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Upgrade your cable with the Eletech Inferno with miniXLR connections for Audeze headphones.
The LCD-3 is a time machine that puts you in the room with your favorite artists and musicians. It’s luxuriously spacious, with powerful bass, a rich and engaging midrange, and a top-end that draws you into the music. Its rich, vibrant sound has scale and authority derived from a deep, ambient soundstage with exciting detail and dynamics. The LCD-3 is said to be the best in the world and its natural timbre, especially through the midrange, has been described as a thing of beauty.
The LCD-3 is thoroughly engineered for long-term comfort and spacious, realistic sound. We closely match our planar transducers, and match our beautiful factory-made wood rings by grain and color. We use tropical West African Zebrano hardwood -- known as Zebra wood -- not listed in the CITES Appendices. We also match the earpads by leather texture and color. The new LCD steel & leather suspension headband provides comfort for hours of listening pleasure. Choose between genuine leather or leather-free earpads that are filled with carefully selected acoustical foam for best fit and sound. Pair the LCD-3 with a quality headphone amplifier or integrated amp for best sound.
You’ll be proud of how the LCD-3 looks and sounds. It’s imbued with sophisticated looks and beautiful hand-made rings. The quality of the entire structure guarantees years of trouble-free listening. Our cutting-edge designs and circuit technologies have created an astonishingly beautiful sounding headphone.
Style |
Over-ear, open-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 | 110 ohms |
Sensitivity | 102dB/1mw (at Drum Reference Point) |
Minimum power requirement | >100mW |
Recommended power level | >250mW |
I started my head-fi journey a couple of years ago, starting with the LCD-2. After listening to and owning of different headphones from various companies (Susvara and ZMF headphones are some others I own, as well as the LCD-4), I keep coming back to the LCD-3 as my favorite after getting them about a year ago. They have an unusual ability to sound tonally dense yet resolving, and lush and ambient all at the same time. You may also enjoy them if you like those qualities. They're the best technical and yet emotionally engaging headphone that I've ever heard.
Audeze LCD-3 has been on my radar as my end-game for months, so I was thrilled when I found an open-box pair at Bloom Audio.
Bloom Audio are fantastic sellers. The online support answered all the questions I had before my purchase and the headphones shipped the same day. They arrived two days later in all original packaging and could easily pass as new.
I run the LCD-3 with a Schiit Yggdrassil GS DAC, Ragnarok 2 amp, and balanced after market cables as the cables that ship with Audeze's headphones are rather flimsy and short. I could not be happier!