First of all, I'd like to thanks Marvey for allowing me to be on the loaner. I just signed up to write down my impressions. I'm glad to be here.LOL @ Alpha Primes! Where the frickin' body? Why do pianos have no presence or reverb? Jeez it's not even trying to sound like music. It just sounds funky with acoustic instruments right now. I'm pushing the cups against my head but the coloration is still there. It's not the bass necessarily, it's a midrange thing. How people could pay $1k for this and smile is beyond me. I was enjoying them for a bit till I put on a piano/female vocalist album. Emphasizes the sibilance as well. It definitely sounds a bit peaky on the highs. If not then there is some resonance there for sure. Vocals sound very unnatural on it.Who do I send to next?
Is it known whether Dan has settled on a signature for the Prime or is rolling out revisions? I know he is still trying to figure whether upgrades are viable (or was the last time I heard). I waited a year after the Alpha Dog had been released to get my pair.
I'm also curious as to whether there's also a 75% failure rate when making the Alpha Prime proper. Of course I'm not an engineer so I don't really understand these things, but why would there be higher failure rate when upgrading Alpha Dogs to Alpha Primes than there is when making an Alpha Prime outright? I would think the failure rates for whatever he does to the driver would be roughly the same in each case.
The changes are done within the driver it seems for the Primes, so that's why the high failure rate. For the Alpha Dogs (non Prime), nothing is done to the drivers, is just the damping method and new enclosure when jumping from the Mad Dogs. [Emphasis added]
Dan says that he pleats the t50rp diaphragm with his alpha primes.
LOL. You might be lucky. The high grade LCD2s > LCD2 Fazor. If it isn't, complain to Audeze about it sounding veiled (if it does sound veiled or slow); and get a Fazor in return.
