Heh thanks for the fast reply guys. Yeah its just that im ampless atm. May be worht a try, will it damage the O2? (i know birgir said the O2 can take higher bias, but Im not sure if it will eat away at its life?)
Interestingly enough, the ID1 leaks a lot out of the sides. Since the baffle has practically zero seal with the cup. And its a rather spacious sounding headphone too.
Im wondering though how treble the LCD1 is....might have to read back on the impressions again.
The Audeze website is semi-up again, man I hope their delay doesnt last too much longer :/
im pretty sure it was dBel taking pictures of that pair, and he had just removed the earpads and took the baffleside photos. Not opened the actual cups (i think they are glued shut)
I think the variance in sound is purely down to the manufacturing process. The tolerances used in the acid etching process Fang uses to create his traces. But much more importantly the tension of the Mylar (dependent on the process he uses to stretch and clamp it), small variances here are almost surely the culprit of these reported sound differences.
It's probably not the absolute easiest thing to get right, id bet even with all their automation, headphones from big companies have some variances too.
Is the primary reason you are scared it will develop squeal?
Apart from that I dont really see a big reason to stop the purchase if the headphone is good enough. Most other companies offer useless warranties, so when you buy used you just have to accept what happens to it in the future anyway.
I feel sorry for Koss, who seem to be one of the few last decent honourable companies.
Some people in this world just go past my comprehension, this woman is sick in some kind of way, whether it be mentally, or greedily.
How about buying the triple.fi10 and going for one of those remoulding services?
That would still be cheaper than most custom's. And I assume the triple.fi10 is the same as the Custom UE.10pro drivers?