Audeze LCD-5 | Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones

LCD-5 Flagship Planar Headphone Sets a New Standard for Performance and Comfort in the LCD Series

• Flagship open-back Planar Magnetic headphones
• New planar driver and magnetic structure
• Sculpted ear pad design improves upper midrange response
• Improved structural design incorporating magnesium, acetate and carbon-fiber

All new LCD-5 units are bundled with the Audeze Premium Balanced 4-pin XLR cable. They also include an adapter for XLR to 6.3mm for use with single-ended headphone amplifiers.

Transparency, Resolution and Speed

The LCD-5 sets a new standard for accuracy using a new driver design with Audeze’s own patent-pending Parallel Uniforce voice coils and new magnet assembly. LCD-5 represents a completely new design made specifically for minimal reflections, improved frequency response, and a more open yet accurate soundstage.

LCD-5’s impedance is 14 Ohms, sensitivity is 90dB, and it weighs just 420 grams (1/3 less than the LCD-4!). Handcrafted in California, USA, the LCD-5 has been meticulously engineered to provide unmatched audio for industry professionals and audiophiles alike. 

The LCD-5 features Audeze’s patented core technologies, and comes with new acoustically designed leather earpads, an improved and luxurious carbon fiber suspension headband, deep “tortoise shell” acetate rings, all-new magnesium housing, plus our latest premium audio cable made with high-purity copper, and an aluminum travel case.

Audeze LCD-5 Key Features

• New Parallel UniforceTM diaphragms and FluxorTM Magnets provide powerful sound, unparalleled sonic detail, and incredible accuracy without increasing the impedance
• New internally sloped earpads that help to reduce unwanted resonances and interior reflections
• Newly designed Fazors that are optimized to reduce diffractions
• The LCD-5 cable is specially tuned with directional OCC high-purity copper strands that provide a low capacitance and low resistance path to maintain unsurpassed clarity and precision.
• The LCD-5’s fully re-designed magnesium frame provides rigidity and ultra-light weight, while the acetate rings offer just the right touch of richness.
• The 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. 

Specs

• Style Over-ear, open-back
• Transducer type Planar Magnetic
• Magnetic structure FluxorTM magnet array
• Phase management Fazor
• Magnet type Neodymium N50
• Diaphragm type Nano-Scale Parallel UniforceTM
• Transducer size 90 mm
• Maximum power handling 5W RMS
• Maximum SPL >130dB
• Frequency response 5Hz - 50kHz
• THD <0.1% @ 100dB
• Impedance 14 ohms
• Sensitivity 90 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point)
• Minimum power requirement >100mW
• Recommended power level >250mW
• Weight 420g