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Did I Sell Out!? $4000 Headphones!!!!!! The Meze Audio Elite Headphone Review

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@cheapaudioman 2 года назад

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@dannybeteran3358 2 года назад

What's wrong? Randy, why not reply our email anymore??? We have no idea what's happen between us!!

@kyron42 2 года назад

The problem with buying a $4,000 pair of headphones is that your daughter might have to go without a Louis Vuitton handbag and you have to keep driving your 1991 SX Corolla for another 5 years.

@Eyr 2 года назад

Those 90s corollas are nice though.

@BigBoss-kk8hq 2 года назад

Did u mean a prius?

@stopthefomo 2 года назад

Just waiting for Ferrari to send its latest model to the Junkyard Car Man 🤔

@odwatchguy 2 года назад

Thank Randy what you said about not knowing if something is punching above its weight makes sense. The layering that these are able to do stands out to you, it will others. Congratulations to the one percent that will be getting these. Now where did I put my Koss KPH 30i's.

@cliph6068 2 года назад

Nice to see you trying these out. I picked up the Liric which is the new closed back premium headphone from Meze and costs $2000. They're the most expensive headphones I've owned, but they're also the best closed back I've heard. They're even more neutral than the Elite and in my opinion have better tuning. They're not detail monsters but have great clarity. The bass is some of the best I've heard from any headphone, especially the subbass. I haven't enjoyed listening music this much in a long time. If you're serious about the Elite but don't want to pay that much, definitely give the Liric a try.

@mareknowakowski1692 Год назад

Yeah, Liric are good , Elite are good, I have Elite from a year righ now, with a latest varsion of the suitcase, but still planing and saving money for Liric as well.Looks great with any Astell&Kern dap with their leather cover.

@Kawartha65 2 года назад

Hey Randy…. Love the reviews but I think it’s evident that in time you are going to evolve beyond the “ cheap audio man“ persona. We just dig all audio equipment. It’s ok ….. we won’t hold it against you. That particular angle may have “launched” you …. but as an audiophile there is more to life than just the cheap stuff. I’ll keep watching regardless. Cheers!

@erics.4113 2 года назад

I'm with it. I think Randy should bring in the occasional perspective piece to contrast the more budget gear against the higher end. And let's be real. Even if cheapaudioman reviewed a 4k pair of speakers or headphones, what is that really in the high end market? A single interconnect or speaker cable, maybe? There are arguments that 4k in hifi is still within modest measure when the ceiling is as high as it is.

@danstein2467 2 года назад

Boomer statement of the day: “I paid $4000 for my 1979 Olds Cutlass Supreme. Did it bring me pleasure? The backseat was soft and warm. Its front end was run over by a semitrailer Chicago in ‘82 and kept on running until 1984. I loved that car”

@cheapaudioman 2 года назад

My sister had a Cutlas Supreme. I can’t remember the gear. But every time I look at the Pioneer AX3700 it reminds me of the cutlas for some reason. My 1979 Doge Aspen RT was $1700, Dan

@geezer5236 2 года назад

I'm not the sort who'd go to a 3 star Michelin restaurant and wonder where they keep the ketchup. I'd simply savor the moment, turn brain off and enjoy. $4K headphones are ridiculous for most but it's silly not to appreciate them given the chance. In the long run though I'd miss the grittiness, rough edges, and quirky personality, in short the imperfections and flaws that characterize the things and people I love. What first made me just listen to music was the six transistor radio my ten year old self had. Lots of gear since has done the same. Now my old ears love whatever can help me hear what my younger self used to hear so easily.

@danpangione 2 года назад

I've been using the hifiman sundaras for years and still love them. I went to canjam a few years ago and tried dozens of headphones. The only ones that I could immediately tell were superior to the sundaras were the meze empyrians. Of course there is diminishing returns when it comes to price but the quality is definitely there with Meze.

@SB-ht6kf 2 года назад

Love the Sundaras too! I took the plunge and bought the original empyrean after hearing them at a show...Wow....amazing....so then also a while later, I saw Randy's review of the Xduoo M-604 and picked it up....running from a PC through an ifi zen dac...so what happened is I ended up hating the Empyreans, as the M-604 added that little bit of warmth to the Sundaras and tubey harmonic distortion to tamp down some of the funny metallic detail sheen....then I turned on truebass on the ifi zen dac...and it was incredibly hard to tell the difference between the two, they were basically identical...which was hilariously disappointing. The Empyreans look cooler though...yea...

@danpangione 2 года назад

@@SB-ht6kf Yeah see I love the detail. It gives me a reason to use them instead of speakers, even when I'm not trying to be quiet. They definitely needed a little boost tho, I run them with a shelf eq of +5db @ 100hz on monolith thx amp and its perfect for my ears. I will say they were harsh and fatuiging when new but they broke in nicely in just a few days.

@robertreynolds2212 2 года назад

The happiness I get from listening to high level headphones is precisely the reason why I didn't bat an eye at investing in a pair.

@jim010109 2 года назад

I remember the review on the Klipsch Heresy's. I always thought they possibly be a endgame speaker for me. At that price those headphones would have to be a end all in headphones. Nice to see how the other half lives, lol. Great review by the way.

@mkemp01 2 года назад

Nice review thanks. I have the Meze Empyreans, they are so much fun to listen to. Expensive I know but I sold a lot of stuff on Ebay to buy them.

@kyron42 2 года назад

Someone sent a $4,000 pair of headphones to the CHEAP Audio Man. LMAO 🤣😆🤣😂😂🤣😆

@thisisnev 2 года назад

From a PR point of view it's worked though, hasn't it?

@redstang5150 2 года назад

I think it's interesting how every 'affordable' equipment reviewer eventually gets sent really expensive stuff to review and gets pulled into the high end. But you make a good point about needing to know what those sound like to be able to give healthy opinions on cheaper stuff.

@cheapaudioman 2 года назад

I shall stay strong!!!!! I shall stay focused!!!!!!

@Stan_the_Belgian 2 года назад

fully agree you can not comment on something you haven't heared. More expensive is not always more better, but often more nicer :-)

@JTB-- 2 года назад

These headphones are so amazing they can actually cure baldness!! Use only as directed

@lsim001 2 года назад

Meze clearly have never watched any of your videos. haha. Not even the first 5 minutes. I did appreciate the extra effort you put into the sound effects. Befitting of a top notch headphone review like this.

@testek3053 2 года назад

new channel name: richaudioman

@danielwoodard680 2 года назад

I drove a $250,000.00 Rolls Royce for 3 hours. I Had a great time.As expected. It did stuff flawlessly. The Cheap audio man drove some $4,000.00 headphones for a week and found some awe. As expected, it did stuff flawlessly. So? Did the universe just fold itself? Has time collapsed? $4,000.00 won't be cheap for at least a decade.

@brianbieniowski2777 2 года назад

I am sure I would love these headphones. I hope I never have the chance to hear them.

@JohnScheppler 2 года назад

Great job on the review. You're correct if you are only comparing affordable products how they compare to the higher end products if you don't listen. It would be similar if you were just test driving a Toyota Pirus and Chevy Spark and going yep there just as good as a Tesla and Audi.

@mustdobetter6748 2 года назад

love the sarcastic audiophile openings to your videos. and the honesty.

@NemoPropaganda 2 года назад

Randy, to cushion the blow of the high price you can start using cans of spam as a unit of measure for the price, like those are not $4000 headphones, they are 1,527 cans of Spam headphones. Just a pro-tip, you're welcome.

@supergranular 2 года назад

Never apologize for brands recognizing your excellent work.

@pkats9093 2 года назад

Thanks Randy! That’s awesome you had a chance to check these out. I would love to do so myself. I have the 99 classics and while I do like them very much they can be a bit warm on some tracks. I am exploring ways to brighten them up just a little. Purchased the smaller ear pads but I can’t say they really did a whole lot to change the sound.

@VladVexler 2 года назад

A lovely soulful review. Thank you!

@chutgowdingo-loon3212 2 года назад

Isn't that what it's all about - when a product enables one to listen to and lose oneself in the music, rather than have one analyse every aspect of the sound. That's Audio Nirvana - a Eureka moment.

@zackw4941 2 года назад

I haven't heard the Elite. My friend had the original Empyrean and Audeze LCD-4. And I have LCD-4 too. We both liked LCD-4 better and he ended up selling the Empyrean. Audeze can often be sourced in perfectly good B-stock from local dealers. My brand new LCD-4 cost me $2800ish. Still a lot, but I use them every day and love them. For good value in high end electronics to drive them, I recommend Audio-gd.

@BrJD-ii4iv Год назад

Good to know! Yesterday, I just purchased the Audeze lcd 4 for $2800ish myself. I haven’t received it yet, but everyone keeps raving about the bass and so I had to give into my curiosity. The lcd 5 has no bass and so I sold it..

@zackw4941 Год назад

@@BrJD-ii4iv Congrats! And yeah, LCD-5 is a joke. My other audiophile buddy, I mentioned before, bought a set to satisfy his curiosity too. He brought them over here a while back. Two of our other friends came by as well. We had our two LCD-4's, the LCD-5, two LCD-2c's, early Rosson RAD-0 with wood cups, maybe something else, don't remember. For electronics we had my Audio-gd R1, Master 19, Audiovalve Solaris, topping A90 and then his Denafrips Ares II, Schiit Ragnarok 2, Folkvangr, THX-789, again maybe something else, don't remember. No one in the room liked the LCD-5. The LCD-4 was the most liked. LCD-2c has a similar signature at lower cost, but the LCD-4 just does everything better. The RAD-0 is very good and leans in the direction of LCD-5, without giving up so much body. I heard the newer ones at Canjam and from memory, the new RAD-0 compared more favorably to my LCD-4 than these older ones. BUT, I was listening to both on the awesome Fidelis, which is a little warmer than my own equipment, so hard to tell. My friend had actually already arranged to trade his LCD-5 for ZMF Verite and cash, but told the buyer this meeting was happening first. The buyer had owned and sold LCD-5 before and apparently wanted them back. The same day he received them, he told my friend that he remembered why he sold his LCD-5 the first time! Poor guy.. As for bass, the LCD-4 may not trample everything you've heard before in terms of raw quantity or extension, though they have plenty. For me, it's more the weight and texture that they give to the whole spectrum. They have a large sound stage in all directions, and a very lush sound that makes it hard to go back to anything else. All these new high end phones with their thin sound, will give a high sense of resolution and speed, but are not satisfying for me to listen to. The LCD-4 are no slouch in resolution or speed either, with the right electronics. They just don't throw as many details in your face, with the thicker sound. I bought and sold more expensive gear before calling it quits with my reasonably priced Audio-gd stack and I think this is a very good combination. My same buddy recently purchased the R27-HE and I haven't heard it yet. I hope it's not too much better because I really don't want to spend more money! Oh, I forgot to mention, there is a bit of variance between LCD-4. My pair is especially lush, which I like, but vocals have a higher probability of sounding recessed. My Audio-gd stack does a pretty good job keeping them forward though. My friend's LCD-4 is a little leaner, faster, more vocal forward, in spite of him using hybrid pads and mine with full leather like stock. (We both have Dekoni Elite pads.) Last thing, they're heavy. Doesn't bother me, but I'm a big dude. If you get a hot spot, DMS has a great guide for unscrewing the headband strap and then lowering it a little. Worked great for me!

@BrJD-ii4iv Год назад

@@zackw4941 Thank you so much for that detailed response! I’m a bass lover & I was so disappointed when I’ve heard the LCD 5. I was beyond upset because I paid $4500.00 fr Moon Audio and stuck with it over a two months trying to like it. I eventually sold it and took an L on it. The uncomfortable fit, clamp and the lack of bass makes the 5’s a highway robbery for the price. I see a lot of ppl are selling the 5’s. I currently have the LCD X 2021, Sony MDR Z1R and the Klipsch Hp-3. I have the Schiit ragnarok 2 and the Klipsch heritage amp for the Klipsch Hp-3. I remembered buying the LCD 3’s and fell in love with the bass.. I sold it for reasons I don’t remember … I haven’t heard the 4’s yet but I believe it’s going to be the best headphone I’ve ever heard. The weight doesn’t bother me - I just hope my Schiit ragnarok 2 can drive these properly. I also was looking at the hifiman 1000v2 (because the price dropped) but I don’t want to go broke lol 😫

@zackw4941 Год назад

@@BrJD-ii4iv Stinks taking a loss on something. But if we don't try, we won't know! I never liked LCD-X, can't put my finger on it. I believe those Sonys and Klipsch are quite warm, but maybe not so "hi-fi?" They are a very pleasant listen though. My same friend (Yes, he has more money and a bigger problem than I do!) had LCD-3 as well for a while. I don't think I ever heard them side by side with the 4, but I had my LCD-2c at the time. (which I bought right after hearing LCD-4 at Canjam and couldn't afford them yet.) I think we both felt like the 3's are nice, but the whole range is so close, really the 2c and 4 are the only two that matter. I think you're going to be very happy with the 4. Between the two of us, my buddy and I, we've been through a LOT of headphones and speakers and nothing outright beats the LCD-4. Nothing. And I just got my Tekton Moabs a few weeks ago too ;) The Rag 2 has plenty of power and will drive them fine. But for a dedicated headphone amp, I don't think it performs at its price point. A Topping A90 is really just as good and neither one quite stands up to my Audio-gd Master 19, which is bloody fantastic, IMO. Even my more expensive tube amp doesn't get a lot of use any more. They do different things better and both do everything well. But the Master 19 is solid state, so it uses less power and I'm never thinking about tube life. More details, a little less 3D space vs. the tubes.

@BrJD-ii4iv Год назад

@@zackw4941 I love that you’re very knowledgeable! I will keep you up-to-date & be asking for ur opinion on a lot of things lol (if that’s okay). Yesterday, I purchased the 4’s on eBay. They say it’ll arrive between Nov 2 - Nov 15 (as it’s coming fr Japan). can’t believe a headphone that’s 7 years old and it’s still talked about. I’ve heard the abyss 1266 is a beast but the sight of it is not so attractive. However, the 4s are absolutely gorgeous to look at!

@quikspecv4d 2 года назад

I just picked up the LCD-X 2020 version last week. They are great. I added the Dekini suede pads and they sound even better. The pads cleaned up the top end a bit.

@kyron42 2 года назад

Someone just gave you a $4,000 headphone. No wonder you're looking very happy today.

@ScottoGrotto 2 года назад

A taste of what’s possible :) Haven’t heard these M E yet, thanks for sharing your impressions! A few years back I heard the Focal Utopia hphones, and was blown away, to the point of obliterating my plausible budget for headphones. Then spent a weekend at CanJam. Exploring different end game head phone alternatives. Liked the raw detail of Utopias, but not the grain. Loved the smoothness of Ether opens, just lacking a little detail. Loved the ethereal quality of the ZMF Auteur Teakwood’s. Love loved the almost planar yet grain free detail of the Blackwoods where low is low non resonant details come out of nothing. Not hyper detailed just really good overall. Listening almost daily since. Schiit Valhalla 2/Saga. Been upgrading the signal out of my iMac to a Metrum Octave dac nos, with iFi purifiers for usb and spdif, redefined what I thought the dac sounded like! But yes, the Auteurs listed for ~ $2k. And keep rewarding :)

@iikatinggangsengii2471 7 месяцев назад

its a monitor portable which is quite awesome they mix desktop monitor with portable sound ofc tt2 is more detailed and fun but cant say it lacks in enjoyment

@jonsays3762 2 года назад

I discovered that, after trying stuff between $100 (eBay) up to $350, five years of being permanently forward deployed left me happily oblivious to most differences besides comfort and hearing fatigue. You could use that case to store pew pews. A discerning thief would leave it behind. Edit: but thanks for the tour. Here’s your upthumb :)

@sidesup8286 2 года назад

I was just listening to some Mink Deville on my ultra suede sofa with a cheap pair of thousand dollars headphones (I'm embarrassed) and having some cheap $200 caviar (embarrassed again). I was wondering if there is going to be a Christmas Special? Last Christmas some peoples like myself hadn't discovered your channel yet. I was looking through some old stuff, and found a ticket given to my great great grandfather Henry Harrison Fahrqhuar (made up name), and found a ticket from Dec.1st 1893, that was slapped on him for not having mandatory sleigh bells on his horse drawn sleigh. Imagine a head on collision involving a sleigh and horses! The ticket was for 35 cents, equivalent to about $8 today. He must not have paid it. Will there be a Heavy Metal Christmas song playlist? The biggest recorded snowflake: 15 inches and 8 inches thick. Each one is different. We are all missing out on it least some things not living at The North Pole.

@thomasward00 2 года назад

$100 Grado SR60's are good enough for me, 4K for headphones isn't crazy, it's just plain stupid, I love music, but not that much.

@veedub95 2 года назад

Why! You know you want a pair. You just can’t afford it

@Euro2024champs 2 года назад

@@veedub95 audiophool.

@tonybateman1797 2 года назад

I'm thinking that there couldn't be much difference between $400 headphones and $4000 headphones. But I have no plans to find out for sure.

@ramonbmovies 2 года назад

You can't put a price on happiness...well...Meze Audio just did.

@cheapaudioman 2 года назад

Lol

@markcarrington8565 2 года назад

My friend has the Audese LCD-X and they sounded wonderful. I didn’t have the budget so settled on the Sundaras and I love them. I’m using the ifi Zen Signature DAC and CAN combo and I think the Burr Brown chip’s characteristic warmth means they don’t sound over-analytical. The LCD-X is better and for my friend, who is a musician playing many electronic keyboards, they make sense. For me, however, the Sundara/ifi rig is just perfect. Great video, Randy. Occasionally venturing into the high end definitely adds perspective to your regular gear.

@HiFiTurtle 2 года назад

The not so cheap, cheap audio man review. Seems like an amazing headphone. Really enjoyed the Empyrean when I heard it, so can only imagine the elites additional refinements.

@markwasilow2173 2 года назад

Its unbelievable you past Ron in subscribers in 1/7th the time!

@asplmn 2 года назад

Makes my ZMF Verite Closed ($2.5k) seem inexpensive in comparison. And speaking of the case, my Sony Z1R's leather case is hands down the best I've seen.

@charlieaydin1377 2 года назад

Excellent review man. Thank you so much. The way you described these is how i want my eventual (hopeful) $4,000 headphones to sound like.

@Wingedmagician 2 года назад

Love the review, I wish they’d send you all the higher end stuff. Find a way to get your hands on them this is awesome! I’m in love with budget stuff and I think I’d still be if I wasn’t poor but I want to see you review a golden pair of headphones man 😆

@donvittoriosierra 2 года назад

How does the Audeze LCDX 2021 stack up against these?

@ChanceRhudy 2 года назад

Love to hear your view on these! Its great because you are honest. I know those are amazing though lol. Close to the best. These are like a heirloom you pass down from generation to generation lol.

@carminedesanto6746 2 года назад

Still rocking my ‘650’s on the Xduoo 604 😁

@edd2771 2 года назад

Here at the cheap audio man we don’t think headphones should cost more than a Viking stainless steel range with cast iron grates and infrared searing element. And these don’t! Just having fun CAM! Keep up the good work.

@somebodysomeone23 Год назад

Are siths allowed to disclose where they got that lovely rocktopus? I’m afraid as uninitiated practitioner my eyes have just been badly burned after googling rocktopus. On a more serious note: I keep auditioning and reading about different headphones trying to make a decision which one is going to be my first hi-fi set. So far I’ve been a mid-fi guy with hd800s, clears og, and a few other sets from the same price range. And the more I do the more apparent it becomes that as you go into hi-fi the more of the extreme you get. Susvara being an example of an extreme, just like utopias, final audio, etc. while these bad boys are the example of not so much an extreme music characteristic but rather of an extreme musicality.

@DRB2023 2 года назад

Hard to imagine but these might be considered entry level to some that only see five figures as being worthy. Do you have any Grey Poupon?

@iosifgheorghe9718 2 года назад

Top product manufactured in Romania - the most advanced in the HI-FI field. Somewhat intangible though.

@chungang7037 2 года назад

Interesting review! They way you describe these is the way I describe the Sendy Peacock's to people. I may have to demo them and see for myself.

@tonykazz2779 2 года назад

Hello Mr.C.Audioman, Nice work here ! I just saw you on someone's site and thought that I appreciate your approaching philosophy. So I subscribed immediately!!! It seems that Audio has the possibility of hitting 200,000 subs on RU-vid, you could raise that bar if you bring a catchy excitement like Cassey Neiset did. Hmm. You reporting that music sounds better with these headphones kinda says it all but I'll probably stay with my Sennheiser HD 580. My next possibility will be.the Abyss Diana because they make me look good ( sounding good is a bonus ) I'll be staying with you till you give up in frustration or until you decide to censor follower's comments. If I think of a catchy click-bait, I'll send it your way. Thanks for being there for us all !!! Tony in Florida

@josexavierjr.5633 2 года назад

Nice review, Randy. You didn't seem convinced about the Mezes from the start. For $4000 they should've knocked your socks off..........and then massaged your feet, gotten you a cup of coffee, etc..... I get it, there's something for everybody, but there are a lot of good headphones for a lot less $$$. Thanks for venturing out into upper audiophilia!

@mikegoddard7354 2 года назад

The plastic handle increases the airiness of the tremble without being too bright, just the right enough of sparkle, and extenuates the mid range.

@yuckysamson 2 года назад

You didn't sell out... You just bought in, big man...

@cheapaudioman 2 года назад

Luckily I didn't buy anything just yet

@flynow5614 2 года назад

Fyi. If you wear Vineyard Vines pull over, the sound is unbelievable. It makes the highs higher and the lows lower.

@davidhale9672 2 года назад

Steve Guttenberg would like a word... Hey, if companies are going to send you stuff to review, we will always be here to watch and listen. I am currently putting $2400 worth of brake work into my $2000 Subaru (trying to get my last kid's senior year of college squared away) After that it will be a Rivian, vintage McIntosh amps and the finest wine... I will still follow you once my financial floodgates open. (it is more like a trickle, but hey, dreaming is good for the soul)

@christophergaus3996 2 года назад

Wow man, I just realized what a great spot you had at the Metallica show! Well done sir!

@rafter_man 2 года назад

Headphones shouldn’t cost as much as a third dui

@filipedecarvalho3390 2 года назад

Hope Sennheiser sends you the HE-1 next lol

@RJBynon 2 года назад

Randy! G'day from Australia. I would love to see a video on cd transports and whether they're worth it. I've totally broken the bank on black friday buying wharfedale 12.2s (Thanks for your vid on that) and an audiolab 6000a also got a sweet deal on a second hand 80s harman kardon integrated amp, tuner and cassette deck. was hoping to find a cd transport for about $350 USD eqiv but "budget" ones like the audiolab 6000ct still cost over $550 USD here which seems wild.

@silkhead44 2 года назад

I'll stick with my Meze 99 classics

@omarion2k 2 года назад

I have Sundara and LCD-X and I love them both, I want the meze elite next so bad and the LCD-5.

@robineur 2 года назад

"...At the end of the day, they brought joy to me," says it all, Randy. A fleeting memory to cherish when enjoying headphones that most of us can afford, in your future reviews.

@bellrobert1978 2 года назад

When you get back to the everyman audio equipment can i make a suggestion for a review. The edifier w820nb active noise-cancelling bluetooth cans. Around $50 on Aliexpress.

@phatjbl 2 года назад

I love your channel. The case could be from your favourite place....Sith Audio lol. I once for 10 minutes heard the $80000 Srenheiser headphones with matching preamplifier. Wonderful yeah but really. I bought some Beyerdynamic 1990s for $830 ... more than good enough even after hearing these and other big dollar models. I also like how you explained the comparison. Randy you are a champion for us regular earning audio enthusiasts.

@pdcragin33 2 года назад

I’m glad you’re going to add an American company’s product to your “experience base.” I’d also be curious about an Abyss headphone (new Diana TC model is out). Because the way my lifestyle is headed, it seems likely I SHOULD make my most expensive piece of audio gear be my headphones, not my speakers or their amp. All my casual listening is Bluetooth IEM and 3/4 of my critical listening is on headphones nowadays. And foreseeable future in a down-sized home or apartment makes a headphone-centric audio life even more certain.

@RedSinter 2 года назад

Nice.. really that was an excellent review, not that your others are less in anyway, but the caveat was the not talking them down. I think we all get that somethings in life are costly and these certainly fill that bill. But hey maybe they'll go on sale lol.

@atoz6552 2 года назад

Thank you for mentioning that 4k is ridiculous!

@erics.4113 2 года назад

Go Randy! They are beautiful. Nothing wrong with the finer things man. Nothing at all

@chrisboylan4599 2 года назад

If I buy something thru PayPal under 1500, I can can elect to choose a no interest 4-pay plan. I would be happy with you considering $1500 and under equipment as inexpensive and review all upto that ceiling!!

@alm5693 2 года назад

Otis Redding. Bill Withers.

@AllboroLCD 2 года назад

Good one cheapaudioman! Be cool to see ya every now and again review something extremely NOT cheap. Perhaps a mini spin off is in order, sort of your version of the "McRib"

@peterfernandezjr5914 2 года назад

i have purchased a few crappy headphones throughout the years, If I knew then what I know now, I would have saved all that money and gotten at least a $700 set of cans. But then, i would have not had any headphones for decades.

@mareknowakowski1692 Год назад

Well,your review of these is very amateur, but spot on! All you have said about sund is true and confirmed-I can tell as an real Elite user :)

@chrisk6474 2 года назад

Ooof some of these comments … Headphones should just disappear on your head and you should be able to listen and hopefully lose a a couple of hours without you noticing that you just spent 4-5 hrs listening to music. Enjoy your hobbies and if this happens to be one of them, enjoy the experience as much as you can while you can. Everything is fleeting including memory and hearing. Enjoy those senses for as long and as much as you can. Ymmv

@polarbear3427 2 года назад

.aaaaand now back to our daily program.

@BobbyDigMOB 2 года назад

Id like to see the ali express case you say they probably use. I'd buy 10. Lmao so down the ali express rabbit hole. I found a comparable one for 150 :). Good eye man

@miata1492 2 года назад

Can a toothbrush be improved forever? "To "separate out" is to be redundant, and to say that twice is to be redundant again.

@davidcache6802 2 года назад

For the low price of 4 months of rent....

@meutubedou 2 года назад

Yes, a Wall Street Executive Briefcase would bring it up to $5000.00 easy👍 And it’d come with 2 shiny keys plus combination lock..

@everyman6328 2 года назад

You should try them with the optional “Thicken” pad

@krisrudecki9477 2 года назад

I found that "theres nothing else to talk about" is the summitfi experience. For me midfi is an interesting land but ultimately a waste of time and money. Invest in a summitfi stack if you value listening to music and just enjoy.

@kontrolenthusiast1099 2 года назад

Totally appreciate your pushing the envelope, venturing out of the comfort zone and offering up the low down. You may be ruined for life, lol. Could have been titled "...And Now for Something Completely Different" (ala Monty Python)

@marcparsons1726 2 года назад

The Expensive Audio Man!!

@Stan_the_Belgian 2 года назад

Who is your youtube headphone friend, makes me curious...Zeos? Does he even have friends? Now that would be news

@BatMan-to8im 2 года назад

I would love those headphones. I haven't enjoyed listening to headphones for many years. I used to prefer headphones over speakers

@Akstergrind 2 года назад

If you've ever watched any old Doctor Who episodes, in which the evil Cybermen terrorised quaint English villages? Wearing those headphones, you could BE a Cyberman!

@NeilBlanchard 2 года назад

@cheapaudioman I hope you can review the Dan Clark / Drop Aeon Open-X headphones. I think the Klipsch Heresy IV is the next most expensive product you have reviewed; and I think they were a lesson in the other direction, so to speak?

@cheapaudioman 2 года назад

That’s, right Neil. They were the next most expensive. I would probably buy these before the Klipsch

@stephenstevens6573 2 года назад

Yes...you did sell out...but...BUT...for your price, you received a massive amount of joy...what price is that worth?? Yeah...thats what I thought...fabulous!

@Lenak_ 2 года назад

I'd love if you could try the Liric, I really like how you describe headphones

@IAmNotA.12345 2 года назад

My takeaway from this video is that I can listen to, and be engaged by, music for four thousand dollars US (that's over AUD$5,600), or I can languish on the sidelines trying to be satisfied with my HarmonicDyne Zeus (which I do not think are cheap at US$350). But I take your point - you need to have listened to a great headphone before you can make subjective opinions of other, cheaper, headphones. Selling out? Nope, I don't think so. But I guess we now have a reference for comparison. So, how do my Zeus do please?

@kennethoransky4881 2 года назад

I wouldn't necessarily call this a review. It's more like an expose.

@benegesserit9838 2 года назад

nah. its just porn audio!

@JamesWilliams-gf8gm 2 года назад

I have owned stuff like this and it only makes sense if you can not use a stereo due to room or noise levels. Otherwise by speakers. I think the bass on the LCDX will be more slammin’ but just a guess

@peterfernandezjr5914 2 года назад

please stick to affordable gear, there are enough out of reach gear YT channels already.

@HWGAFoundation 2 года назад

4k!!!! Now thats inflation!!!!

@WeeWeeJumbo 2 года назад

well but what if i don't want to enjoy the music

@julesbarry2081 2 года назад

Now that you've deserted your roots (lol), you now have to get hold of headphones that are comparable In price such as maybe the Susvara or the Kennerton range to review? I find your reviews generally very informative, but this review was a bit odd. At the price I would also expect the Meze's to make me a cup of coffee, with cream.

@joemacafee7655 2 года назад

Am I the only one who thought of the Cybermen from Dr. Who when he put them on?

@tommccarthy3385 2 года назад

My brain always short-circuits whenever I try to figure out if excellent but expensive gear like this is "worth it."

@rfbead321 2 года назад

ridiculouslyexpensiveaudioman

@matthewberard1199 2 года назад

Looking forward to the LCD-x, to bad you couldn’t do the LCD-2 Classic also since they are one of the cheapest LCD’s

@SaltyMaud 2 года назад

If you like what Audeze does, LCD-2C might still offer pretty good value. They're unfortunately more expensive now than when they were released, but they are still the most affordable "big" Audeze headphones. I had been shopping in the mid-hi-fi space for, eh, around a decade, but when I heard a pair of older LCD-2, I knew immediately this is what I like, this is what I want. M1060 was touted as a cheap LCD-2 alternative so I tried my luck with that, but it _really_ didn't live up to it's hype and I just ended up returning those and going for the real deal with LCD-2C. Zero regrets, I love how Audeze sounds, if I ever come up with enough disposposable money the only way I'm going from these is up the Audeze product range, though I'd be perfectly happy to stay right where I am with these too (and have been since 2018).