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Audeze

LCD-X 2024 Creator's Edition

headphones

$1,199

Used market: $935*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

4 of 6 values have a recorded source
Form Factor
Over-Ear·
Is Closed Back
no·
Impedance ohms
20
Transducer Type
Planar Magnetic·
Detachable Cable
yes
Sensitivity dB mW
103

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal Profile

20 ohms and 103 dB/1mW make this the easy one of the LCD line on paper. In practice the low impedance is what matters: it draws current, so a source that is voltage-strong but current-weak sags here first, not on the 70-ohm LCD-2.

What the datasheet actually says

Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.

Measurement conditions
«Sensitivity 103 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point)»

Sensitivity is stated at the Drum Reference Point - the eardrum position in an ear simulator, not the flat-plate or IEC 60318-1 coupler most makers use and most do not name. At 1 kHz the difference is small; across the treble it is not, so this figure is not interchangeable with an unqualified dB/mW from another brand.

checked 8/5/2026

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