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Audeze

LCD-5

headphones

$4,500

Used market: $3,510*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

3 of 5 values have a recorded source
Form Factor
Over-Ear·
Is Closed Back
no·
Impedance ohms
14✓
Transducer Type
Planar Magnetic·
Sensitivity dB mW
90✓

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal Profile

14 ohms and 90 dB/1mW is the hardest combination in the Audeze line: low sensitivity means power, low impedance means that power arrives as current. Audeze's own row asks for more than 500 mW, twice what it asks of the LCD-2.

Amplification Warning

Dongles rated in milliwatts at 32 ohms tell you nothing here. Ask instead how much current the output stage delivers into 14 ohms before it limits.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026