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Audeze

Audeze LCD-5

Name: Audeze LCD-5
Brand: Audeze
SKU: B0B25J8W55
Price: 3300.00 USD

We take Audeze's flagship planar magnetic headphones for a spin.

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$3,300

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Noise Isolation / ANC

0.1/ 10

0.1

0.010.0

A 0.1 puts its noise isolation / ANC in the bottom 10% of over-ear headphones we've measured.

Measured on 86 of the 240 we've cataloged.

Key specs

Connection Type

Wired 3.5mmMost common

Wired-3.5mm48%Bluetooth44%Wired-usb-c7%Others1%

Wired-3.5mm is the most common — on 48% of the 215 over-ear headphones we've cataloged (of 240).

Weight

420 gAbove average

420 g

132 g420 g

above average for over-ear headphones — based on 195 of 240 we've cataloged.

Connectivity

Connection Type: Wired 3.5mm
USB Charging: No

Design

Weight: 420 g
Ear Pad Inner Dimensions: 65×60 mm
Foldable: No

Build

Material Chassis Primary: Magnesium and carbon fiber
Material Ear Cups: Leather
Material Headband: Carbon fiber

Sound

Acoustic Design: Open-back
Driver Count: 1
Driver Size: 90 mm
Driver Type: Planar magnetic
Impedance: 14 Ω
Sensitivity: 90 dB/mW

Battery

Battery: No

SoundGuys review

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SOUNDGUYS rating

4.2/ 10

Not recommended

Reviewed byAJ WykesReviewed November 2022

Isolation0.1

Comfort & fit9.0

Connectivity2.0

Design7.0

Portability2.0

Features1.0

The verdict

The Audeze LCD-5 has a striking design and a stellar build quality worthy of the title "flagship." Using Audeze's refinements to the planar magnetic concept it realizes impressive specifications, sounds amazing, and weighs considerably less that its predecessors. It's comfortable, and there's little to complain about besides the outrageous price.

✓What we like

✓Sound quality

✓Comfort

✓Replaceable cables

✓Connections provided for standard and balanced amps

✕What could be better

✕Cost

✕Slight passive amplification of ambient noise

✕No 3.5mm jack adaptor

✕No vegan leather alternatives offered

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Lab data

How we test ›

Objective measurements from the SoundGuys test lab — overlay other models to see how this one compares.

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Audeze LCD-5SoundGuys Headphone Preference Curve

Measured frequency response (dB) against the SoundGuys house target — the dashed curve. The closer the measured line tracks the target, the more neutral the tuning; peaks ride above the target, dips fall below it.

Frequency response — measurement data

Audeze LCD-5: frequency response, as measured in the SoundGuys lab. Frequency in hertz.
Frequency (Hz)	Response (dB)
20	-4.2
25	-4.1
32	-4.2
40	-3.8
50	-3.7
63	-2.3
80	-2.6
100	-2.6
125	-2.6
160	-2.6
200	-2.5
250	-2.4
315	-2.2
400	-2.6
500	-2.2
630	-1.3
800	-0.3
1000	0.0
1250	0.7
1600	2.3
2000	3.1
2500	6.6
3150	9.3
4000	7.7
5000	1.7
6300	-0.3
8000	1.9
10000	-4.0
12500	-2.1
16000	-5.8
20000	-11.2

Audeze LCD-5

Passive isolation (dB) with ANC off — how much ambient noise the fit blocks on its own. Higher on the chart means more attenuation.

Passive isolation — measurement data

Audeze LCD-5: passive isolation, as measured in the SoundGuys lab. Frequency in hertz.
Frequency (Hz)	Attenuation (dB)
21	-0.2
26	-1.3
33	0.2
41	-0.3
52	-0.2
65	0.3
82	0.3
103	0.6
130	0.0
163	0.1
205	0.2
259	0.4
325	0.5
410	0.7
516	1.1
613	-0.7
772	-2.2
972	-2.0
1220	-0.8
1540	1.9
1940	-6.7
2440	-4.0
3070	-2.5
3870	1.0
4870	9.8
6130	8.4
7720	8.7
9720	9.2
12200	0.4
15400	0.8
19400	3.0