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Is it bad that I didn't bother to read any of it?

Good to hear. I agree the stock THX is very good and makes it super easy to get a quality pic.

Ouch...harsh man

I concur. I actually do think the clientele at headfi could provide plenty of input on your formula and would like a tool such as yours that will help with their purchasing decision without them really having to think about it too much.

The LCD2's have landed and I am really enjoying listening to them. Here are a couple of quick observations I have made within the past couple of days. I am using a meridian 508.24, my amp is a hybrid custom design by dsavitsk, and my main cans are hp1000 and jh13. 1) the lcd2 has a real nice bass response. Very tight and punchy, not boomy at all, I don't detect any obvious humps like the grados have, but have the same punchy feel that the grados have without resorting to any obvious bass humps. Appears to go very deep as well. Very clean as well. 2) the top end is really nice. This is not a bright can to my ears but sounds lime a detailed highly resolved can. I think that speaks to it's integration with the rest of the spectrum and a nice smooth character as well. I prefer a can that doesn't draw attention to itself on the top end, hence why I have always preferred and enjoyed the hp1000. The jh13 is similar in that regard. However the lcd2 makes the hp1000 sound almost mushy and find the lcd2 to be more detailed without sounding bright. I think the lcd2 might be as detailed as the jh13 on top but the jh13 sounds softer to me on the high end. To summarize I really like the highs on the lcd2 and I think it offers for me the optimal midpoint between the hp1000 and something like the hd800 which sounds bright to my ears. 3) the midrange is nice and transparent, clean and detailed. I find the hp1000 to be more lush and rich but that is more a flavor and preferen thing, the lcd2 is perfectly fine in this regard. I don't find the lcd2 to be overly lush or thin in this area, it appears very accurate and has that nice transparent open quality where you can hear through the midrange if that makes sense. 4) still too early to talk about head staging/sound staging capabilities. At first hearing it has a little bit of the 3 blob effect to my ears and I feel like the lcd2 could throw out the stage a lilttle farther out and have a bit more distance in front. Again here is where preference for presentation is everything as I have yet to find something that matches my personal preference for how the hp1000 presents it's soundstage to the listener. Closes enough to the stage to get a nice live quick punchy and immediate sound but far enough back to be able to soak in and absorb details without feeling assaulted. I would put the lcd2 closer to the stage than the hp1000, a couple of rows behind a Grado rs1,which to my ears is a very nice place to be. I would prefer a wider headstage but I don't find fault per SE with what I am hearing. Overall this is probably the first can I have listened to where I don't feel like I need to run back to my hp1000s ASAP. It's very detailed without being bright, is very transparent through the midrange, has a nice sense of depth and I enjoy it's stage presentation, and I really dig the bass response. It is tonally rich without being overly lush or romantic and offers a nice snappy immediate transient response that made me love grados in the first place. A part of me wants to say this is what the hd800 should have sounded like and what I think a lot of us wanted the hd800 to sound like but god damn that bright thin character. Go audeze, kudos to you for making a nice sounding headphone.

Didnt realize the new school flats were thicker. Cool. Maybe the old school flats deteriorated over time?

As a teacher you see the best and the worst in what kids are capable of doing.

Maybe it's reversed on the Board itself?

Ha

You have to explore the firstwatt options, especially since schematics and boards are so widely available.

http://lowther-america.com/page22/page22.html Jon is great. Use him as a refence and for info, incredibly nice and giving of all things Lowther. I am of the opinion as others are that he knows more about Lowther drivers than even Lowther uk themselves. Edit: oh you might want to consider the dx65. Jon thinks very highly of it and believes it is the first 5" to match what the 8" drivers offer but with the better high frequency response and dispersion characteristics that the bigger drivers can't offer...

Lowther dx4 is a very nice driver, though my dx45 driver being a 5" has a nicer treble response (wink wink). And yes I can attest to the first watt series especially the F1 being the perfect mate to lowthers, and with your DIY chops could make one very reasonably.

Phase one: cypher labs?

The amount of "love", or lack thereof, is commensurate with the amount of love most people give to $2-3000 + amps in general. Design and circuit wise though the BA is without parallel in the Craig Uthus pantheon of amps.

Hapie birday too dat meester diy er (from beely and mr. Smuels)

I am excited to check them out. For some reason they did not wow me at canjam. Maybe I had other things on my mind. I'll e able to chime in vs the jh13 once the jvlgato set makes it's rounds to me.

Pm sent. Elnero = hero.

Basically I cannot use my jh13's with the case on my iPhone, the shell around the headphone out is raised and bulky enough to prevent a full inserted connection. But i like the case because it's slim and pretty durable (casecrown). So I am thinking a female to male 1/8 inch headphone adaptor of sorts and the male end is long and thin enough to insert completely without being obstructed by the case ( yes go ahead and make a joke but then after you must answer my question ok thx).

I love how the imbalance Conversation went to "maybe it's your cables". Sorry for all your issues.

Lol. Actually when I think about it it took me about a year to get into kid a. About year after purchasing I saw radiohead in Chicago and hearing the songs live made it finally click. Kid a is still my favorite and I think I may prefer in rainbows over king of limbs but I do like the overall groove on king

Listening. Little by little, awesomeness. That is one funky groove.

Dinny, if you are willing to spend $3000-$4000+ on a Kuro be my guest, but the vt25 would perfectly satisfy 95%of the viewing population. Your not a videophile and any of the current plasmas will serve your needs. If you were willing spend $3000+then I would consider some of the local dimming LEDs but even then because of your love for Sony xbr I would still sway you to go plasma.

Drool...will DL