Headphones · Open-back · Planar magnetic
Audeze LCD-5
All Audeze · MSRP $4,500
The LCD-5 is an open-back planar magnetic headphone featuring a 90 mm Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce diaphragm, Fluxor magnet array, and Fazor phase management. Hand-assembled in California, it weighs 420 grams and incorporates magnesium, aluminum, acetate, and carbon-fiber construction with sculpted earpads.
Specifications
| Frequency response | 5 Hz – 50 kHz |
| Sensitivity | 90 dB/mW |
| Impedance | 14 Ω |
| THD | 0.1% |
| Driver | 90 mm |
| Weight | 420 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 | 1.2 V · 100 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 90 dB/mW and 14 Ω — not a listening test. DAC/amps on the shelf →
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