Introducing the LCD-i3
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Chikolad
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AwesomeI do have a pair available.
So in your opinion the i3 are a significant improvement in SQ over the iSine 20?
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I want to stress that the iSine20 are brilliant and were revolutionary when they were released. But the LCDi3 does improve upon them in an evolutionary point of view and IMO totally worth it.
The sound is excepcional, out of this world soundstage, separation and timbre, but completely lacks bass unless you EQ.
Better use with a DAP that has an EQ, or a DAC with Bass Boost like the iFi micro idsd Black Label.
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I just bump the base a bit on my cipher cable and voila problem solved.
Well, with a bit of bass bump they sound like anything else in this price range. Absolutely out of this world IEM for 900€. Bass can get powerful with some EQ and no distortion at all. Soundstage, imaging and separation of this IEM, as well as air, clarity and detail, are second to none under 1000€, or maybe even 1500€. Not forgeting timbre which is the best I've heard so far, side by side with LCD-i4. Female vocals are magnificent, addicting, as real as in the studio with the singer. It's very hard to put this IEM off your ears period.
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Have to agree with ths female vocal part
Matias
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Would an LCDi3 + Cipher cable + lightning to USB adapter make it work in Windows 10? Would it show up as an audio device?
Endymion Joshi Godrez
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It works fine for Windows 10 so long as you can plug it in directly to a type c port, or use a type a to c adapter that supports audio pass through like this: https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Adapt...een+type+a+to+c+adapter&qid=1576011178&sr=8-2
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Is the tuning on the LCDi3 Lightning cable the same as the LCDi3 Bluetooth cable? The iSine 20 Lightning cable has a bass shelf but the LCDi3 Bluetooth cable does not. Do I have to add a bass shelf to the LCDi3 Lightning cable to make it sound like the iSine 20 Lightning cable?
Joe Curcio
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i3 & i4 Lighting Cable in Red, BT Cable in Blue. iSine20 lightning cable has yet a different response. The i3/i4 Lighting cable improves the iSine 20 IMO.
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It'd be great to be able to switch between those responses in all CIPHER cables/BT adapters ...
Do you have the Reveal plugging response, as well?
I really like the tuning of the BT adapter, but the lightning cable sounds better. Of the 3, the Reveal plugin in Roon is my least favorite tuning.
Do you have the Reveal plugging response, as well?
I really like the tuning of the BT adapter, but the lightning cable sounds better. Of the 3, the Reveal plugin in Roon is my least favorite tuning.
Joe Curcio
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I believe Audeze has published the Reveal response but I can't recall where - either the iSine or i4 threads
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