Audeze LCD-X

Incredibly detailed headphones that can be used for studio monitoring

We review the new and improved Audeze LCD-X 2021 version. The LCD-X is an open back planar magnetic headphone with excellent sound quality.

Audeze LCD-X: Review by Headfonia - The Headphone Enthusiasts' Site

I well remember my first "real" headphones: a pair of Koss Pro4AAs that I bought back in 1970. The Kosses were relatively expensive, but, like headphones today, they allowed an audiophile with limited cash to get a taste of high-end sound that was not possible with a speaker-based system. I bought the Pro4AAs because I had become fascinated with how the images of the instruments and singers were strung along a line between my ears inside my head. It seemed so much more intimate—a more direct connection with the music—than playback through loudspeakers.

Audeze has been a rising star in the headphone arena for several years, making their name with extremely high quality planar magnetic over-the-ear designs. Their latest model is the LCD-X, which touts a thinner diaphragm for improved transients.

Headphone junkies are likely already familiar with Audeze. Less than 10 years since the company's inception, California-based Audeze has taken the high-end headphone world by storm with its LCD Series of planar magnetic headphones. Audeze products have gained widespread use...

For these premium headphones, Audeze have revived an old but under-used driver technology — and the results are astonishing.

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