matthewhypolite
500+ Head-Fier
Just found this thread having listened to the LCD3s for the first time over the weekend...and loved them!
Thought they demolished the LCD2s and had all the soul that the technically superlative HD800S lacked...
...but then I look at this and see that (ignoring repeat failures), they have nearly a 30% failure rate??? for something that is this expensive and supposed to be high end? I mean this to me sounds worse than the issues people complain about with HiFiMan in terms of reliability and QC?
Surprised the Audiophile media aren't talking about it more TBH and it certainly makes me think twice about buying them now - especially given that they (like everything else worth buying) are insanely overpriced here in New Zealand and I imagine warranty repairs would be a nightmare from here too.
That said, I don't want to feel like I am "settling" for something else given that I loved their sound so much.
Ugh.
The voting results at the top of the thread is not an accurate gauge as their are alot of folks who initially votes "no" but have since had a failure. Not being able to subsequently change your vote skewed the results.
I've also had QC issues with Wifi hifiman, but that was just a small anomaly in one of the drives, nothing to the extent of lcd3, and since my HEK replacement they've been fine. unlike my 5 lcd3 failures.
And yes, warranty repairs are indeed a nightmare when living outside the U.S. which i can also attest too.
Hope your cans server you well. They do sound pretty great.