Audeze LCD-5 Planar Magnetic Headphones w/ 4-pin XLR Balanced Cable

$4,500.00

Audeze’s latest Flagship Headphone

  • New planar driver and magnet structure extends frequency response
  • 1/3 less weight than the LCD-4!
  • New sculpted earpad design improves upper midrange response
  • Improved structural design incorporating magnesium, acetate and carbon-fiber

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Description

Audeze’s Latest Flagship, 1/3 Less Weight!

For the past decade, Audeze’s LCD series has set the standard for planar magnetic headphone performance. Starting with the LCD-2 that ushered in a new era of planar technology in 2009, we then introduced the LCD-3 in 2011 and LCD-4 in 2015. With the LCD-5, everything has been improved – drivers, ear-pads, frame design – to set a new standard for performance and comfort.

Transparency, Resolution, and Speed

The LCD-5 sets a new standard for accuracy. Its drivers are engineered with our award-winning Fluxor magnets and updated Fazor waveguides along with our new Patent-pending Parallel Uniforce™ voice coils, which employ varying width parallel traces to keep the impedance low and provide increased voltage headroom by altering the current density within each trace. The uniform force created by this optimization lowers distortion and provides better control over diaphragm movement, resulting in improved sonic resolution.

Clarity and Imaging

We’ve optimized every aspect of the LCD-5’s acoustic chamber to achieve pinpoint imaging and an extremely clean and clear soundstage. The new sculpted earpads and acoustically transparent mesh are designed to minimize reflections and resonance, while the Parallel Uniforce™ voice coil allows increased space between magnets for improved frequency response and a more open soundstage. LCD-5 also features newly designed low-profile Fazor waveguides to further reduce diffractions and interactions with the ear.

Elegant Comfortable Design

Weighing in at only 420 grams, the LCD-5 offers hours of listening pleasure. Every part has been re-engineered, using materials such as magnesium, aluminum and acetate which offer light weight and high rigidity. When you put on a pair of LCD-5s, your head and ears are cradled in materials of the finest quality. Supple premium leather and carbon-fiber pull all the elements together into a package of the finest craftsmanship, which we hand-assemble in our California workshop.

Sculpted Earpads

Our new sculpted, internally sloped earpad architecture reduces unwanted resonances and interior reflections. The ergonomic design cradles your cranium, and helps naturally place the headphone in the optimal listening position. The pads have less contact surface area than standard designs to reduce fatigue while providing a superior seal for all shapes and sizes.

Ultra High Purity Cable

The LCD-5 cable is specially tuned with directional OCC high-purity copper strands that provide a low capacitance and low resistance path for the signal to travel from your amp to the drivers, maintaining unsurpassed clarity and precision.

Includes: LCD-5 Headphone | Premium Braided Cable | Aluminum Travel Case | Certificate of Authenticity and Warranty Cards |See also –User Guides from Audeze

“Thy’re very light weight, so my neck doesn’t hurt. The clamping force is ideal – has no hot spots. Out of all of Audeze’s headphones that I’ve tried, these are the lightest yet! Magnesium and carbon fiber build materials helps reduce the weight. These are in my top 2 best headphones, with sound and comfort both considered.” -Tim Connor @KitsuneHiFi.com
Specifications

 

Style

Over-ear, open-back

Transducer type

Planar Magnetic

Magnetic structure

Fluxor™ magnet array

Phase management

Fazor™

Magnet type

Neodymium N50

Diaphragm type

Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce™

Transducer size

90 mm

Maximum SPL

>130dB

Frequency response

5Hz – 50kHz

THD

<0.1% @ 100 dB SPL

Sensitivity

90 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point)

Impedance

14 ohms

Max power handling

5W RMS

Min recommended power

> 100mW

Recommended power level

>500mW

Weight

420g

Additional information

Weight 7 lbs
Dimensions 16 × 14 × 9 in

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