Audeze
LCD-5 Flagship Headphones
Introduced 2021$4,500 MSRP
Audeze's flagship open-back planar magnetic headphone with a 90 mm Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce diaphragm, Fluxor magnet array and Fazor waveguides. At 420 g it is markedly lighter than the LCD-4 it replaced.
MSRP
$4,500
Used market · Excellent
$3,150est.
-30% vs MSRP
as of Sep 17, 2026MSRP to used market
From $4,500 at launch to $3,150 today (estimated).
Specifications
- THD
- < 0.1 % @ 100 dB SPL
- Cable
- Premium braided 2.5 m cable, 4-pin XLR balanced (dual 4-pin mini-XLR at earcups)
- Style
- Over-ear, open-back
- Weight
- 420 g
- Max spl
- > 130 dB
- Adapters
- 4-pin XLR to 1/4 in adapter; 1/4 in to 3.5 mm adapter
- Diaphragm
- Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce
- Impedance
- 14 ohms
- In the box
- Headphone, braided cable, XLR adapter, aluminum travel case, certificate of authenticity and warranty cards
- Driver size
- 90 mm
- Driver type
- Planar magnetic, open-back over-ear; Fluxor magnet array, Fazor phase management, Neodymium N50 magnets
- Magnet type
- Neodymium N50
- Maximum spl
- >130dB
- Sensitivity
- 90 dB/1 mW (at Drum Reference Point)
- Diaphragm type
- Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce™
- Transducer size
- 90 mm
- Transducer type
- Planar Magnetic
- Phase management
- Fazor™
- Frequency response
- 5 Hz - 50 kHz
- Magnetic structure
- Fluxor™ magnet array
- Max power handling
- 5 W RMS
- Blazingly low weight
- 420g
- Min recommended power
- > 100 mW (recommended > 500 mW)
- Recommended power level
- >500mW
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