LCD-5

TRANSPARENCY, RESOLUTION
AND SPEED @ ONLY 420g

Our 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, earpads, frame design - to set a new standard for performance and comfort.

LCD-5

TRANSPARENCY, RESOLUTION
AND SPEED @ ONLY 420g

Our 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, earpads, frame design - to set a new standard for performance and comfort.
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LCD-5 Flagship Headphones
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LCD-5 Flagship Headphones

LCD-5 Flagship Headphones

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£3,999.00
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  • Redesigned for improved frequency response and more open soundstage
  • Audeze 90mm planar magnetic drivers with extremely fast transient response
  • Updated Fazor Waveguides, Parallel Uniforce Voicecoil and Fluxor Magnets
  • New sculpted leather earpads offer better seal on a wider variety of head shapes
  • All-new premium audio cable and aluminium travel case
    Fully redesigned carbon fiber suspension headband with highest rigidity and ultra-light weight
  • Comes with a balanced 4-pin XLR cable and 6.35mm single-ended adapter

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.

"It feels like a new level... even more invisible, in the sense that there was any kind of artifact on my head."

Julian Lage - Guitarist, Composer

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 Adaptable Balanced 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. It comes standard with an XLR teminated cable for a balanced system or use it with the single ended adapter.

What Sound Engineers and Musicians Say About LCD-5

Gavin Lurssen

Mastering Engineer

“The LCD-5 in particular lets me sit all day and sometimes all night too without any level of fatigue. I use the LCD-X as well but my go to is the LCD-5 for its ability to leave me in this place after very long term listening and the way its ergonomic design sometimes even lets me forget I have headphones on.”
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
Blazingly low weight 420g

Includes: LCD-5 Headphone | Premium Braided 2.5m Cable 4-Pin XLR Balanced cable | 4-Pin XLR to 1/4" adapter | 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter | Aluminum Travel Case | Certificate of Authenticity and Warranty Cards | See also -User Guides