Audeze LCD-X Over Ear Open Back Headphone New 2021 Version Creator Package with Carry case
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John
> 3 dayAmazing headphone!!!
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Sweet Willie
Greater than one weekLove the sound and build quality. What I can’t understand is why they hurt so bad on my ears. Within a couple of minutes I’m in agony. Audeze sent replacement pads to see if that might help but they are exactly the same as the ones that came with the headphone. The pads cave in and have very little foam on the inside. The metal headband sits right on your head. The leather strap is useless because there is no gap between it and the metal headband. I have several Audeze LCD headphones and these are the first to cause such pain.
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Slim
> 3 dayAmazing headphones just got better.
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CFortC
11-06-2025I spent some time listening to and comparing my current multiple conventional dynamic headphones, all with broadly similar sound, in the $99 to $350 price range. This activity inspired me to wonder what owning better headphones might be like.
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Ben Lamb
Greater than one weekBest headphones I own, absolutely hifi, bring out the best in music. Heavy, yes, but dont let naysayers turn you off completely.
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kvt
Greater than one weekDefinitely an improvement, with a bit of weight loss and some actually decent tuning, making the LCD-X competitive with higher tier and more expensive cans. Their still the heaviest in my collection but are sonically weightier then most along with its better dynamics, instrument separation and sound stage.
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JBDGaming
> 3 dayNote: heavy but not uncomfortable.
Audeze"s exclusive Planar Driver design has lower distortion
Diaphragms thinner than a human hair
We use space-age materials in an ultra thin diaphragm four times larger than typical headphones for fast response times, dramatically reduced distortion, higher resolution and improved imaging.
Near zero distortion
Double-sided magnet arrays delivers a uniform driving force across the entire diaphragm for near zero distortion.
Internal waveguide
Patented Fazor Elements guide internal headphone soundwaves to avoid resonances for a more accurate waveform.
The Audeze story
Audeze started in 2008 in a garage (of course!) when its founders came across a revolutionary flexible circuit material developed for NASA. Realizing this could be a great advance in planar magnetic technology, they first started to make pro audio PA speakers, but dropped this project and started making headphones!
Taking this first headphone to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, it was a tremendous hit, and that success launched the company. Hanging on that garage wall was the 2001 Space Odyssey poster, and that inspired the company’s name. The founders wanted a name that had something to do with a “journey through audio,” so Odyssey would be perfect, and that’s how the name Audeze (pronounced “odyssey”) was born.