Audeze LCD-5s Planar Magnetic Headphone (Pre-Order)

Refinement. Precision. Luxury.

Incorporating our latest technical advancements, the new 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 our 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 our 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.

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.

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