Comments on: Audeze LCD-5 Review

By: Richard Harrigan

Richard Harrigan — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:00:46 +0000

Lieven, what headphone amp would you recommend as part of a home stereo system along with the LCD5?

The main application would be listening to vinyl from my VPI turntable running through a Parasound JC3+ phono amp and into a Parasound P6 preamp. I’d love to connect a headphone amp directly to the JC3+ that will slightly warm up the sound. I’d be looking for something in the $1.5K range…

By: Pablo Guyot

Pablo Guyot — Sat, 14 May 2022 16:50:50 +0000

Burn in :
100 hs is good ,but 200 hs is much Better

By: Lieven

Lieven — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 06:23:57 +0000

In reply to Zik. Yes, H2 of course

By: Zik

Zik — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:28:49 +0000

You mentioned the HUGO – you mean the Hugo 2?
And out of the box you mean very light on the vocals and the midrange? how much minimum burn in is needed?

and you think tube amps will be good here?

By: Zuro

Zuro — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:19:35 +0000

You said here that the LCD-5 lacks of body in vocals because they lack body on the sub-bass response?
if I wanna some good vocals with body and good timbre that is your recommendation?
You tried the ZMF headphones line? how they will compare to the LCD-5 on the timbre and voices?

By: Lieven

Lieven — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 08:40:09 +0000

In reply to Gail. Sorry, I don't have the Naim

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:21:28 +0000

Great review sincep you guys reviewed thr naim uniti atom HE. Have ypu tried the LCD5 with the naim?can it drive it or it really needs a decent amp? I’m currently using one ans was quite curious on getting an lcd5

By: Lieven

Lieven — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:14:03 +0000

In reply to Tim. I bought and sold the Utopia. I hardly ever sell a headphone but it was impossible for me to enjoy the Utopia. All of the headphones you mention bring a lot more enjoyment

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 04:40:37 +0000

How could you possibly do comparisons and leave out the Focal Utopias, but include headphones that are definitely lesser than the Utopias, such as the Empyrean, the HE-1000SE, and the LCD-MX4? The Utopias may even still be the best overall, period!

By: Lieven

Lieven — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:21:09 +0000

In reply to MhtLion. Ok. Cool :-)

By: MhtLion

MhtLion — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:59:57 +0000

In reply to Lieven. No worries at all. My question was directed to your readers because I knew you don't have V281 anymore. Since V281 has a rather warm sounding, I'm curious whether it will add the body to LCD-5 or get-in-the-way.

By: Lieven

Lieven — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:38:52 +0000

In reply to MhtLion. Thank you. I sold my V281 a few months ago, sorry.

By: MhtLion

MhtLion — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 02:54:41 +0000

Great review, Lieven! Has anyone tried LCD-5 with Violectric V281? I ‘think’ it will sound nice with it in XLR mode, and I’m VERY inclined to click the purchase button.