EvilKillaruna
100+ Head-Fier
...but only USB-C version I presume. USB-A would be the best for me though (mostly PC usage in my case).
By the way, I did full measurements of i10, i20 and i3 to see what is going on:
I also did quick check for CBT tonality over stock cable. The results:
Aligned to 1 kHz mark, there is a typicall CBT bass boost in exchange for the lowest bass, but the DSP setting is heavily shifted towards 3 kHz boost instead of 4-7 kHz wide dip. I think Audeze was indeed trying to mimic the tonality of their LCD-3. Thus the name. Funny thing, the sound is more pleasant that way, even if it looks bad on graphs.
Also, Cipher BT has more distortion, especially in 3 kHz region, than when playing through for example even such old devices as my Asus Essence STX card.
As for jacks, it looks like LCD-i3 are more even this way and automatically easier to work with through carefully applied EQ and/or cables. The 8 kHz region is worth of attention - i3 can deliver there almost as many informations as i20.
One more discovery - the unit of i3 from my review had different markings on inner shells than the unit I possess from latest fresh batch. L-R marks are larger and centered. The text is "Planar Magnetic Earphones". The review version had them identical as on i10. Te text was only "Planar Magnetic". Since I didn't had any problems with connectors in review version, I can only guess the inner shell part is one of the the culprits. I also noticed better lowest bass. Now it is on the same level as i20. Graphs proves.
By the way, I did full measurements of i10, i20 and i3 to see what is going on:
I also did quick check for CBT tonality over stock cable. The results:
Aligned to 1 kHz mark, there is a typicall CBT bass boost in exchange for the lowest bass, but the DSP setting is heavily shifted towards 3 kHz boost instead of 4-7 kHz wide dip. I think Audeze was indeed trying to mimic the tonality of their LCD-3. Thus the name. Funny thing, the sound is more pleasant that way, even if it looks bad on graphs.
Also, Cipher BT has more distortion, especially in 3 kHz region, than when playing through for example even such old devices as my Asus Essence STX card.
As for jacks, it looks like LCD-i3 are more even this way and automatically easier to work with through carefully applied EQ and/or cables. The 8 kHz region is worth of attention - i3 can deliver there almost as many informations as i20.
One more discovery - the unit of i3 from my review had different markings on inner shells than the unit I possess from latest fresh batch. L-R marks are larger and centered. The text is "Planar Magnetic Earphones". The review version had them identical as on i10. Te text was only "Planar Magnetic". Since I didn't had any problems with connectors in review version, I can only guess the inner shell part is one of the the culprits. I also noticed better lowest bass. Now it is on the same level as i20. Graphs proves.
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