Audeze Sine Deluxe

I just ordered my Sine DX blindly so I was wondering if anyone here has had the chance to give the Sine DX a listen? I love my LCD-X's so I was looking for that Audeze sound for on the go/travel. Being that there are only 80 being made, for now, at a $100 discount was nice too.

 

the sine was brighter with less compression than the LCD series. I think they're the best Audeze has made yet. Hope the DX carries that trend onward.

 

And I suspect the Cypher cable is the only real way the headphone sounds acceptable for the price...

 

The source and accompanying amplification play the biggest role in a headphones sound shaping, that I get. To say that with the use of the Cipher Cable is the only way that the Sine DX will sound acceptable is plain questionable at best. Have you heard the DX yet? I think that at $500.00 it will be competitive especially in the on-ear segment.

 

Nope, EL8 are terminated with dual-side magnetic thingies. Sine cable features TS minijacks.

 

Interesting. Shipping starts when?

 

It was stated in a video hat shipping would be soon after the pre-ordering went live. We'll see. I'll keep everyone posted though.

 

Yes, it does.

 

I don't know how this is region by region, but certainly the Cipher cable is available separately from my local dealer in Switzerland - at around $140 - imports from the USA tend to be expensive here.

Personally I'm out on the idea of an open back on ear, although I can see where others would find benefit of this. Also given that an open back is far less likely to be used in a portable situation I don't think that the Cipher is an optimum solution for these as it limits you to just your iToys. Something like a Dragonfly Red or similar would offer greater flexibility in terms of the sources that could be used, albeit without the inline controls or microphone.

 

Yep, I'm sure.

http://www.k55.ch/audeze-sine-lightning-kopfhorerkabel-ersatz-kopfhorer-kabel.html

 

I agree that the Cipher cable is a convenience more than anything, to me at least. I say this because I have a decent collection of portable amp/dacs that will more than suffice. For instance, I have the Chord Mojo, the CEntrance DACPortable, and the CEntrance HiFiM8 XL4. So for those reasons to Cipher cable is not that appealing to me. I also agree that for an on ear headphone it should be closed back if for nothing else better noise isolation. However, I find that I'm not comfortable with leaving my Grado GS2KE, Grado PS1K, or my LCD-X's around my 3 year old son (who also likes headphones lol) in the bedroom for various reasons. So in my listening room all the aforementioned HP's stay. Now with the Sine DX I feel like I won't be sacrificing too much sound quality while listening during his nap times or late night listening sessions around the house while still being able to hear for him or the mrs. I realize that the on ear design may not be the most comfortable but to be honest I won't be using them for more than an hour at a time; anything over that and I'd be reaching for my LCD-Xs. I hope that the DX's have a more mid forward presentation with no scoop outs in the upper mids while extending the sub-bass and making the treble more linear. We shall see.

 

I'm still convinced that Apple is to blame for there not being a Cypher cable available separately. I know I'd want to try and attach one to my DT1350 if I could, and Apple likes to lock stuff that's "Made for iPhone" down hard....controlling the ecosystem and all...

 

I actually liked the original Sine. It did need a little modding as I found it a touch lean overall. But with some damping in the cups, a bit of EQ and some cheap aftermarket pads I did like it. So I went ahead and ordered the DX.

 

IMO if you're using an iOS device you'd be crazy not to use the Cypher cable. It's super convenient, sounds very good, and the EQ is a huge boon to those headphones. But then I get annoyed when I have to strap the very thin GOV2+ to my iPhone, let alone a fat ass mother like the Chord. But why bother with extra dongles if the headphones themselves can be hooked into the device directly and you get additional sonic benefits for doing so?