Headphones · Open-back · Planar magnetic
Audeze LCD-3
All Audeze · 2011 · MSRP $1,945
The LCD-3 is an over-ear, open-back planar magnetic headphone from Audeze, introduced in 2011, featuring zebrawood earcup rings and a 110-ohm driver design intended to pair with tube and solid-state amplifiers.
Specifications
| Frequency response | 10 Hz – 50 kHz |
| Sensitivity | 101 dB/1mW |
| Impedance | 110 Ω |
| THD | 0.1% |
| Driver | 106 mm |
| Weight | 635 g |
As stated by the manufacturer — not community data.
Will it drive? · On paper
A dongle is enough
A phone's own output runs out early; a small USB DAC/amp gives it full level and headroom.
| Needs, for 110 dB peaks | 0.93 V · 7.9 mW |
| Phone or laptop (≈0.70 V, 20 mW) | Runs short |
| Dongle DAC/amp (≈2.0 V, 120 mW) | Enough |
Worked out from the stated 101 dB/mW and 110 Ω — not a listening test. DAC/amps on the shelf →
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