[Solude]

  Part of me wonders if I should just put them in storage until Audeze can figure out what's wrong with their parts.

 
Pretty sure the warranty will be long over before that happens.... zing

 

[Elysian]

  This problem you report could be something as simple as a bad connection somewhere -and yet you appear to be making the assumption that there are massive design defects, or quality control issue that all products sold are suffering from.
 
Get the problem checked out first before jumping to conclusions!  -Because it's quite possible this is a simple issue which would be easily fixed.

 
You're obviously new to these parts if you're unfamiliar with the issues the LCD3 has had since launch. You should probably familiarize yourself with who is who around these parts before you, as a newbie, automatically make blanket assumptions about people's technical expertise.
 

  Pretty sure the warranty will be long over before that happens.... zing

 
Hah, yeah really. At least the LCD2s seem to have less imbalance reports lately. It's kind of crazy that even a quick perusal of forum posts is finding a lot of early and mid-2013 LCD3 production line channel issues. Meanwhile my HE6 has been a flawless performer.

 

[Solude]

Not sure flawless can be used to describe a flawed design

 

[citraian]

Not sure flawless can be used to describe a flawed design

Bazinga!

 

[preproman]

Not sure flawless can be used to describe a flawed design

 
How is the design flawed?  It's so flawed I sold the LCD-3 to keep it

 

 

[citraian]

It's a headphone that needs a speaker amp to sound properly. That could be considered as a huge design flaw.

 

[nigeljames]

HE6's don't sound very flawed to me 

 

[BournePerfect]

   
This being my first post here, so it's a pity that I feel the need to respond in this manner, but gosh...
 
...That's a bit of an over reaction isn't it?
 
This problem you report could be something as simple as a bad connection somewhere -and yet you appear to be making the assumption that there are massive design defects, or quality control issue that all products sold are suffering from.
 
Get the problem checked out first before jumping to conclusions!  -Because it's quite possible this is a simple issue which would be easily fixed.
 
Sorry for the strong response -I'm normally a mild-mannered person 

 
 
Overreaction?? It's a TWO THOUSAND dollar headphone.

  From a company with a reputation for QC issues, albeit doing the best they can.
 
-Daniel

 

[Elysian]

We'll see how well the new balanced Dynahi design works to power the HE6

 

[Solude]

It's a headphone that needs a speaker amp to sound properly. That could be considered as a huge design flaw.

 
This is what I was referring to.  In jest. Ish

 

[dan.gheorghe]

It's a headphone that needs a speaker amp to sound properly. That could be considered as a huge design flaw.

 
Totally agree! This is the reason I never considered it..

 

[BournePerfect]

I consider Audeze design flaws a design flaw. To mention nothing of price/performance ratio.
 
-Daniel

 

[Solude]

Audeze has their own odd design decisions.  Getting the driver angle through pads while not changing the yoke... bad.  There's a reason Senn and Beyer angle the housing and not the pad

 

[preproman]

It's a headphone that needs a speaker amp to sound properly. That could be considered as a huge design flaw.

 
Just step your amp game up - and your be rewarded big time..  I sure am..

 

 

[froger]

To be fair, both my HE-6 and LCD-2 had never given me any technical issue while they were with me. Somehow, I couldn't help having this feeling that I was living with a time bomb, given the number of failures reported. Sending the headphones back for servicing is PITA too. Recently, I sent my Mini Torii amp back to Decware to fix channel imbalance and noise issue, and it cost me $300 shipping charge, not to mention the trouble and time spent on shipping and collecting the parcel. With the HD800, I never worry about that as my local service centre is just 15 minutes drive away, and on top of that, I hardly hear of any failure with Sennheiser. Of course, if you love the Audeze and Hifiman sound, I think it is still a small price to pay and it will definitely feel worthwhile for you to take the risk.