[Andrew_WOT]

In balanced drive they're outrunning anything including Clear MG.

 

[mikecheck95]

I’m sad they couldn’t make these LCD-X 2021 slam like the LCD-2f. They have bass don’t get me wrong but they just aren’t as tactile in the sub-bass. Idk if I need to drive them with a better source or just sell them and go back to the LCD-2f.

 

[Strat1117]

I’m sure I’ve read either in this thread or in the classified that the pads are the main reason for the tonality change. One user said he couldn’t hear a difference between them when both had the new open cell foam pads on.

So this begs the question (and forgive me if it’s already been asked and answered): Would a 2021 rev. LCD-X with the old-style memory foam pads or, say, a pair of Dekoni sheepskins, sound like the old LCD-X?

 

[Strat1117]

So this begs the question (and forgive me if it’s already been asked and answered): Would a 2021 rev. LCD-X with the old-style memory foam pads or, say, a pair of Dekoni sheepskins, sound like the old LCD-X?

Bump. I know it’s bad form respond to your own post, but this is a serious question. After a few more days with the 2021 Audeze, while I don’t completely agree with @Giru, I do kinda see (hear) his point - the new ones are probably ‘better’ in every measurable, technical sense, but they don’t quite raise goosebumps the way the old ones did. The new ones sound great and I’m not unhappy, but you could put the old ones on the head of a totally skeptical neophyte and they’d immediately and completely understand how a pair of headphones could be worth $1,500. I’m not sure the 2021 revisions, good as they are, would have that same effect. So I would like to know if anyone has put the old style pads, or maybe a pair of Dekoni sheepskins, on the 2021 version and got some of the old swagger and mojo back, or if it’s more than just the pad change as some have suggested.

Thanks.

 

[Giru]

Bump. I know it’s bad form respond to your own post, but this is a serious question. After a few more days with the 2021 Audeze, while I don’t completely agree with @Giru, I do kinda see (hear) his point - the new ones are probably ‘better’ in every measurable, technical sense, but they don’t quite raise goosebumps the way the old ones did. The new ones sound great and I’m not unhappy, but you could put the old ones on the head of a totally skeptical neophyte and they’d immediately and completely understand how a pair of headphones could be worth $1,500. I’m not sure the 2021 revisions, good as they are, would have that same effect. So I would like to know if anyone has put the old style pads, or maybe a pair of Dekoni sheepskins, on the 2021 version and got some of the old swagger and mojo back, or if it’s more than just the pad change as some have suggested.

Thanks.

I'd really like to know this too.
Infact I'm thinking of asking my friends to loan me both units so that I can compare them myself. Unfortunately the guy with the older X is out of town till July

 

[Jonne Haven]

I'd really like to know this too.
Infact I'm thinking of asking my friends to loan me both units so that I can compare them myself. Unfortunately the guy with the older X is out of town till July

Bump. I know it’s bad form respond to your own post, but this is a serious question. After a few more days with the 2021 Audeze, while I don’t completely agree with @Giru, I do kinda see (hear) his point - the new ones are probably ‘better’ in every measurable, technical sense, but they don’t quite raise goosebumps the way the old ones did. The new ones sound great and I’m not unhappy, but you could put the old ones on the head of a totally skeptical neophyte and they’d immediately and completely understand how a pair of headphones could be worth $1,500. I’m not sure the 2021 revisions, good as they are, would have that same effect. So I would like to know if anyone has put the old style pads, or maybe a pair of Dekoni sheepskins, on the 2021 version and got some of the old swagger and mojo back, or if it’s more than just the pad change as some have suggested.

Thanks.

"Bump"

 

[szore]

Bump. I know it’s bad form respond to your own post, but this is a serious question. After a few more days with the 2021 Audeze, while I don’t completely agree with @Giru, I do kinda see (hear) his point - the new ones are probably ‘better’ in every measurable, technical sense, but they don’t quite raise goosebumps the way the old ones did. The new ones sound great and I’m not unhappy, but you could put the old ones on the head of a totally skeptical neophyte and they’d immediately and completely understand how a pair of headphones could be worth $1,500. I’m not sure the 2021 revisions, good as they are, would have that same effect. So I would like to know if anyone has put the old style pads, or maybe a pair of Dekoni sheepskins, on the 2021 version and got some of the old swagger and mojo back, or if it’s more than just the pad change as some have suggested.

Thanks.

I'm listening to my X 21 version and I adore it and get goosebumps. Keep it real.

 

[headband]

The new ones sound great and I’m not unhappy, but you could put the old ones on the head of a totally skeptical neophyte and they’d immediately and completely understand how a pair of headphones could be worth $1,500

I started out a couple months ago, complete noob, and my first hi-fi headphone was this new LCD-X '21. I immediately felt like this was special and got goosebumps. Also still infatuated with listening to everything I've ever loved on the new headphones.

In my second month I got a GS-X Mini Amp and the synergy is outstanding with the LCD-X '21. I was running them on a Burson Soloist 3XP which lends a little more warmth and rich bass-- still a good combo but the two don't compliment each other as well. I tried Audeze plugins and EQ settings, parametric eq settings, and I didn't like them much, BUT now I'm running the oratory phase .wav EQ files in roon's convolutional EQ, and it's the best EQ implmentation I've ever heard. Altogether, I get the "magic" from LCDX21 + GS-X Mini + Oratory Phase .wav Convolutional EQ

 

[shafat777]

I started out a couple months ago, complete noob, and my first hi-fi headphone was this new LCD-X '21. I immediately felt like this was special and got goosebumps. Also still infatuated with listening to everything I've ever loved on the new headphones.

In my second month I got a GS-X Mini Amp and the synergy is outstanding with the LCD-X '21. I was running them on a Burson Soloist 3XP which lends a little more warmth and rich bass-- still a good combo but the two don't compliment each other as well. I tried Audeze plugins and EQ settings, parametric eq settings, and I didn't like them much, BUT now I'm running the oratory phase .wav EQ files in roon's convolutional EQ, and it's the best EQ implmentation I've ever heard. Altogether, I get the "magic" from LCDX21 + GS-X Mini + Oratory Phase .wav Convolutional EQ

I can also vouch for the GSX mini+ X '21 synergy.

 

[szore]

I started out a couple months ago, complete noob, and my first hi-fi headphone was this new LCD-X '21. I immediately felt like this was special and got goosebumps. Also still infatuated with listening to everything I've ever loved on the new headphones.

In my second month I got a GS-X Mini Amp and the synergy is outstanding with the LCD-X '21. I was running them on a Burson Soloist 3XP which lends a little more warmth and rich bass-- still a good combo but the two don't compliment each other as well. I tried Audeze plugins and EQ settings, parametric eq settings, and I didn't like them much, BUT now I'm running the oratory phase .wav EQ files in roon's convolutional EQ, and it's the best EQ implmentation I've ever heard. Altogether, I get the "magic" from LCDX21 + GS-X Mini + Oratory Phase .wav Convolutional EQ

Can you give me a link for the oratory phase file?

 

[Strat1117]

I'm listening to my X 21 version and I adore it and get goosebumps. Keep it real.

I am, and I love mine too. See the middle of my post #1789 “..the new ones are great and I’m not unhappy…” But, having had both, I am acknowledging that the change may not be 100% positive and I am asking a very specific question - will the old pads make the new ones sound more like the old ones (it’s a minor tuning question, not a personal judgment, so ‘get real’) - which no one has directly answered. So, as usual, lots of opinions but no one has actually done the work (now THAT sounds like a personal judgment ). I will try to get my hands on an old set of pads or maybe Dekonis with memory foam and figure it out for myself if I can do it without destroying the new pads. And, I’ll share since it seems I’m not the only one who’s interested to know.

Relax and enjoy!

Neil

 

[Strat1117]

Can you give me a link for the oratory phase file?

https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/wiki/index/list_of_presets

I think that’s what you’re looking for.

Good luck!

 

[szore]

I am, and I love mine too. See the middle of my post #1789 “..the new ones are great and I’m not unhappy…” But, having had both, I am acknowledging that the change may not be 100% positive and I am asking a very specific question - will the old pads make the new ones sound more like the old ones (it’s a minor tuning question, not a personal judgment, so ‘get real’) - which no one has directly answered. So, as usual, lots of opinions but no one has actually done the work (now THAT sounds like a personal judgment ). I will try to get my hands on an old set of pads or maybe Dekonis with memory foam and figure it out for myself if I can do it without destroying the new pads. And, I’ll share since it seems I’m not the only one who’s interested to know.

Relax and enjoy!

Neil

Sorry, I was drunk.

 

[Strat1117]

Sorry, I was drunk.

Lol!

 

[Giru]

Sorry, I was drunk.