Refinement. Precision. Luxury.
Incorporating Audeze's latest technical advancements, the LCD-5s rewards listeners with a vast, immersive soundscape and palpably physical bass response. A. new driver design combines with SLAM technology to produce mastering-grade precision even better than the original LCD-5, with a more natural, lifelike frequency response. Redesigned earpads are precisely sculpted to ensure long-term comfort and improved seal.
Engineered for Effortless Realism
To present listeners the most natural frequency response, LCD-5s uses a new driver design featuring Audeze's thinnest, most responsive materials. The nano-scale Parallel Uniforce diaphragm connects to a revised chassis structure, allowing the most precise midrange tuning possible.
SLAM — Punch, Detail, Presence
LCD-5s offers powerful, extended bass response and a strikingly open soundstage, thanks to the pinpoint driver control allowed by the addition of SLAM technology.
Elegant Design
Sophisticated copper accents highlight the outstanding handcrafted material quality — featuring carbon fiber, magnesium, genuine leather, and polished polymer acetate.
New Earpad Geometry
The smoothly flowing, curved forms of LCD-5s' new earpads are crafted to provide effortless comfort for hours of listening. This design also minimizes audible reflections to elevate sonic accuracy.
Ultra High-Purity Cable
LCD-5s uses Audeze's most premium cable, specially tuned with directional OCC high-purity copper strands, to provide a low-capacitance, low-resistance signal path, maintaining unsurpassed sonic precision and accuracy.
The LCD-5s is upgraded and improved beyond any reasonable expectation. It's better, bigger, smoother, wider, deeper, more articulate, and more comfortable.
Package Includes:
- LCD-5s Headphone
- 4-pin XLR premium balanced cable
- 4-pin XLR to 6.3mm TRS adapter
- 6.3mm TRS to 3.5mm adapter
- Aluminum Travel Case
Technical Specifications
| Style | Over-ear (circumaural), open-back |
|---|---|
| Transducer type | Planar Magnetic |
| Magnetic structure | Fluxor™ magnet array |
| Phase management | Fazor™ |
| Acoustic management | SLAM™ |
| Magnet type | Neodymium N50 |
| Diaphragm type | Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce™ |
| Transducer size | 90 mm |
| Maximum SPL | >130dB |
| Frequency response | 5Hz - 50kHz |
| Impedance | 30 ohms |
| THD | <0.1% @ 100dB SPL |
| Sensitivity | 90dB/1mW (@Drum Reference Point) |
| Minimum power requirement | >100mW |
| Recommended power level | >500mW |
| Maximum power handling | 5W RMS |
| Weight | 475g |
| Shipping Weight | 9 lbs. |
| Package dimensions | 16 L x 14 H x 8 W in. |
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