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Audeze LCD-4 Headphones
Audeze LCD-4
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Audeze LCD-GX Headphones
Audeze LCD-GX
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Audeze LCD-X Headphones
Audeze LCD-X
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HiFiMAN HE-1000 V2 Headphones
HiFiMAN HE-1000 V2
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Editiorial reviews
5
5 editorial reviews
Audeze is a California-based designer and manufacturer of headphones, microphones, and amplifiers since 2008. The LCD-4 ($3,995) is the flagship headphone employing planar magnetic technology. Planar magnetic transducers suspend a flat, lightweight diaphragm in a magnetic field rather than employ...Read more
Audeze LCD-4Z Flagship Planar Magnetic Headphones A brilliant take on a classic! Review By Peter Pialis Of Headphone.GuruRead more
Life is too short to put up with poor-sounding headphones, I mused the other morning, during my 60-minute commute on the NYC subway. All around me, straphangers gripped smartphones and listened to multicolored Beats, noise-canceling Boses, white Apple earbuds, and, only rarely, Sennheisers and Grados.Read more
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2
2 editorial reviews
With Black Friday around the corner, is a super-premium headset like the Audeze LCD-GX worth the investment?Read more
The $900 Audeze LCD-GX is the most expensive gaming headset we've tested, with the best audio quality we've heard in the category.Read more
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10
4.5 out of 5
4 user ratings
5 stars
100 %
4 stars
0 %
3 stars
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1 stars
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4
4 editorial reviews
Hifiman HE-1000. I have been a fan of the Hifiman planar magnetic sound ever since I got the - now discontinued - Hifiman HE-500. The 500 was my favorite...Read more
The competition at the extreme high-end of the headphone market is fierce, so Hifiman made its top headphone even better.Read more
The $2999 HiFiMAN HE-1000 V2 represents the latest update to original HiFiMAN’s HE-1000 flagship headphones. With improved design and tuning is it worth the price? Read on to find out.Read more
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User rating
40
4.4 out of 5
40 user ratings
5 stars
55 %
4 stars
30 %
3 stars
12 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
46
3.8 out of 5
46 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
39 %
3 stars
21 %
2 stars
10 %
1 stars
0 %
53
4.1 out of 5
53 user ratings
5 stars
32 %
4 stars
47 %
3 stars
16 %
2 stars
3 %
1 stars
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4.0 out of 5
41 user ratings
5 stars
39 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
19 %
2 stars
7 %
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Technical details

Sound outputStereo
N/A
StereoStereo
StyleOver-EarOver-EarOver-EarOver-Ear
Connectivity technologyWiredWiredWired
N/A
Headset (integrated/enclosed microphone)no
N/A
nono
Magnet materialNeodymiumNeodymiumNeodymium
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Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Wood
Black,Red
  • Black
  • Wood
Silver
Acoustic designOpen
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OpenOpen
Attachment typeHeadband
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HeadbandHeadband
Body materialLeather
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  • Aluminum
  • Leather
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CategoryAudiophile
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Audiophile
N/A
Foldable
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Sound

Impedance200.0 Ω20.0 Ω20.0 Ω35.0 Ω
Frequency range5 - 20000
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5 - 500008 - 65000
Driver technology
  • Planar magnetic
  • Orthodynamic
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  • Planar magnetic
  • Orthodynamic
  • Planar magnetic
  • Orthodynamic
Driver size4.17 in4.17 in4.17 in
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Total harmonic distortion (THD)0.1 %0.1 %0.1 %
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Maximum input power500.0 mW250.0 mW250.0 mW
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Sensitivity
N/A
< 100
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< 93
Diaphragm diameter
N/A
N/A
2.48 in
N/A

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