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Posted by triamp (A) on September 25, 2010 at 14:18:35

In Reply to: RE: AUDEZE posted by Davy on September 25, 2010 at 11:30:46:

In some ways the HD800 is almost TOO bright. Any harshness in amplification stands out like a sore thumb, so they are picky about which amp to use them with. And, for some reason, they don't seem to sound their best on the OTL tube designs I've tried them on. A really good class-A, discrete solid state amp with MOSFET output stage like the Beta 22 seems to be about the best amp to use, at least IMHO.

From what I've read, the Audeze LCD-2 planar headphones are not as "picky" as regards amplification. I can't wait to get mine.

By the way, I heard someplace that someone was going to introduce "true ribbon" headphones at some point. RAAL was saying something about this in 2007 or so, as I recall. That would be interesting.
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