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Audeze LCD-4 vs Sennheiser HD 800S

    Audeze LCD-4 Headphones
    Audeze LCD-4
      Sennheiser HD 800S Headphones
      Sennheiser HD 800S
      Available colors
      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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      19
      4.5 out of 5
      7 user ratings
      5 stars
      		71 %
      4 stars
      		14 %
      3 stars
      		14 %
      2 stars
      		0 %
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      User rating
      40
      4.4 out of 5
      40 user ratings
      5 stars
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      4 stars
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      3 stars
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      2 stars
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      3.9 out of 5
      43 user ratings
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      4 stars
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      3 stars
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      2 stars
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      Full Comparison

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      Technical details

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Sennheiser HD 800SSennheiser HD 800S
      Sound outputStereoStereo
      StyleOver-EarOver-Ear
      Connectivity technologyWiredWired
      Headset (integrated/enclosed microphone)nono

      Design

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Sennheiser HD 800SSennheiser HD 800S
      Colour of product
      • Black
      • Wood
      • Black
      • Blue
      • Green
      Acoustic designOpenOpen
      Attachment typeHeadbandHeadband
      Body materialLeather
      • Metal
      • Microfiber
      • Plastic
      CategoryAudiophileAudiophile

      Sound

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Sennheiser HD 800SSennheiser HD 800S
      Impedance200.0 Ω300.0 Ω
      Frequency range5 - 200004 - 51000
      Driver technology
      • Planar magnetic
      • Orthodynamic
      		Dynamic
      Driver size4.17 in2.2 in
      Total harmonic distortion (THD)0.1 %0.02 %

      Connectivity

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Sennheiser HD 800SSennheiser HD 800S
      Inputs supported
      6.35mm
      6.35mm
      Cable length2.53.0
      USBnono
      Detachable cableyesyes

      Power

      Audeze LCD-4Audeze LCD-4
      Sennheiser HD 800SSennheiser HD 800S
      Battery operatednono

      Pros & Cons

      Pros
          Cons

              Audeze LCD-4 vs Sennheiser HD 800S - User Opinions

              • damian
                over 1 year ago
                The soundstage on HD800 is taller and slightly wider, but LCD-4 has a very deep and natural soundstage. It might be more intimate, but it's also very holographic and sounds more natural to my ears than the one on HD800 which sometimes seems to be amplified in an unnatural way.Apr 4, 2016
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