[x RELIC x]

Just got off the phone with a dealer in Montreal...I should have them in a few days.

Very interested to hear your impressions. Especially compared to the PM-1.

 

[x RELIC x]

I haven't been able to try it yet, but the HA-1 has landed. Impressions with the XC are imminent.

 

[MacedonianHero]

  Just got off the phone with a dealer in Montreal...I should have them in a few days.

 

 Congrats Dave, looking forward to your impressions!

 

[Beagle]

Very interested to hear your impressions. Especially compared to the PM-1.

 
 

 Congrats Dave, looking forward to your impressions!

 
In preparation for the XC, I am training my neck and head muscles by wearing four pairs of regular headphones at the same time

 

[MacedonianHero]

   
 
 
In preparation for the XC, I am training my neck and head muscles by wearing four pairs of regular headphones at the same time

 
Nice! That should do it!
 
Seriously, with the new earpads (over the LCD-2s) and the weight distribution, I find them ok on my head.

 

[Beagle]

Thanks Peter...nice to know that I won't snap any neck vertebrae

 

[x RELIC x]

It's really hot here today and I'm finding the ear pads a bit warm, even compared to my LCD-2.

One word of caution....... If you have slightly large ears they may rub on the Fazors. Mine does all the time and it really gets irritating. This even after I stuffed some foam in there and stretched the headband, and only on the right ear. I love the SQ so I suck it up.

On a side note, these things sound amazing to me on the HA-1. Just some quick listening, but I'm impressed. Funny thing is that now I want to try the WA7 for some tube love.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I have a head fi problem.

 

[jwbrent]

I haven't posted in a while, but now that my XCs are fully burned in as well as my AK240, and now that I have a DHC cable to take advantage of the balanced output of the 240, I'm in blissful heaven. I love my XCs and I don't find the weight of them to be an issue at all, even when hiking.

 

[drgajet]

Hiking with xc! WOW!

 

[jwbrent]

you betcha! 

 

[BeyerMonster]

  I love my XCs and I don't find the weight of them to be an issue at all, even when hiking.

Have you done a comparison of the XC's with open cans while hiking?
 
While isolation from the XC's likely provide a lower noise floor, I'd suspect that open headphones like the LCD-3 or LCD-X would provide a much more natural sound stage.

 

[jwbrent]

  Have you done a comparison of the XC's with open cans while hiking?
 
While isolation from the XC's likely provide a lower noise floor, I'd suspect that open headphones like the LCD-3 or LCD-X would provide a much more natural sound stage.

 
Hi BM,
 
No, I haven't. My last few pair of headphones I've owned have all been closed designs.
 
While I agree soundstage width is better on open back designs, the XCs do an admirable job here. In terms of front to back depth, I would argue with the right source and amp the XCs can compare very favorably to any of the comparable open back designs.

 

[Beagle]

They're here

 

[BeyerMonster]

Quote:

 
Have you done a comparison of the XC's with open cans while hiking?
 
While isolation from the XC's likely provide a lower noise floor, I'd suspect that open headphones like the LCD-3 or LCD-X would provide a much more natural sound stage.

 
Sorry, that was actually just a really bad pun... Get it? Open cans = natural sound stage... OK, going back to hide in my corner.
 
FWIW, I have the LCD-3 and LCD-XC and love them both.

 

[x RELIC x]

They're here

First impressions?