These are my end game. I upgraded to these from the Monolith M1060's and wow was it ever an upgrade, these blow the M1060's out of the water. I've also had the HIFIMAN HE-400i's, both being Planar and using the Audio-gd R2R-11 headphone amp/dac.
The vocals seem elevated but yet I wouldn't say they are above the music or stand out too much. There's a smoothness that these things pull off and it's amazing, it allows for long listening sessions because the sound is not fatiguing on the ears, and yet at the same time they are in no way muted or veiled, you hear everything, and the balance that Audeze has struck with these is magic. The bass is amazing, it's very tight and hits hard, but again like the vocals it's not exaggerated, these cans do something that words fail to describe. They also take the volume being cranked up like it's nothing, your ears will stop you from increasing the volume before these stop sounding good. The sound they produce really stays together at high volume.
You really get the sense that these are a finely tuned instrument, due to the fact that the highs and lows and everything in-between come at you in a way that is so relaxing and yet so clear, every instrument is played the way it was meant to be.
A lot of reviews complain about the weight, which I find humorous If sub 3lbs is too much for your neck look up some neck exercises, cause that's nothing.
In summary, they're warm sounding. The kind of comfortable warm you get when you pee in the morning and then come back to your warm bed, they're that kind of warm combined with a dark sensuous kiss to your ears from the girl of your dreams.
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Audeze LCD-2 Classic Planar Magnetic Headphones with Leather-free earpads
ABOUT AUDEZE
Audeze started in 2008 in a garage (of course!) when its founders came across a revolutionary flexible circuit material developed for NASA. Realizing this could be a great advance in planar magnetic technology, they first started to make pro audio PA speakers, but dropped this project and started making headphones – the LCD-1.
Taking this first headphone to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, it was a tremendous hit, and that success launched the company. Hanging on that garage wall was the 2001 Space Odyssey poster, and that inspired the company’s name. The founders wanted a name that had something to do with a “journey through audio,” so Odyssey would be perfect, and that’s how the name Audeze (pronounced “odyssey”) was born.
AUDEZE'S PLANAR MAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY
Acoustically engineered for accuracy
Audeze’s innovative planar magnetic technology delivers clear and accurate sound that reveals everything on the recording.
Diaphragms thinner than a human hair
We use space-age materials in an ultra thin diaphragm four times larger than typical headphones for fast response times, dramatically reduced distortion, higher resolution and improved imaging.
Near zero distortion
Double-sided magnet arrays delivers a uniform driving force across the entire diaphragm for near zero distortion.
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| Price | $799.00 | $999.00 | $1,999.00 | $1,549.99 | $1,499.01 |
| Sold By | ListenUp | HIFIMAN | HIFIMAN | PHOTOTECH | Buy Top Tech |
| Color | Black | Black | transparent | Black | Black |
| Fit Type | Over-Ear | Over-Ear | Over-Ear | Over-Ear | Over-Ear |
| Headphones Form Factor | Over Ear | Over Ear | Over Ear | Over Ear | Over Ear |
| Item Dimensions | 12.09 x 10.2 x 7.2 inches | 4.69 x 4.09 x 2.83 inches | — | 0.39 x 0.39 x 0.39 inches | 10.7 x 5.7 x 13.8 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.12 ounces | 1.94 lbs | — | 0.85 lbs | 0.73 lbs |
| Special Feature | Everyone who took the Audeze LCD-2 phones for a test drive arrived at the same conclusion – they are the most enjoyable headphones I’ve ever experienced. - Jeff Dorgay | Lightweight | — | Lightweight, Ergonomic | dj-style |
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Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2018
These are my end game. I upgraded to these from the Monolith M1060's and wow was it ever an upgrade, these blow the M1060's out of the water. I've also had the HIFIMAN HE-400i's, both being Planar and using the Audio-gd R2R-11 headphone amp/dac.
The vocals seem elevated but yet I wouldn't say they are above the music or stand out too much. There's a smoothness that these things pull off and it's amazing, it allows for long listening sessions because the sound is not fatiguing on the ears, and yet at the same time they are in no way muted or veiled, you hear everything, and the balance that Audeze has struck with these is magic. The bass is amazing, it's very tight and hits hard, but again like the vocals it's not exaggerated, these cans do something that words fail to describe. They also take the volume being cranked up like it's nothing, your ears will stop you from increasing the volume before these stop sounding good. The sound they produce really stays together at high volume.
You really get the sense that these are a finely tuned instrument, due to the fact that the highs and lows and everything in-between come at you in a way that is so relaxing and yet so clear, every instrument is played the way it was meant to be.
A lot of reviews complain about the weight, which I find humorous If sub 3lbs is too much for your neck look up some neck exercises, cause that's nothing.
In summary, they're warm sounding. The kind of comfortable warm you get when you pee in the morning and then come back to your warm bed, they're that kind of warm combined with a dark sensuous kiss to your ears from the girl of your dreams.
The vocals seem elevated but yet I wouldn't say they are above the music or stand out too much. There's a smoothness that these things pull off and it's amazing, it allows for long listening sessions because the sound is not fatiguing on the ears, and yet at the same time they are in no way muted or veiled, you hear everything, and the balance that Audeze has struck with these is magic. The bass is amazing, it's very tight and hits hard, but again like the vocals it's not exaggerated, these cans do something that words fail to describe. They also take the volume being cranked up like it's nothing, your ears will stop you from increasing the volume before these stop sounding good. The sound they produce really stays together at high volume.
You really get the sense that these are a finely tuned instrument, due to the fact that the highs and lows and everything in-between come at you in a way that is so relaxing and yet so clear, every instrument is played the way it was meant to be.
A lot of reviews complain about the weight, which I find humorous If sub 3lbs is too much for your neck look up some neck exercises, cause that's nothing.
In summary, they're warm sounding. The kind of comfortable warm you get when you pee in the morning and then come back to your warm bed, they're that kind of warm combined with a dark sensuous kiss to your ears from the girl of your dreams.
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A nice upgrade from my HD650s
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2020Marco
Le mie cuffie definitive
Reviewed in Italy on October 20, 2019
Marco
Reviewed in Italy on October 20, 2019
Deluso, ho voluto provare queste LC-2 Classic che si sono rivelate sin da subito molto più educate nella zona alta, anche se inizialmente le ho trovate un po' granulose, dopo circa 10 ore di rodaggio sono più vellutate e musicali.
I bassi che dire, hanno un rolloff molto stretto ma esteso con un punch fantastico nella zona medio bassa, cosa che con le Sundara non si ottiene.
Le medie sono letteralmente DIVINE, soprattutto con le voci maschili da il meglio di sè, il cantante è come ce lo avessi davanti la fronte, meno invece con le voci femminili dove tendono a rimanere dietro, in particolare con le voci squillanti.
Hanno una firma sonora calda ed avvolgente, il soundstage soprattutto nelle medie è qualcosa di indescrivibile.
Le piloto con il cavo stock attraverso un DAC Aune S6 Pro è i volumi sono ottimi per me riuscendo ad ottenere dei volumi decisamente più alti delle Sundara, anche se credo che acquisterò il cavo bilanciato CBL-XL-1015 direttamente dalla Audeze del valore di 150€ per poterle pilotare attraverso l'uscita bilanciata del mio DAC dove so che da il meglio di sè
Credo che queste sono le cuffie perfette per chi come me è sensibile alle alte frequenze, finalmente posso godermi la mia musica per ore senza emicranie.
Per quanto riguarda il peso, stiamo parlando di 550gr ma sinceramente a meno che non siate dei debolucci non sono assolutamente un problema, appena indossate non si sentono nemmeno.
L'unica nota negativa ma che non intacca tutti gli aspetti positivi è un certo effetto sottovuoto dei padiglioni nelle orecchie ma nulla di che.
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