For sale is an excellent condition LCD-5. Comes with smaller headband, aluminum case, cable, warranty and manufacturing info cards. For sale / trade, $2550 PayPal obo.

That's irrelevant to them being totally different drivers, made for totally different headphones. Perhaps check out the Audeze website for official information.

It's not the same driver. Completely different headphones in every regard.

I believe so, here's the back of the package:

Dekoni makes leather earpad wipes, I got a few when I purchased some sheepskin pads for my susvara. I have been using those and they work great.

Any update on these aftermarket pads? I'm interested in trying out the Elite Hybrids.

I had the same issue when I first purchased mine. I just rotated the stiff one back and forth a few times. No issues since.

I concur, which is why I sold my Susvara.

Other headphones, mostly, but I'm open to suggestions!

Greetings all, I have for sale a great condition HD800 with new factory pads, and aftermarket balanced and Hart audio cables. These headphones sound phenomenal (better than HD800S IMO), especially with tube amps. I just find myself using my planars and speakers more, and these deserve a good...

First off, a new LCD-5 will have stiff pads, so give them a few dozen hours of listening to break them in. Secondly, many people will find that the LCD-5 has a dip in the 5-7kz region, or even rolled off treble. I have found that EQ helps tremendously here, but since everyone's ears differ by a...

Keep in mind there could be increased latency when using linear filters, which could cause issues such as lip-sync errors with videos, etc. I'm not sure how bad the latency is with roon filters, but I personally made two separate linear filters; one low latency 48k filter, and a high latency...

You might not like the female vocals on the susvara as much as you like them on the LCD-5; I know I don't. Vocals are the biggest weakness of the susvara, compared to the LCD-5 IMO.

In my experience of owning both LCD-5 and susvara at the same time, the lower treble of the 5 is the only cause of the perceived recession of detail compared between the two. A small amount of EQ easily matches the two, with the 5 having much more "realism" to it's mid range compared to the...

Your phone isn't a calibrated mic, and will not measure spl evenly through the frequency range. Also the lack of a seal means you don't measure bass spl almost at all. If you measure by phone, add 5db to be safe.