[Skylab]

 
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Oh dear is all I can say...
 
Thanks Skylab for another well considered, very comprehensive review. Like MrQ I have the LCD2 r1 and the T1, so personally these were valuable comparisons.
 
As well I look forward to your forthcoming Corda Classic and Bifrost (with Lyr?) reviews to help get more reference points.
 
I note you didn't mention the MiniTorii - but you reported more than enough amps, sources and 'phones as it is! 

Thanks  
 
I didn't have time to try the Mini-Torii, but I am sure I will at some point.
 


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Rob, do you think your prototype LCD-3's, the one out of the six in existence, will be different than the production version?

I have no clue on that.
 

 

[Skylab]

 
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Rob great write up as usual.

 
Thanks Frank! Very much appreciate it, buddy.
 
 


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Great review Rob!
 
Can't wait to get my pair and give them a whirl. I am curious to hear how they compare to the LCD-2 rev. 2, which I found many similar improvements over the Rev. 1 that you have found with the LCD-3s.

Knowing how similar our tastes are, Peter, I am pretty confident you will be happy.
 
 

 

[johnwmclean]

Thanks Rob, great review.

 

[ardilla]

The LCD-3 is almost as expensive as the Stax 007.... I'm really looking forward to a comparison from someone...

 

[Skylab]

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The LCD-3 is almost as expensive as the Stax 007.... I'm really looking forward to a comparison from someone...

 
I'm sure at some point someone will offer this.  I wish I could, but only heard Stax at shows.

 

[Thenarus]

Thanks for the in-depth review!  Can't wait until these start to ship out in the next few weeks.
 
Now what to decide on for an amp upgrade: Dark Star, LF, Leben...decisions...

 

[ardilla]

Ahhh - the 007 is fabolous - but the bass with the Stax driver is somewhat "loose". I would very much like to hear it with something like the Woo WES... 
 
Great review, skylab - as always
 

 

 
I'm sure at some point someone will offer this.  I wish I could, but only heard Stax at shows.

 

 

 

[Olias of Sunhillow]

Excellent review, Rob... you always know just which questions we're all wondering about.
 
That said, I have one more question. How are the LCD-3 with orchestral music? For me, the LCD-2.2's one real weakness is large-scale classical music -- like most Grados (but in a totally different way), the LCD-2.2 just can't seem to convey the gravitas of big-ensemble compositions. If the LCD-3 mostly solved this problem, I wouldn't necessarily have to keep my T1s as my "Wagner cans" and could build a system tailored to the LCDs.
 
As always, thanks!

 

[Skylab]

 
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Excellent review, Rob... you always know just which questions we're all wondering about.
 
That said, I have one more question. How are the LCD-3 with orchestral music? For me, the LCD-2.2's one real weakness is large-scale classical music -- like most Grados (but in a totally different way), the LCD-2.2 just can't seem to convey the gravitas of big-ensemble compositions. If the LCD-3 mostly solved this problem, I wouldn't necessarily have to keep my T1s as my "Wagner cans" and could build a system tailored to the LCDs.
 
As always, thanks!

That's a good question.  I don't listen to much classical music, and so I'm not sure I could speak authoritatively on that, but will try them in the next day or two with my Pioneer and playing some nice classical reel to reel tapes I have and report back.
 

 

[Olias of Sunhillow]

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That's a good question.  I don't listen to much classical music, and so I'm not sure I could speak authoritatively on that, but will try them in the next day or two with my Pioneer and playing some nice classical reel to reel tapes I have and report back.
 

Don't you mean you'll "report Bach"?
 

 
Thanks for checking into it. I'm on the pre-order list already, but I'm too curious to wait it out.
 

 

[Audiogalore]

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^  Well, Harold.  It's not looking good for our wallets, is it? 

Brent, I believe you have a point!

 

[HelloHell]

Nice review. Nice cans. Even better than my R10? Alright I'm gonna have one of these. Sure.

Wait, hold on wait a second.
 

 

 

 

[cifani090]

^^^ Nice wallet

-'s the cash part.

 

[Equus]

Nice review!  Would love to try out a pair, but recent condo purchase and all the expenses surrounding that put a bit of a damper on my audio purchases.  Unless I wanted to descend even deeper into credit card debt. 
 
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Don't you mean you'll "report Bach"?
 

Ouch.  Ouchouchouch.  I think you may have fractured my brain.

 

[Audeze]

Hello Everyone. Just to clarify the set Rob has is indeed the production model. Thanks for your support.