Audeze LCD-5 Planar Magnetic Headphones

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General:
Planar magnetic headphones are always in demand because of their super-controlled bass response and high-level of musical detail.

The LCD-5 is Audeze's latest top of the line audiophile planer magnetic headphone.

Highlights include a lightweight and strong construction, improved ear-cup design, and a new planer magnetic driver.

Included with your LCD-5 purchase is the original headphone cable, box, and accessories as shown in our photos.

From Audeze:
Transparency, Resolution, and Speed
The LCD-5 sets a new standard for accuracy. Its drivers are engineered with our award-winning Fluxor magnets and updated Fazor waveguides along with our new Patent-pending Parallel Uniforce™ voice coils, which employ varying width parallel traces to keep the impedance low and provide increased voltage headroom by altering the current density within each trace. The uniform force created by this optimization lowers distortion and provides better control over diaphragm movement, resulting in improved sonic resolution.

Clarity and Imaging
We’ve optimized every aspect of the LCD-5’s acoustic chamber to achieve pinpoint imaging and an extremely clean and clear soundstage. The new sculpted earpads and acoustically transparent mesh are designed to minimize reflections and resonance, while the Parallel Uniforce™ voice coil allows increased space between magnets for improved frequency response and a more open soundstage. LCD-5 also features newly designed low-profile Fazor waveguides to further reduce diffractions and interactions with the ear.

Elegant Comfortable Design
Weighing in at only 420 grams, the LCD-5 offers hours of listening pleasure. Every part has been re-engineered, using materials such as magnesium, aluminum and acetate which offer light weight and high rigidity. When you put on a pair of LCD-5s, your head and ears are cradled in materials of the finest quality. Supple premium leather and carbon-fiber pull all the elements together into a package of the finest craftsmanship, which we hand-assemble in our California workshop.

Sculpted Earpads
Our new sculpted, internally sloped earpad architecture reduces unwanted resonances and interior reflections. The ergonomic design cradles your cranium, and helps naturally place the headphone in the optimal listening position. The pads have less contact surface area than standard designs to reduce fatigue while providing a superior seal for all shapes and sizes.

Ultra High Purity Adaptable Balanced Cable
The LCD-5 cable is specially tuned with directional OCC high-purity copper strands that provide a low capacitance and low resistance path for the signal to travel from your amp to the drivers, maintaining unsurpassed clarity and precision. It comes standard with an XLR teminated cable for a balanced system or use it with the single ended adapter.

SkyFi Cosmetic Notes:
Light wear is present on the headphones and case. Overall very good shape.

SkyFi Technical Notes:
The included cord is approximately 8 feet in length.

Ownership:
Single Owner

Connections:
1/4" Headphone

General Sound:
Big beautiful musical sound with little fatigue.

Cosmetic Condition:
8/10 = Very Good. Excellent front faceplate, one minor flaw on chassis side or top. See our detailed rating description here.

Working Condition:
Working perfectly and tested in our lab.

Included:
Exactly as pictured and described above.

Packing:
Original Manufacturers Packing

Original MSRP:
$4,500.00

Specs:
Style
Over-ear, open-back

Transducer type
Planar Magnetic

Magnetic structure
Fluxor™ magnet array

Phase management
Fazor™

Magnet type
Neodymium N50

Diaphragm type
Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce™

Transducer size
90 mm

Maximum SPL
\>130 dB

Frequency response
5 Hz - 50 kHz

THD
<0.1% @ 100 dB SPL

Sensitivity
90 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point)

Impedance
14 ohms

Max power handling
5W RMS

Min recommended power
\> 100mW

Recommended power level
\>500mW

Blazingly low weight
420g