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Audeze LCD-4 vs Audeze LCD-X

    Audeze LCD-4 Headphones
    Audeze LCD-4
      Audeze LCD-X Headphones
      Audeze LCD-X
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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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      Full Comparison

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      Technical details

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Audeze LCD-XAudeze LCD-X
      Sound outputStereoStereo
      StyleOver-EarOver-Ear
      Connectivity technologyWiredWired
      Headset (integrated/enclosed microphone)nono
      Magnet materialNeodymiumNeodymium

      Design

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Audeze LCD-XAudeze LCD-X
      Colour of product
      • Black
      • Wood
      • Black
      • Wood
      Acoustic designOpenOpen
      Attachment typeHeadbandHeadband
      Body materialLeather
      • Aluminum
      • Leather
      CategoryAudiophileAudiophile

      Sound

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Audeze LCD-XAudeze LCD-X
      Impedance200.0 Ω20.0 Ω
      Frequency range5 - 200005 - 50000
      Driver technology
      • Planar magnetic
      • Orthodynamic
      • Planar magnetic
      • Orthodynamic
      Driver size4.17 in4.17 in
      Total harmonic distortion (THD)0.1 %0.1 %
      Maximum input power500.0 mW250.0 mW

      Connectivity

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Audeze LCD-XAudeze LCD-X
      Inputs supported
      6.35mm
      		3.5mm
      Cable length2.52.5
      USBnono
      Detachable cableyesyes

      Features

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Audeze LCD-XAudeze LCD-X
      Carrying caseyesyes

      Power

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Audeze LCD-XAudeze LCD-X
      Battery operatednono

      Pros & Cons

      Pros
          Cons

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