Yes it's a combo unit as is the K7. There's nothing inherently better about having standalone units aside from being able to upgrade the amp separately from the DAC which you may eventually want to do.

Actually thanks for that. The fact that the HD 25's do have a fucking GNARLY sound had nothing to do with it.

How many DJ's got holes punched in their hearing from these ? Jeeez.

But hey whatever, trevor.

Because the little dot is a tube driver stage for a solid state output

I like chiptune because square waves, which have harmonic content distributed across a wide range of frequencies in a relatively even manner, form a large percentage of instruments. It makes it really easy for me to tell whether something's tonality is solid or completely off its rocker.

U12t

So the e10k is both? And that performs just as well as stacking them individually?

For Christmas I ended up getting the Focal Clear OG and the Sennheiser HD8XX and was VERY happy with them but there were still 2 headphones in the $1000 tier that I just HAD to get as well. The Hifiman Arya and the Audeze LCD X. I ended up getting both (I have no self control) but this post is about the LCD X.

I had heard complaints about the weight of this headphone but always thought to myself "It can't be THAT bad," I was wrong. You WILL feel these headphones and my first few days with them definitely caused some soreness but honestly, after a couple of days, they don't really feel too heavy to me anymore. There's definitely some days where I choose to wear other headphones and when I come back to these I'm always reminded of their weight but it definitely isn't as bad as those first few days.

As far as the sound, I think they might be my least favorite out of my Clears, HD8XX and Arya but it's really not by much and there's even some days where I prefer these, especially if I'm after that deep booming bass. I usually prefer the dynamics of the Clears if I'm listening to bass but the Clears feel much more closed in than the LCD X so if I'm in the mood for bass+SOME width (emphasis on SOME, these are definitely not wide) then I grab these. Not too big on EQing because I swap headphones so regularly, I often times forget to switch EQ profiles. That being said, the LCD X DO sound better with EQ but I don't think it's necessary to enjoy this headphone. I've been using Resolve's EQ for this headphone if I do EQ as I tend to not really like Oratory's settings on my headphones, but a lot of people do so you could try those!

All in all, idk if I would ever be happy with these as my ONE headphone. Especially due to the weight, I couldn't see these being a daily driver unless you only wear headphones for 2-3hrs a day. I wear headphones 8+hrs most days due to my job and after the third hour or so, these definitely gotta come off. That being said I think these are an AMAZING complimentary headphone to something like an HD600/800 series headphone, making up for the bass those lack. Happy to have this legendary headphone in my collection!

There's a long version of this answer and a short version.

The short version is get a simple DAC/amp combo like the e10K or k7 or Schiit stack and just call it a day.

Ouch $2000. I was looking for a closed back to complement my Ananda but that's a big stretch

nope, sorry to disappoint, its "another rain" from halo 3 ODST

any headphone can hurt you if you listen to it loud enough

Is that fear of a blank planet?

oh yeah fs

I think this can get louder than your airpods

I was chilling on the couch one day and out of nowhere decided I want to get more audio fidelity from my music lmao. Looking back the cheap earbuds that came with my sony phone is actually really good since I ere content with it for so long, I even sought the whole internet for another one as replacement when it broke too.

First ever proper headphones were the sr850, really made me wonder can I get much higher (so high) and it just starts from there. I still put them to use sometimes to remind me how far I went, lots of saving up and too much iems along the way lol. Oh and also dankpods, he's cool.

na like i get up put in my airpods shower listening to music at max drive listining to music ludacrusly loud sit through school always have 1 in workout &hoop with em in go home listen to more eat listining to music and usually have an hour sleep timer so its off when i wake up so essentaly all waking hours with no breaks

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Without a break? Why

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Nice hiss!

wtf does egg sound sound like

whats a long time? i listen to music 10+hours a day

Do you really listen to your headphones with the cups adjusted like that lol?

At full volume for long time, maybe

Why tubes amps needs to be ugly