Most of those cans still reign, joined by the HiFiMan Edition XS as one of the titans in the space at $500 MSRP.
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Yeah, stuff that comes to mind for me is the Sennheiser 6-series, Hifiman 400SE/Sundara/Edition XS, Adoramaâs eternal deal pricing on the Elegia and the HE-6, and then also, the Elex and Ananda are sub-$700 new, so theyâre certainly findable for $500 used.
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âStudio trustedâ with Reveal, they mean?
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Something about that headband is looking kind of cool. Maybe an all plastic lightweight build.
Thatâs the Maxwell headband
Studio shit is getting old from them. Make a fun headphone again.
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Was about to post the Quad. Interesting, it is the most copper cable by being one of the least copper cables.
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Well ⌠to be fair, the MM-500 and LCD-X 2021 sound pretty good without EQ. Theyâre among the first Audezeâs that donât demand EQ.
I use the Audeze preset with Roon with my LCD-X 2021, and I think thatâs the same as the Reveal. I also have a convolution filter based on Jaakoâs amalgamation of various EQâs that sounds really good, almost identical to the Audeze preset/Reveal.
Every time I listen to it, I think, âHey, Audeze, why donât you just tune them like this out of the factory?â 
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I havent heard all Audeze but I would say the only ones that i tried that demanded EQ was the older LCD-X, the 2021 is nicer with EQ though but can sneak though without it. The prefazors are great as is, and i would guess the 4, mx4 and 5 are more towards the no eq needed side.
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I feel like this sums up Audeze as a whole
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the lcd-5 improves a lot with some EQ.
My biggest problem with the 5 was the poor design of the cable connectors that can potentially come out with the cable because theyâre simply glued from the inside. I sold my pair because of that and not being able to commit to EQ with every source I use.
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They likely canât, EQ is just a tool, there is nothing inherently wrong with using some sort of electronic correction for a drivers inherent behavior. There are things that have to be dealt with physically in the headphone design, and maybe electronic correction, lets you be more aggressive there.
The issue I have with Audeze âexpectingâ you to do it, is it isnât part of the headphone, and isnât available everywhere.
Iâm not a fan of using EQ to meet some arbitrary target generally, but given Audeze provides the profiles, you have to assume itâs a part of the intent.
Itâs much the same as Raal requiring Baffle compensation on the SR-1A, either by digital EQ, or EQ built into the amp, or the inline adapters.
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I LOVE Audeze cans. Big fanboy here as a former owner of LCD-2C and current owner of LCD-X 2021.
But yeah, the tuning âfixâ of the Reveal plug-in almost seems like a conspiracy to force customers to spend even more money to get the ideal tuning for their products. Weird.
I would disagree since their old version is free but rather they donât know how to tune. 
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Oh, sh*t. I thought Reveal was always a paid product. Thanks for schooling me.
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The cat is out of the bag,
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Custom filters made by hqp which is actualy pretty damn cool tbh. Waiting for a tech break down since they did say they would do one
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Sounds interesting in a way.
I donât use a Hq player myself.
Specs are otherwise also solid on paper.
Weâll see what buyers have to say about it.
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Nice surprises with the HDMI ARC and RCA analog in. Will wait for reviews but for that price (especially with hypsos) itâs got quite a competition to try and stand out
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