Audeze LCD-4

Maybe they did it to make the other models look reasonably priced?

Marketing guys actually think stuff like that.

 

Gotta say those chrome grills look pretty tacky...

 

As an HEK owner, mine's been rock solid. No loose cable jacks, headband is solid / intact, fit/finish is pretty good. I do think they've had some QC issues, but those sorts of things tend to get addressed early. Do I think the retail price is appropriate? No, not really. I like the phones well enough to keep them, but would have preferred to see them around the 2K mark.

 

Maybe planar driver technology is a dead end for Audeze. They are searching for a niche market.
I mean.. if you put out a '' 10k $ '' headphone, how many people are there to criticize the shortcomings it has.

I bet there will be enough buyers worldwide. There will be some reviewers..

I personally can never justify buying a 600-900€ smartphone, but they sell like schit!

 

Orpheus 2 and they retuned the HD 650 a tiny bit last year. I think Sennheiser is content to print money right now and try to break into the low end closed fashion headphone market. The Momentum had problems and Beats idiots won't wear utilitarian gear like HD 25s or 280s even though 280s have skull punching grit your teeth subbass.

They need to do serious R&D on the HD 800 housing to try to make an HD 850. I think the HD 580/600/650 series is almost maxed out for drivers and housing. If they could mass produce an HD 625 with a truly linear treble, they would.

 

That is the remains of my respect for Audeze, melted down and crystallized into an over-priced piece of garbage that no one will buy.

 

The sewage drain is strong with Audeze.

 

Certainly one out of a hundred of them will sound good like that The rest, a variety from junk to awesome with lasting factor of 3 months to 3 years lol...

 

To be fair the simetrical drivers with strong magnets made the he5 awsome, but fazor ugh..

 

can I unlike something

 

4k? Am I not bringing them enough pad sales?

 

Brace yourself, end of times is coming : Stax are now budget phones...

Ali

 

My first thought was "ah, maybe this is why Alex bailed..."

 

At an 8k budget (LCD4+amp) any audiophile knows a TT+speakers setup can easily wipe 99.99% if not all headphone setup off the map. At this price point Audeze is more likely pulling off a new toy for wolves of Wall Street than a serious audio product.

The direction in which the headphone industry is heading is quite unhealthy. To make things worse, there are always more than enough people who are willing to jump onto the hype/FOTM train and believe in more expensive=better theory. As long as enough people are buying these overpriced crap, the trend won't end any time soon.

 

Jeez, there's budget-fi, hi-fi, summit-fi...

... this is just tard-fi,

 

36 hours buddy and thats pushing your luck!