[MRHiFiReviews]

I'm a sub bass head,

I don’t think the MM-500 is a sub bass head lovers headphone personally. At least not without some EQ. I will compare when I get the LCD-X for you!

 

[LoryWiv]

Well, hi

Handsome indeed!

 

[enb141]

Perhaps this helps a bit to reassure the glued plugs issue is not a dealbreaker, but perhaps not. Certainly each individual decides what is a deal breaker for
spending their hard earned dollars: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/audeze-lcd-5-planar-magnetic-headphones/4.html

Thanks for the link. Still I think they should thread it instead of gluing it, same for the earpads.

 

[Andrew_WOT]

Thanks for the link. Still I think they should thread it instead of gluing it, same for the earpads.

For earpads the claim is that it's necessary for creating proper seal required for accurate sound reproduction.
Not sure how other planar manufacturers like HiFiman can get away with their easy to swap clip on pads.

 

[enb141]

For earpads the claim is that it's necessary for creating proper seal required for accurate sound reproduction.
Not sure how other planar manufacturers like HiFiman can get away with their easy to swap clip on pads.

Yeah that's what they said, but I doubt that's the real reason, look out other Hi Fi headphones, for example Abyss.

 

[Degrayr]

Love the look of this headphone, but can tell the sound signature would not be for me.

An LCD-4/LCD-X 2021 sounding version with this design would be killer.

 

[IXOYE]

For earpads the claim is that it's necessary for creating proper seal required for accurate sound reproduction.
Not sure how other planar manufacturers like HiFiman can get away with their easy to swap clip on pads.

That's just an excuse for not having to put sources into doing it properly, look at Meze and their magnetic system, that's an excellent example of how it could be done.

 

[enb141]

That's just an excuse for not having to put sources into doing it properly, look at Meze and their magnetic system, that's an excellent example of how it could be done.

Yep, even cheaper headphones like Sony Z1R have a way better mechanism.

 

[panoptikon]

I had a shoot out between the MM-500 and the LCD-5 as well as the Meze Elite at a Stockholm dealer today. I’m a Grado lover so I came with a (more or less) neutral mindset, attracted to the design and price point of the MM-500.

The MM-500 are going home with me on a loan to see how they compare to my PS2000e. They will be partnered with my new electronics: the Audio Analogue AAdac and the Leben CS600X, an integrated tube amplifier with a higly regarded headphone output.

The Meze Elite I find a little too lush and fabricated sounding. The LCD-5 are a technical tour de force in resolution, extension and smoothness. I however found that MM-500s midrange has a more solid presentation that I preferred, and that the bass aided a very nice intimacy in music. Detail retrival was generally not miles away from the LCD-5, but there is a distance indeed, especially outside the midrange. On all songs I tested I preferred the MM-500 tbh. My taste leans towards alternative pop/rock and singer songwriters.

 

[M25M]

I had a shoot out between the MM-500 and the LCD-5 as well as the Meze Elite at a Stockholm dealer today.

May I ask what dealer in Stockholm you were to?

 

[panoptikon]

May I ask what dealer in Stockholm you were to?

Reference Audio, Södermalm.

 

[holofonze]

I had a shoot out between the MM-500 and the LCD-5 as well as the Meze Elite at a Stockholm dealer today. I’m a Grado lover so I came with a (more or less) neutral mindset, attracted to the design and price point of the MM-50.

The MM-50 are going home with me on a loan to see how they compare to my PS2000e. They will be partnered with my new electronics: the Audio Analogue AAdac and the Leben CS600X, an integrated tube amplifier with a higly regarded headphone output.

The Meze Elite I find a little too lush and fabricated sounding. The LCD-5 are a technical tour de force in resolution, extension and smoothness. I however found that MM-50s midrange has a more solid presentation that I preferred, and that the bass aided a very nice intimacy in music. Detail retrival was generally not miles away from the LCD-5, but there is a distance indeed, especially outside the midrange. On all songs I tested I preferred the MM-50 tbh. My taste leans towards alternative pop/rock and singer songwriters.

How do you perceive the soundstage of the mm-500 compared to the lcd-5? Thanks.

 

[panoptikon]

How do you perceive the soundstage of the mm-500 compared to the lcd-5? Thanks.

Both have a very present midband but the LCD-5 extends more in all directions. I spent the evening with the MM-500 in my home and I like the type of intimacy it produces. My Grados are more open sounding - but then again that’s one of Grados’ main traits. The MM-500 are more composed and controlled.

If you are a midband type of guy like me you should most def look into the MM-500 before reaching for the LCD-5.

 

[Andrew_WOT]

It's MM-500, you keep losing one zero.

 

[MRHiFiReviews]

New video dropping tomorrow on your Tube comparing the MM-500 to another Headphone used for music production and mixing!