Pros & Cons
Pros
There is now no way the stax 007 can be better. Every headphone has strengths and weaknesses. I only use over the ear headphones and these are my favorite. I have the slightly older non fazor version of these, which is 50 ohms-works well with my headp... Read More
The mids are very smooth and tube-like while the treble is very articulate yet imparts no sense of graininess or harshness whatsoever.
Small groups of instruments or individual instruments portrayed with great detail and warmth. It is a pleasure listening to classic too especially cello which i have discovered i like the most.
Cons
Bass is not as deep and groaning, the rumble is gone, and some highs and vocals lack punch. There is no air circulation in these phones, and the discomfort becomes unbearable. Now those jokers want to sell an lcd-4?

Highlights
Quality
After now 10 years i have come in touch with the best planarmagnetic headphone in the world
They do have a little weight to them but with the large headband and comfy ear pads it never bothers me
I personally have heard the stax 009 and 007 mkii they are better in detail but are much more less fun that the audeze lcd3
Product updatewell i just sold my lcd 3cs which ive had for a couple of years to get a new fazored lcd3
Price
The price is only 2k so i dont know why these are aging 4k
Competitiveness
I recommend anyone looking for the best quality personal audio equipment to look no further than audeze
And audeze nailed it with their new driver
It lacks so much when comparing a solid silver cord to a ropey copper cord
Many more traditional audiophiles seem to be more skeptic of audeze headphones especially given that they have come out with ma... Read More
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The price is only 2k so i dont know why these are aging 4k
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
First time i heard this was from a setup using a reeltoreel source definitely not an ipod or macbook
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Many more traditional audiophiles seem to be more skeptic of audeze headphones especially given that they have come out with many different updatesrevisions to the lcd2 line
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That said i have experience first hand a decent amount of variation in sound from the same model same revision using the same equipment
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Unfortunately my experience was not close to that and i came away feeling pretty left down
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If money isnt an object then by all means pick these up try them out and see if you like them
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre on a budget and are potentially thinking about upgrading other parts of your stack as well i would definitely go for the lcd2 he6 hard to drive or hd800 my allaround favorite
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Cable issues which audeze now has a premium cable that is equivalent to most high end cables and one of the speakers stopped working 4 months after i got them which they fixed for me