Audeze LCD-5
Transparency, Resolution and Speed @ only 420g
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, they 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.
- 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
Transparency, Resolution, and Speed
The LCD-5 sets a new standard for accuracy.
Its drivers are engineered with their award-winning Fluxor magnets and updated Fazor waveguides along with their 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 optimisation lowers distortion and provides better control over diaphragm movement, resulting in improved sonic resolution.
Clarity and Imaging
They have optimised 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 minimise 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 they hand-assemble in their California workshop.
Sculpted Earpads
The 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.
Audeze LCD-5 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
