Audeze LCD-XC - Music Creator Special - Closed-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones (Lambskin Leather)

Every now and then, a headphone comes along that truly advances the state of the art. Audeze LCD-XC is a game changer!

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  Bass to die for! Rock-solid build quality Advanced technology drivers

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  It’s crazy expensive! They’re heavy!

Audeze unveils their latest models with the LCD-X and the LCD-XC, both part of their Creator Edition series.

The landscape is bleak when it comes to high-end close-back headphones. But there’s a ray of hope, and it’s the Audeze LCD-XC – a thick-padded, wood-shielded, detailed-sounding beast-of-a-headphone. Of course, hope don’t come cheap: the XC is priced at $1799.

Audeze LCD-XC is a closed-back planar magnetic headphone. It is not an open-back headphone so it is probably not fair to compare its performance with open-back headphones. Closed-back headphones have their own purposes for the situations that you need.

Have had this for two days, really wish it would give you the option to select a balanced cable instead of standard.......but, using it with an Astell and Kern ALPHA KANN for that period with "unbalanced cable" pretty darn good......can't wait to use with balanced.

The Audeze LCD-XC is an outstanding headphone that excels everywhere. It has incredible resolution, separation, and timbre. It has a neutral tuning with a lot of dynamics. It will not give you tons of bass unless the music calls for it, but the bass it has is deeply extended and tightly controlled.

Very detailed headphones. Rewards and punishes based on the quality of the recording. Comfortable weight, fit and clamp. Ear pads did get hot after a bit for me.

Fantastic to say the least. Paired with Astell&Kern SA700 w/balanced cable (purchased separately). I'm consistently amazed at the details and clarity and flat out "I've never heard this detail in this music before" that I am discovering. Build quality is extremely good.

You Audeze deez nuts headphones, my friend! This is now my favorite daily driver at work. I was rocking a ZMF Verite Open for a while, but I eventually realized that I needed a little bit more noise isolation at work.

I had heard good things about the 2020/21 revision of the LCD-X and XC, so I decided to give the XC a shot. Coming from a pair of Focal Elears (with Clear pads), these headphones provide a substantially different but complementary experience.

Great headphones!

Very good headphone. The 2021 version is an improvement over the previous version which was very good in its own right but the new version is lighter, has a better frequency response and a definitely better sound stage. Overall one of the best headphones I own so it pains me to return them....