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Audeze LCD-4

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User ratings:
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3 stars
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2 stars
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Editorial reviews:
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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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Pros

  • Build quality is superb
  • sweet
  • believable and full-bodied midrange

Cons

  • LCD-4 ear-pads are not that easy to replace
  • rough edges
  • small cracks in the wood

Key specs

  • 200 Ω
  • 5, 20000 Hz
  • Open
  • Stereo
  • Over-Ear
  • Wired

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Audeze LCD-4 - Pros & Cons

Audeze LCD-4

Pros

  • Build quality is superb
  • sweet
  • believable and full-bodied midrange
  • beautiful clean and straight line from 20 Hz to 2 kHz
  • smooth and gentle slope in the lower treble
  • It resonates great and will resist a life-time if properly maintained
  • it is also very well recorded
  • every note and sounded lighting quick with faster electronica
  • lightning quick speed and also a crisp and extended treble region
  • height adjustment mechanism is simple yet super sturdy
  • comfort has improved as well

Cons

  • LCD-4 ear-pads are not that easy to replace
  • rough edges
  • small cracks in the wood
  • Inside LCD-4 is not just using the biggest transducer size of 106 mm
  • spectral decay would be rendered
  • STAX may have the bass impact but no actual body or soundstage placement
  • still not as clean or controlled as headphone models from other manufacturers
  • personal preference and limited experiences
  • the lack of mass on these new headphones
  • this bass hit just as hard
  • s no way we can put together even 20 units per month

Audeze LCD-4 - Technical Overview

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IconDriver size
106 mm
Best:
Hauppauge XFones
Driver size: 400 mm
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200 Ω
Best:
Stax SR-L500
Impedance: 145000 Ω

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Audeze LCD-4 - Full Specifications

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Technical details
Sound outputStereo
StyleOver-Ear
Connectivity technologyWired
Headset (integrated/enclosed microphone)no
Magnet materialNeodymium
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Sound
Impedance200.0 Ω
Frequency range5 - 20000
Driver technology
  • Planar magnetic
  • Orthodynamic
Driver size4.17 in
Total harmonic distortion (THD)0.1 %
Maximum input power500.0 mW
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Features
Carrying caseyes
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Design
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Wood
Acoustic designOpen
Attachment typeHeadband
Body materialLeather
CategoryAudiophile
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Connectivity
Inputs supported
6.35mm
Cable length2.5
USBno
Detachable cableyes
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Power
Battery operatedno

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