[MattTCG]

I once had the lcd2 r2 as my end game hp. I gave up on that dream before I ever owned it. Too many people that I trust told me that the bass is not as good as people make it out to be. It is certainly beyond what I would call reasonably comfortable based on the specs. 
 
Ultimately I think that the he400 goes toe to toe with the lcd2 for a lot less money. 

 

[TMRaven]

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Huh? Me?

 
Yeah it was when we were discussing the DT990's sub-bass strength.

 

[TMRaven]

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I once had the lcd2 r2 as my end game hp. I gave up on that dream before I ever owned it. Too many people that I trust told me that the bass is not as good as people make it out to be. It is certainly beyond what I would call reasonably comfortable based on the specs. 
 
Ultimately I think that the he400 goes toe to toe with the lcd2 for a lot less money. 

 
I can see that too.  Head-fi's full of hyperbole and at times it's a disease.  Luckily cablecompany will allow us to try them out for 50 dollars.  That's exactly what I will do.  HE-400 vs LCD-2 with the objectively perfect O2 amping them, oh hell ya.

 

[MattTCG]

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I can see that too.  Head-fi's full of hyperbole and at times it's a disease.  Luckily cablecompany will allow us to try them out for 50 dollars.  That's exactly what I will do.  HE-400 vs LCD-2 with the objectively perfect O2 amping them, oh hell ya.

 
I go for that. Send them to me after you're done and I'll split it with you. 

 

[wje]

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My Bifrost did indeed only have the optical and coaxial input. A nice young man from GA Tech bought it from me and got a great dac!! I made comments a page or so back about the difference...no I'm not going to quote myself here. Although I find it funny that sometimes I'll google for the answer to a computer question and I find myself in the results. Sometimes I even answer myself. 

 
The bifrost is a much better dac than the BF IMO.

 
OK, I can understand how you might use Google to look for your answers - then find some of your posts about a year earlier.  It's awfully hard to remember all that information with so much hitting all at once.  However, if you *post* the wrong information, then your posted references are essentially no good.  I think you mean "FB" as in "NFB" an not "BF", correct?  

 

[TMRaven]

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I go for that. Send them to me after you're done and I'll split it with you. 

 
 
The only troubling thing is I think the rental time is 1-2 weeks?  I'd have to check again.  Hopefully whatever box the LCD-2 comes in fits inside a medium flat rate box, which would be 10 dollar shipping for like a 3 day delivery.

 

[MattTCG]

If it's two weeks, we could just pull it off. I'd only need 2-3 days to complete my audition.

 

[funsound]

Just ordered these today. What sub-$150 amp would be best to match with these?

 

[MattTCG]

Fiio e17 gives you amp and dac for $139 shipped. Really drives the he400 pretty darn well...
 
gL!!

 

[TMRaven]

I'd probably need 4-5 days with it to formulate a decent review.

 

[wje]

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Fiio e17 gives you amp and dac for $139 shipped. Really drives the he400 pretty darn well...
 
gL!!

 
I wish I had tried the E17 with a better source than the iPod when I had it.  It took me plenty of iterations to realize that the iPod was not a good source for me.  Even with the LOD cable, you still don't bypass the DAC in the iPOD, thanks to Apple's "lock down" policy.  I wonder how many people are using mega-buck DACs with an iPOD and don't realize that their DAC is essentially not doing a thing for them?  Hmm ...

 

[musicinmymind]

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Fiio e17 gives you amp and dac for $139 shipped. Really drives the he400 pretty darn well...
 
gL!!

 
I wish I had tried the E17 with a better source than the iPod when I had it.  It took me plenty of iterations to realize that the iPod was not a good source for me.  Even with the LOD cable, you still don't bypass the DAC in the iPOD, thanks to Apple's "lock down" policy.  I wonder how many people are using mega-buck DACs with an iPOD and don't realize that their DAC is essentially not doing a thing for them?  Hmm ...

This Saturday DC meet, you can try again, will bring along both of them E17 HE400,
[size=medium][size=11pt][size=11pt]looking  forward for your feedback on this combo[/size][/size][/size]

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

Just got home from work, and I couldn't wait to put them on. I have NEVER had the urge to rush home just to put on my headphones. Not even the D7000.

That's saying something.

I have become absolutely enamored with the HE400. I REALLY never expected to fall in love with them like this. I was a real big skeptic. Now... I'm an absolute fanboy. I won't deny it.

 

[wje]

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This Saturday DC meet, you can try again, will bring along both of them E17 HE400,
[size=medium][size=11pt][size=11pt]looking  forward for your feedback on this combo[/size][/size][/size]

 
Sounds good.  I'll have my laptop with loads of songs.  Also, you can try the Audio-GD.  Unfortunately, just the NFB-12, though.  The other Audio-GD, the "FUN" model, doesn't arrive until Monday.  I'll have my pimpin' Sennheiser HD-428 headphones along.   With the mods, they have bass that is crazy-sick and along the lines of the HE-400s < ooops, maybe I shouldn't have said that in this particular thread >.  I'm just pushing those with my iPod Classic and no amp.  Amps don't pair well with them, but with the iPod, it's a marriage made in < fill in the blank >.

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDtQXrbAajo&feature=relmfu[/VIDEO]

The vocals on this... AMAZINGLY intimate with the HE400. The thump is like hauntingly realistic.