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I would try D-cups, more than a handful is a waste

@DigMe That must be true.. I might perhaps go there some day.
@Kunlun What a genius! You said the truth of the world...

Getting a fresh, decent roast from a local company and playing with pour-over will take you up about 10 levels and actually be a lot cheaper than K-cups. Like going from the earbuds that came with your phone to the HD598.

Wow, Audeze is going to send me pad replacement kits. What a kind and responsive customer service! Just have to wait for a few more days..

You can go a long way with 'soft on the skin' hand soap and warm water, followed by light oil (nut, so long as you're not allergic) if it's not suede.

If it's suede, there's cleaning kits for shoes to make nice after it's dry - the most important thing is to be delicate so it doesn't go bald.

@Taverius Thanks for wonderful advice! I will look for more information about cleaning kits for suede.

Thanks to you, I now understand the power of EQ.

@Gaspasser Yeah, I generally don't like intensive eqing, but it can certainly help some tone-related situations!

Yeah I’m now using just a tiny bit of EQ with Loki.
It’s like salt in cooking.

I did not like them when I tried them at a meet. I prefer a darker headphone, but these took it took far for me.

@spwath I agree with you a lot. That's why I sold it in the end (two yrs ago). Unless intensively eqed, its tonality is very difficult to accept in general.

I did find a use for mine and kept them.

Best can I've tried when you want music only as a background.

Any time I'm working on something that demands absolutely no distraction, these come out.

Getting a new cable for mine though - the stock one is bad, and there's no way I'm going to clean a silver plug ever time.

Well don't worry too much. Clear pads still feel a nicer than Elex. They'll be a bit different in tonality, but both will be more similar to each other than to Utopia in technicality. From measures, looks like Elex rolls off low bass a bit more than Clear. Different impedance to so kind of amp might play a role too.

might be easier to find a good amp for the Elex because impedance is higher. Its hard to find a good tube amp for the clear without going ultra high end like the EC AF. I'll settle for a t3....zds is too bassy....leaving a zdt....which is impossible to find. I would love to take @Ice-man 's kenzie but 32 ohms and 300 ohms just don't match with the clear ><.

Agreed. That's why I'm interested in Elex or Elear with a pad swap also, for ZD. For clear, I bet T3 would be boss without going for much more expensive amps. I'm not much of a fan of ampsandsound anyway

@SoupRKnowva Perhaps they don't.. To my ears, l2c is just in the newer generation (I admit newer isn't always better - like Senn). Not only sonically but also aesthetically/ergonomically..

I can agree with that, but any improvements theyve made to drivers and driver consistency are already in the regular model. I do think every one of their headphones should be using the suspension headband though, its absurd they dont, its incredible

@SoupRKnowva absolutely, and everyone else in the industry too.

I'm looking at you, Focal.

My kitchen scale told me that lcd2c weighed 550g(=1.2lbs). Quite surprised because I didn't feel that heavy.

@spwath let's split v2 or something else?

Regretting my Planck now since it's not ergo at all. Split makes more sense for grid layouts.

@kitantisune a custom design. I'll get pics. It's mostly done, just working on programming it.

I originally planned to mod 6xx when ordered it last year, but indeed It took ten months(!) for me to go into action. Oh well..

Well that's 10 months you can't get back. Jk, enjoy your new cans!

What were the errors? Did you cut on it and suddenly realize that you had accidentally modded a pair of Utopias instead?

@DigMe Haha.. I am really a noob at modding, so handling dynamat, separating foam, and even cutting foam were a bit challenging for me.

Just a diff product. This is the second time they've dropped it. They also have the SDAC as a standalone.

@DigMe Yeah.. I understand. I just didn't like grace design's digital products haha.