Ive never used it. I don’t understand the purpose of it either honestly.

Facts! EQd LCD X are so damn good

Appreciate it 🙏.

And don’t be, I’m just awful with my money 😂

Ong

Honestly I am too haha. I might send it over to Amir at ASR sometime to see how it actually performs. I personally love the thing, but imo with solid state amps hard data is nice to have as well.

From what I researched back when I was considering this amp, the general consensus was that it’s a very quality, low distortion amp with a lot of power, and was very synergistic with planars. I’m a huge planar fan, so I pulled the trigger and got one sent over from Sweden (along with a Hegel hd10).

Holographics whole design philosophy is low distortion and a sound that doesn’t change the source material which wasn’t actually talked about or emphasized by a lot of manufacturers earlier.

IIRC: Back when he used to be active, holographic audios “wire with gain” design philosophy was one of the things that inspired NWAvguy to create the circuitry for the O2 amp that was very popular a while ago, and imo is one of the reasons we now have super clean, powerful and cheap amps today. Instead of a lot of overpriced garbage that performed very poorly. Stuff that was all too common during the late ‘00s through the early 2010s.

Yes! The X feed is easily the best implementation I’ve heard. There’s a thread on head fi about it I think. The process is pretty interesting if you’re into that kind of thing.

Putting the knob feel into technical terms: it fucks… holo uses a high end version of an alps pot and its smoother than butter haha. Also, Pushes 3W to 50ohms with very low distortion, so it’s no slouch in terms of power.

After owning this amp for what feels like forever, the only thing that makes no sense to me is the output impedance switch… it is either .01 ohm or 100ohm. Can’t think of a reason you’d ever want a 100ohm output impedance. If anyone has theories, I’m all ears.

I’ve had LSR 305s, 705s, IK MTM with a sub, ascend acoustics sierra 2s, and kef LS50 wireless 2 so far.

These are my favorites for sure. They just melt into the room and the auto room calibration works very well. Definitely worth every penny. If (when) I do upgrade it’s going to be either a higher end pair of “the ones” or a set of their main monitors when I buy a house 👍

Damn straight. Might have to go used tbh. The wood they’re using right now looks like they stained and polished a 2x4 they found at Home Depot 😂

Thanks dude haha. The Genelecs are so good! Easily the best audio product I’ve bought so far.

Thanks man, appreciate it 🙏

Really hoping they have another run of limited edition woods. The base wood looks really bad imo, and they don’t do custom orders anymore :/

I’ve had the clear, elex. LCD2C, Sony MDR-ma900, hd800, EM-U teak, and I’ve tried the LCD3, th900, ZMF auteur, and vérité. I like the EQd LCDX over all except the verite. Which I may end up getting, idk yet haha.

Just a few things: The EM-U teaks were really awesome though, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed them. Think I should’ve kept them and gotten Lawton cups or something.

Elex punches way above its price too, and makes the clear a stupid buy imo.

I also had a bunch of “mid fi” stuff too but it’s really not worth mentioning for the sake of comparison.

As for headphones I’d really like to try: the newest version of the utopia, hedd phone, empyrean elite, LCD5, ie600s and Sony Z1rs.

I haven’t received them yet, so I’ll probably update this when I put the pads on and try them out for a while. It appears that they improved the sound noticeably going off of all the comments / reviews I’ve read.

Gear pictured: ADI-2 DAC > holographic audio ear one headphone amp > LCD-X (& Genelec 8330A)

Not much to say here, Just thought I’d share the gear I’ve been using for the past couple of years.

I’ve tried a lot of different equipment and headphones but this gear has been very enjoyable and way more than enough for me to not want to upgrade (jk who the hell am I kidding lol); The only exception being a purchase I made recently which was a pair of new ear pads for the LCD-X, since from what I’ve read, the new ones change the sound for the better.

If you guys have any questions on my main setup, or any gear I’ve compared it to feel free to comment :)

OP Please listen to this comment. Being able to power, and properly drive are two different things. The 600/650(6xx) all greatly benefit from a good amp (which you can get for around $100 these days) due to their impedance curve.

EQ isn’t the end all for headphone tuning. Not even close lol. It’s also only good on certain headphones, especially planar dynamics that have remarkably low distortion. EQ also is more of a bandaid for things you want to fix, and an enhancer in other areas, rather than a complete overhaul.

The only eq I tried of his was the adi2 specific one for the LCDX and it’s incredibly good

They’re objectively awful amps. If you want distortion go with tubes. Otherwise you’re better with SMSL, topping, schiit or jds stuff.

It’s really cool to downvote without providing why lol. Just trying to save people money here. I’ve owned so many pieces of bad, outdated and overpriced gear in my 15 years of being into the hobby I’m just trying to prevent people from doing the same.

If distorting the sound is something you’re after, tubes are the way to go, not buying a poorly performing solid state amp for over $2k…

Kovaaks

used lcd 2C, and emu teak (new) are easily the best you can find for that kind of money. If you’re not into buying used I wouldn’t hesitate with headphones like these.

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