Key Features
- Enhanced driver design with acoustically transparent magnetic structure
- Unsurpassed bass extension, exceptional treble and the best mid-range
- Closed solid maple earcups isolate effectively from external noise
- Specifically designed, low impedance transducers
- Soft lambskin leather earpads and headband
- Engineered and manufactured in USA
The best of both worlds, Audeze have created the LCD-XC closed-back headphones based on their acclaimed LCD-X open planar magnetic studio headphones. They share the same drivers that offer the same level of detail and transparency integral to any music creator’s toolkit. With the isolating design the LCD-XC are ideal for those looking for a top-of-the-line mixing headphone with minimal sound leakage while retaining Audeze's renowned natural and balanced sound.
Audeze LCD-XC incorporates Fazor technology offering superior phase response, broad frequency extension, balanced frequency response and remarkable 3D holographic imaging. For the purest, most discerning audiophile listening sessions, open headphones remain the favoured choice, however, the Audeze LCD-XC is the unsurpassed champion of enclosed headphones available.
Ensuring that the LCD-XC will be the crown jewel in any headphone lover’s collection, Audeze's beautiful maple wood ear cups are hand-crafted to the highest aesthetic standards. The enclosures are made from precision-crafted anodized aluminium with sloped earpads of premium lambskin leather. To offer the right firmness and perfect acoustic balance, the earpads are crafted with special foam.
All the Benefits Plus Privacy
The closed-back LCD-XC offers all the benefits of the LCD Collection’s open designs and isolates the listener while reducing ambient noise. No sound escapes the earcups. Fast, dynamic and accurate sound using our proprietary technology that eliminates breakup modes found in other designs and improves focus and clarity.
Audeze headphones are the preferred solution for audio professionals and can be found in some of the world's most prestigious production houses. The ultra-thin diaphragms and powerful neodymium magnets deliver some of the most accurate sound reproduction of any headphone in the world.
Our Planar Magnetic drivers reproduce even the most intimate details with microscopic clarity, ensuring that your FINAL final mix is exactly as you intend it to be.
Audeze headphones are the preferred solution for audio professionals and can be found in some of the world's most prestigious production houses.
Designed and Handcrafted in Southern California
Each LCD-XC driver is precision-crafted by hand in Audeze's Southern California facility. Using Audeze's patented engineering techniques and state of the art laser-etching technology, Audeze put great care into each step of the manufacturing process to ensure Audeze headphones meet the exacting audio and production quality standards.
Press Reviews
"Every now and then, a headphone comes along that truly advances the state of the art. Audeze LCD-XC is a game changer!"
- Sound&Vision
"The XC offers a truly transparent view through the window of recorded events that I could definitely see both mastering engineers and headphone cognoscenti appreciating."
- inner|fidelity
“In my experience, the LCD-XC is as close as a closed-back model has ever gotten to the awesome spatiality of the best open-back headphones."
- SoundStage!
"From the butter-soft leather, to the gorgeous wood earcups, they exude luxury..."
- Forbes
| Style |
Over-ear, closed-back |
| Transducer type |
Planar Magnetic |
| Magnetic structure |
Proprietary magnet array |
| Phase management |
Fazor |
| Magnet type |
Neodymium N50 |
| Diaphragm type |
Ultra-thin |
| Transducer size |
106 mm |
| Maximum power handling |
5W RMS |
| Maximum SPL |
>130dB |
| Frequency response |
10Hz - 50kHz |
| THD |
<0.1% @ 100dB |
| Impedance |
20 ohms |
| Sensitivity |
100 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point) |
| Minimum power requirement |
>100mW |
| Recommended power level |
>250mW |
| Weight |
Maple: 690g / Carbon: 760g |
