[F1REStarter]

I liked the bubinga wood best so I chose that

 

[figaro69]

  Come on, give them a break.
They are a very young company and they are figuring things out as they go.
They know how to make a top sounding product, the aspect that's been lacking up unitl now is the build quality of those said products.
But they are trying to solve these.
Look at their newly announced products the HE-400i and HE-560, both having a very different design and significantly lighter weight, their upcoming Jade II electrostat sharing that design.
Their new headphones will weight around 350g, that's almost 1/2 of what the newest Audez'e cans weight and this reduction should bring a significant increase in comfort, along with their redesigned headband.
I am not saying their products are great build quality wise, but they've been marginally improving over time, while the sound quality of those has matched and surpassed other audiophile brands in a very short time.

Okay, I'll give them a break, jejejeh!  Sound-wise, not complaints, though!

 

[figaro69]

Glad you're liking them. I agree that a warm front end benefits the XC's a lot. They sound better on the Lyr than the Mjolnir or Woo WA22, which is exactly the opposite with the X's.

Enjoy!

BTW, which wood did you choose?

I'm in total agreement...the XC and X are total opposites...and yet they are, in my opinion, two of the best five headphones currently in production.  These Audeze guys certainly know what they are doing.  It looks like Fang at Hifiman has his work cut out for him.

 

[TMRaven]

With their entire planar lineup being updated and a Jade2 in development, I think Fang is on a nice pace.

 

[preproman]

  I find it strange that the EF-6 has a balanced output but only single-ended inputs. 

 
The EF-6 is a Single Ended Amp.  The 4 pin XLR output on the front panel is there for convenience purposes only.

 

[twodog]

Putting my LCD-2s on Ebay tonight as I now have LCD - XC and I hate to do it since they are different enough to keep both but I just do not have enough quiet house time to use the open back design, when my wife kicks me to my own apartment because I buy too much audio and computer gear I will be able to listen to open back headphones any time I want to and on that day I will console myself with some LCD 3s or LCD-X 

 

[sbradley02]

Ordering my XCs in a few days
Anyone have a chance to compare vegan vs leather, in sound and isolation qualities?

 

[Dillan]

  Ordering my XCs in a few days
Anyone have a chance to compare vegan vs leather, in sound and isolation qualities?

 
 
 
 
Leather for looks! 

 

 

[IPoopFrootLoops]

...I need to start making more money

 

[Canadian411]

  Leather for looks! 

 

 
Me too, I prefer the leather but IMO (just me) leather gives me smaller sound stage.
I might wait for LCD4 or something with the feature that you can easily remove the ear pads.
 
Right now once you glue the pads you can't reused them, kind of bad design I guess.

 

[Jones Bob]

Audeze pads are attached with double sided tape, not glued on. The pads are easily removed, replaceable and are reusable as well. I've had my leather and microsuede pads swapped several times on my LCD-3s.

 

[sbradley02]

Audeze pads are attached with double sided tape, not glued on. The pads are easily removed, replaceable and are reusable as well. I've had my leather and microsuede pads swapped several times on my LCD-3s.

As someone who has tried both, what do you feel the differences are in practice?

 

[Jones Bob]

As someone who has tried both, what do you feel the differences are in practice?

SQ differences? I have not tried them on LCD-X when I had those, or LCD-XCs, only on my current LCD-3s. On my LCD-3s in comparison to the stock leather pads, the microsuede pads had more air and tilted the tonal balance *slightly* to the high frequencies. What I most noticed and missed was the subterranean and well integrated bass that LCD-3 is known for. That was the deal breaker for me and my LCD-3 s with the microsuede pads.

BTW, the microsuede headband is SO much more comfortable than the stock leather. For me, that's a keeper.

 

[Canadian411]

Audeze pads are attached with double sided tape, not glued on. The pads are easily removed, replaceable and are reusable as well. I've had my leather and microsuede pads swapped several times on my LCD-3s.

 


Yape, I swap my original leather pads to vegan pads and my leather pads are all ripped, I followed the "how to replace guide from Audeze site" with exacto knife etc, etc It will get ripped.

You can't never remove the adhesive from the pads. I prefer locking mechanism than glue solution.

Waiting for the next LCD with this problem solved. ^^.

 

[Jones Bob]

I should added a YMMV.

BTW, the adhesive can be quickly removed with a solvent called Goo Gone, from Home Depot.