Audeze is and has always been all about planar-magnetic technology, hence every single pair of headphones in the LCD line uses that kind of a driver. Over the last few years, they’ve improved their technology and implemented some great technologies, such as the Fazor for example. We’ll start by examining the build quality and design, assessing its durability and comfort for extended listening sessions. The Audeze LCD-X never wowed us with its sound quality... but in this case that's a good thing. Its tonal balance is exceptionally neutral and we can see why it's marketed as a headphone for music producers. Bass is extremely tight and fast, and there’s a nice sub bass rumble. Mids are incredibly detailed and vocals sound incredible through the LCD-X. Highs have great extension and are never sibilant. We do wish there was a tiny bit more treble sparkle but treble-sensitive listeners will find the LCD-X’s frequency response just about perfect. If you reverse the blue and red mini-XLRs then the channels are reversed for use in alternate universes.

The LCD-X earcups are made from polished anodized aluminum with sloped ear pads of premium lambskin leather. The earpads are designed with specially-crafted foam offering the proper firmness and acoustic balance.The electrostatic STAX SR-009 have been regarded as the world's finest headphones since they were introduced in 2011. They sell for many thousands of dollars if you can find them, and can only be driven with exotic high-voltage amplifiers.

We’ll delve into its resolution, one of its standout characteristics, and explore how it uncovers intricate musical details that can elevate your listening experience. When driven from the Apple Lightning to Headphone adapter the LCD-X is more open than the LCD-1. They both sound great, but when driven from the iOS ecosystem the LCD-X sound wider and airier than the LCD-1. The LCD-1 and LCD-X have about the same overall balance when fed from the Apple Lightning adapter; the LCD-X just sound bigger and better with more width, depth and detail than any quality with a hard description.

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The LCD-3 has not changed quite as much over time...it's not been around as long, of course. Here we see the early LCD-3 with a plot similar to the LCD-2 Rev. 2 of its time. Subsequent LCD-3s have moved to a similar curve as the Latest LCD-2 in the above plot. The answer to that question is the raison d’être of this review. It was generally known by many of my friends in the audio field that I really didn’t really cozy up to headphone listening. However, it had become apparent that a whole lot of other folks did. Because my music listening habits had been so different, I thought maybe I was missing out on something really great, and started to look for an explanation of why, given all of the great loudspeaker-based audio equipment available, so many people opted for headphones.