SHUT UP.  I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP READING THIS THREAD!!!!!
 

 
I'm either buying Dubstep Girl's -3s, or getting a new -XC... but now I'm thinking I need all three of them.  Please, for the love of my sanity, just tell me these are all terrible and not a significant upgrade from a Beyer DT990, and that I should have just stopped at that one all those years ago.
 
Or hook me up with an Audeze discount code.

 

[roskodan]

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