troche impresji kolegi z HF , ktorego dorobek sluchawkowy jest nie mniejszy niz Wiktora:
Clearly Audeze has come a long, long way from the LCD-1s and they\'ve brought their A game. For a 2-3 man operation they did not fail to deliver on a professionally manufactured and packaged product. No off the shelf chassis the sequel. No sir.
But the real question is of course how they sound!
Well the answer to that is they sound good. Listen to them from my AD1 Balancing Act sourced by my modded Assemblage DAC3 they sound damned good. I have not shot them out against my Qualias/K1K/AD2k yet, but these certainly sound competitive even factoring in a hit after new toy syndrome fades.
My complaints with the LCD-1 were as follows:
1. Highs.. I couldn\'t hear above 16khz where with some phones I\'m able to hit 17/18khz which is sad because just a couple of years before I could hit 20khz :(
2. Fell apart a bit with distortion heavy, fast, complex raw music with a lot going on.
3. The cable was a bit unwieldy (My bad since I made the recommendation ;p Whoops).
With the LCD-2
1. Highs I can maybe hear 17khz though that might be wishful thinking... also I\'ve been to a few live shows since I\'ve last tested my hearing so that may be user disability. I think they do better though.
2. Listening to some distortion heavy, fast, complex raw music and it\'s manhandling it with 0 issue.
3. The cable is not only vastly improved in build quality and while it\'s still thick, it isn\'t nearly as bad and is real durable feeling. Also <3 detachable. <3 it to hell. Every headphone should have detachable cablesif I had my way. Mmm qualias having detachable cables.
What it has improved on:
1. Bass. God finally I have a headphone that has top tier bass I feel. The only thing that maybe edges it out is a properly amped O2. Maybe not even then. Would have to shoot it out to really say since it\'s been awhile since I\'ve heard the O2/BHSE combo or O2/WES or mmm O2/T2 which I have yet to hear! The extension. The tightness. The speed. The impact. So perfect. Maybe a bit more tone and resonance, but I feel like those are tradeoffs against speed and so no thanks.
2. It\'s simply a more complete and refined and balanced sound. The LCD-1 had its sound signature which had its quirks. I sadly could not say that it was a better headphone even for the money when compared to the AD2k for me :/ These though... well any urge I had to buy T1s is now gone except for the fact that it\'s closed.
3. Comfort. Wow these are comfortable. Almost HE90 comfortable which is the most comfortable headphone I\'ve worn. You have to remind them that they are on your head and when you do you just bask in their comfort for a moment. Then with their ungrip you worry if a 8-10k headphone is going to slide off your head. I didn\'t like that much which is why I sold them. LCD-2s, better than broken in hd650s since they grip more even when broke in. On par with comfy beyerdynamics. Comfortable, durable headphones, but not really my sound.
4. Construction/Look/Quality... off the charts here. Really. Almost as glamorous as the nicest AT woodies, but with nicer cable/boxes imo and overall I think a little bit more consistency. There were always little bits of each AT woody I\'ve owned where I\'d be like man rest is so nice, but they kinda skimped in this ridiculous nit picky small area. I can\'t think of any specific examples right now, but I don\'t get that with these.
5. Imaging/soundstage. The soundstage doesn\'t sound immediately all that wide, but when you get far away sounds in a song you are like whoa okay I guess they can go that far. And then you note that sound versus a more mid-centric sound and all the distances in between and how they are laid about for your musical palate to enjoy and then you realize that these headphones can image with the best ;p
6. Speed/Effortlessness... up another notch. The power too. The power that some headphones flaunt with their boomy one note bass and their sluggish heavyhandedness... yeah none of that with these headphones. By the time you realize the power and depth that these things can deliver in the note... right when you brace yourself for the impact the thing is already dancing away and moving onto the next note. So effortless. Like when Jet Li punches at a dude\'s face but then stops right before impact and the force of the punch blows the guy\'s hair back... yeah it\'s like that.
Okay that\'s enough for now. Time to enjoy. May or may not post impressions against other headphones and other amps. I can\'t wait til my Dynafet is complete.. I guess my Balanced Gilmore Reference and Dynahi will have to do for now.
