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Luckbad

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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1280 on: August 17, 2015, 08:59:30 PM »
Quote from: drfindley on August 16, 2015, 08:03:13 AM
(wish I knew enough tube amps to answer Luckbad's question).

My real question, I think, is: What's a good tube amp for ~$500 or less that can handle lower impedances? The best I've been able to find from elsewhere are the Lyr 2, Project Ember II, Woo Audio WA6, and Alo Pan Am (used).
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1281 on: August 17, 2015, 09:01:28 PM »
I'd vote Lyr 2.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1282 on: August 18, 2015, 12:24:41 AM »
Has anyone made any comparo's between the Wyrd v Aqvox v EA Short Block? Been using the Aqvox for a few years now, but wondering if there's anything out there I'm missing.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1283 on: August 18, 2015, 02:12:36 PM »
Whats the deal with changstar and Audeze? Most praise Audeze like crazy, but here it seems like its kinda disliked? Hifiman seems to be more the thing?

1 thing I found can be difficult with hifi is to realize the difference in sonic performance with low, mid and high-end gear. How much difference it is in particular. Especially when you just read reviews.
It can seem like 1 headphone is so insanly superior to something else, yet its only like.. 5% better? :D
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1284 on: August 18, 2015, 03:10:36 PM »
Quote from: Prydz on August 18, 2015, 02:12:36 PM
Whats the deal with changstar and Audeze? Most praise Audeze like crazy, but here it seems like its kinda disliked? Hifiman seems to be more the thing?

(Full disclosure:  I own a pair of LCD-3F manufactured Nov 2014 which work fine and sound pretty good to me)

I feel the perception is that Audeze has QC (LCD-3) and product consistency issues which make them harder to recommend given their premium price point.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1285 on: August 18, 2015, 03:14:57 PM »
I belive my LCD-3Fs are manufactured in february 2015.
Or how did you find out? On the frequency graph?
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1286 on: August 18, 2015, 08:42:58 PM »
Audeze headphones can sound great. In fact, some of the best headphones heard here were the Audeze LCD-2 (prefazor) and the LCD-3 (prefazor). Unfortunately, there has only been one LCD-2 that's sounded amazing and the LCD-3 blew up in less than 24 hours. The -X -XC EL8 all have weird sound signatures which make them not terribly liked, on top of not being very resolving.

The LCD-3F I heard was veiled and sounded worse than my LCD-2 even though I could tell it had potential for more detail. So in general, poor production quality means you're spending a lot of money on a dud.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1287 on: August 19, 2015, 03:23:42 AM »
LCD-3(non F) make for one of the best chill-out headphones I've owned. They're not especially great at anything, but neither will you be distracted by anything awful. So, you plop em on and forget yourself for a while with familiar recordings. When you feel like discovering something new, or find an album recorded especially well, you hang the LCD's on your stand and the HD800's on your head.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1288 on: August 19, 2015, 11:16:58 AM »
quick question... I totally didn't realize that the "applaud" and "no touchy" links were some sort of karma rating on this website & I am afraid I may have spammed out random ratings without knowing it. thought they were a link somewhere & have been clicking on them multiple times trying to access the content. =S

any way to just undo that? hahah
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #1289 on: August 19, 2015, 01:47:15 PM »
Quote from: money4me247 on August 19, 2015, 11:16:58 AM
quick question... I totally didn't realize that the "applaud" and "no touchy" links were some sort of karma rating on this website & I am afraid I may have spammed out random ratings without knowing it. thought they were a link somewhere & have been clicking on them multiple times trying to access the content. =S

any way to just undo that? hahah

The karma system/brownie points here doesn't really mean anything.
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