Audeze LCD-5 Review, Measurements, Interview

[Barone Birra]

All of these listings are tempting for me and I'm loving this. Getting the chance to grab one of these for a discount? O.O, I'd love to give one of these a spin on my system.

Really surprising all those sales, the LCD-5 it's the best headphone I've ever heard, I really like its forward energy... but to each one his own...

 

[Stylish]

Really surprising all those sales, the LCD-5 it's the best headphone I've ever heard, I really like its forward energy... but to each one his own...

I’m in the boat to where I’m extremely tempted more so out of curiosity but I’m 95% sure I’d enjoy the headphone, I typically like my mids given a slight boost. Only thing that I might not like is just it being a planar and thus having the compression that accompanies the driver type, works great with high resolution music though for my general listening genres it isn’t usually the best for.

 

[Trance_Gott]

Really surprising all those sales, the LCD-5 it's the best headphone I've ever heard, I really like its forward energy... but to each one his own...

Nothing curious about it. I thought buying a X9000 even I know it has no bass haha.

 

[BowWazoo]

A technical far-developed headphone
+ EQ + amplifier with sufficient power
= very much scope.

But you can not change the basic character. No Stax I've heard so far, can punch hard...

 

[Trance_Gott]

A technical far-developed headphone
+ EQ + amplifier with sufficient power
= very much scope.

But you can not change the basic character. No Stax I've heard so far, can punch hard...

No Stax can really punch but CRBN holy moly! I sold all my Stax even 007 no contest vs CRBN.

 

[PrestonSturgesEnthusiast]

I’m sorry if that is the umpteenth time this is being asked, but how does the LCD-5 handles something like death metal?

thanks

 

[TheFrator]

I’m sorry if that is the umpteenth time this is being asked, but how does the LCD-5 handles something like death metal?

thanks

The heaviest metal is listen to is Slayer (so my impressions won't match 100% what you're looking for). The LCD-5 is the benchmark for drums and cymbals from all the headphones I've heard. And apparently before the LCD-5 I never heard pick slides on electric guitars because they are are so detailed and sound so correct(?) to my ears. I can make out every micro detail in the guitar strings reverberation. However; some people might find this level of detail off putting. So like everything YMMV.

 

[PrestonSturgesEnthusiast]

The heaviest metal is listen to is Slayer (so my impressions won't match 100% what you're looking for). The LCD-5 is the benchmark for drums and cymbals from all the headphones I've heard. And apparently before the LCD-5 I never heard pick slides on electric guitars because they are are so detailed and sound so correct(?) to my ears. I can make out every micro detail in the guitar strings reverberation. However; some people might find this level of detail off putting. So like everything YMMV.

I love Slayer, so I think that is quite promising. I also don’t mind excessive micro-detail at all. And from what I read about it, the LCD-5 is quite fast/dynamic, right?

 

[TheFrator]

I love Slayer, so I think that is quite promising. I also don’t mind excessive micro-detail at all. And from what I read about it, the LCD-5 is quite fast/dynamic, right?

Extremely fast & dynamic. It handles brickwalls in audio spectrograms with ease.

 

[phthora]

I’m sorry if that is the umpteenth time this is being asked, but how does the LCD-5 handles something like death metal?

thanks

My favorite death metal is Origin, but I listen to a lot of different stuff, especially tech death and brutal death metal. The LCD-5 is absolutely phenomenal at separating blast beats and basslines out in busy passages like that, even when the recording is not great. I've heard none better for those genres.

 

[BowWazoo]

For German Members.

In stock

https://www.thomann.de/de/audeze_lcd_5_b_stock.htm

https://www.hifiklubben.de/audeze-lcd-5-kopfhorer/audlcd5ace/?q=lcd-5

 

[chargedcapacitor]

I love Slayer, so I think that is quite promising. I also don’t mind excessive micro-detail at all. And from what I read about it, the LCD-5 is quite fast/dynamic, right?

The faster and more chaotic the music, the more the LCD-5 shines. No other headphone can reproduce percussion / strings with the precision and realness of the LCD-5, while maintaining all the details throughout the rest of the frequency range. The sound stage is not huge, but I think for some head banging rock / metal music, this may be preferred.

 

[alishafai]

I’m sorry if that is the umpteenth time this is being asked, but how does the LCD-5 handles something like death metal?

thanks

There are so many dependencies, but I have not heard any genre that doesn't work well on LCD-5.

 

[BowWazoo]

Does anyone have the Utopia at home?
I would be interested to know if anyone here can confirm what is said in the video.

 

[TheMiddleSky]

There are so many dependencies, but I have not heard any genre that doesn't work well on LCD-5.

For me: New Age

Hard to enjoy them through LCD-5. Too forward in presentation and felt like lack of depth.