Audeze LCD-5

From the LCD-2/3/4 Lineage to the New Benchmark in Monitoring

Launched in 2009 with the LCD-2, the LCD series set the standard for planar headphones in professional environments. The LCD-5 is the culmination: Audeze revisits drivers, ear pads, and chassis to combine analytical precision with premium comfort. This flagship model does not merely evolve; it redefines critical listening for mixing and mastering.

Designed for Engineers, Mixers, and Mastering Specialists

The LCD-5 targets professionals seeking exceptional micro-dynamic resolution, a stable stereo image, and an extended frequency response. Its lightness, ergonomic ear pads, and tonal transparency facilitate the evaluation of transients, spectral balance, and spatialization with consistent reliability.

Technologies and Design Serving Accuracy

Optimized Planar Drivers

High-flux Fluxor magnets combined with low-profile Fazor waveguides concentrate energy while reducing diffraction. The Parallel Uniforce coil, with parallel tracks of variable width, ensures uniform force on the diaphragm, lowers effective impedance, and limits distortion for striking micro-detail retrieval.

Controlled Internal Acoustics

The chamber and sculpted, inward-angled ear pads minimize reflections and resonances. The acoustically transparent grille frees the wavefront, opens the soundstage, and enhances focus, with clearer upper mids to precisely position vocals and instruments.

Comfort and Premium Materials

At around 420 g, the LCD-5 gains endurance thanks to a chassis combining magnesium, aluminum, acetate, and a carbon fiber headband. Premium leather ensures seal without overpressure, while hand assembly guarantees impeccable finish.

Standard Balanced Wiring

The low-capacitance OCC copper cable preserves signal clarity. The 4-pin XLR termination integrates into balanced chains, and included adapters allow unbalanced use depending on studio configurations.

Technical specifications

Category	headphone	Foldable	No
Format	circumaural	Frequency response	5Hz - 50kHz
Design	open	Wireless	No
Detachable cable	Yes	Sensitivity	90 db/1mW
Connectors	2 x 2 RCA male	SPL max	130 dB
Transducer diameter	90 mm	Color	Grey
Impedance	18 Ω	Weight	420 g
Cable length	1.2 m

Technology	high-end planar magnetic headphones	Target response	extended, with enhanced precision in upper mids
Magnets	high-flux Fluxor architecture	Chassis materials	magnesium, aluminum, acetate, carbon fiber
Waveguides	low-profile Fazor (diffraction reduction)	Main cable	balanced 4-pin XLR, OCC copper, low capacitance
Voice coil	Parallel Uniforce with parallel tracks of variable width	Included adapters	4-pin XLR to 6.35 mm; 6.35 mm to 3.5 mm