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Audeze LCD-3 • Zebrawood open-back planar magnetic headphones with wooden ear cups and black metal frame on white background
  • Audeze LCD-3 • Zebrawood open-back planar magnetic headphones with wooden ear cups and black metal frame on white background
Audeze LCD-3 • Zebrawood

Audeze LCD-3 • Zebrawood

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The design of the LCD-3 has remained largely unchanged since inception, its rich vibrant sound has scale and authority derived from a deep ambient sound-stage with exciting detail and dynamics. Be sure to pair it with a top-flight source, and a clean powerful amp like our HeadAmp GSX-Mini, to hear it at it's best.

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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 that's practically 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. This headphone has long been a customer favorite due to its high resolution, wide sound-stage, and slightly “warm” midrange. The depth and impact of the LCD-3 never fails to satisfy even the most discerning ears.

What's Included

  • Audeze LCD-3 Planar Magnetic Headphone
  • 1.9m Single-ended 1/4'' to dual 4-pin mini-XLR cable
  • Professional travel case
  • User guide and warranty card

Audeze LCD-3 Open Back Specs

  • Headphone Type: Open-Back, Over-ear
  • Driver Type: Planar Magnetic
  • Driver Size: 106mm
  • Magnetic Type & Structure: Proprietary Neodymium N50 Fazored magnet array /li>
  • Diaphragm Type: Ultra-thin
  • Impedance: 110 ohms
  • Frequency Response: 10 Hz to 50 kHz
  • Sensitivity: 101 dB/mW
  • Distortion (THD): 0.1% @ 100dB
  • Earpads: Leather and Leather Free
  • Weight: 635g
Close-up of the Audeze LCD-3 • Zebrawood headphone earcup, showing the zebrawood ring, black metal grille, and Audeze logo on the headband—famous for its wide soundstage and high-resolution audio.

Overall rating: 4.75 / 5 from 4 reviews.

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Elrondo

"Main weakness: it is a magnetic planar which makes it heavy. However, it is still, overall, a comfortable headphone to wear. This LCD-3 is my favorite Audeze headphone. It is a pity subsequent flagships of the Audeze lineup (or really any other headphones I am aware of) cannot match its strengths. I use it powered by the Ray Samuels Audio solid state Dark Star headphone amplifier, and my DAC is the Schitt Yggdrasil. Other headphones I own include the Stax SR 009, HiFiman HE-6, and Sennheiser HD800. I love the LCD-3 headphones on all kinds of music. I listen to a lot of classical and acoustic music, and really love how smooth and sweet the sound is. On organ or rock music, I really appreciate the power and bass extension. The midrange is lush and sweet, the treble is analytic without a shred of harshness. The overall sound signature is sweet and dark, reminding me of a very fine taste of premium dark chocolate!. Resolving fine musical detail for the LCD-3 does not quite match the SR009 or HD800, but it is still very precise and detailed. It for sure has enough detail resolution to immerse you in complex musical passages and is really just a tad below the most resolving headphones, i.e. enough detail still to really impress with resolving power and make you feel that you are indeed listening to one of the best headphones available. So this is my take. Nothing can beat it for long, cozy, engaging, and relaxing listening sessions!"

— LeRoy A. (5/5)

Nice Cans

"Upon first listen...WOW. I was wowed by the mid-range that these produce...Sweet. Turned out to be a great match with my WA2 with some nice vintage tubes. I think I'll upgrade from the stock cable to see were that will take me. HeadAmp came through with a great price and super fast shipping. Would purchase from them again."

— Joseph L. (5/5)

The former Audeze flagship has probably the creamiest mids in the entire headphone market

"A headphone to enjoy and sink into the music. Ingenious bass range! Possesses more punch and slam than the LCD-4. In terms of resolution it's a big leap compared to the LCD-2. The transients also increase a lot and so it's also perfect for fast metal. Furthermore it is much easier to drive than the LCD-4. The look and feel as well as the workmanship is absolutely top!"

— Thomas (4/5)

My favorite Audeze, warm and lush with amazingly satifying bass

"Recently heard this at a show and I preferred it over all their other models, primarily because of the mids. You'll see "creamy" used a lot to describe them and that seems right. The staging was also different and to my liking compared to the others in my collection, some of which cost much more. Perhaps not as technically proficient as the 4z and 5 but costs a lot less. Ended up buying the LCD-3 a few days later. It's weighty, but comfortable. Very different on different amps, but was only bad on the TT2. The bass is also weighty, punchy, and lives up to that planar bass reputation. So if you like warm and lush with good detail you'll probably like this model. Also sounds better in the current version and is more comfortable too than even the version from 4 years ago. Ignore reviews complaining about scooped out mids. The newer pads which have been out a couple years fixed that and the frequency chart shows that clearly on mine. You can email Audeze support and they'll email you your specific headphone chart. I also bought the separate carbon fiber headband, which only cut 10grams off the weight of mine and fits differently so is actually less comfortable on my head."

— Rob (5/5)

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