Reviewers Liked
- Lifelike detail, Near perfect frequency response, Immense stereo image, Excellent balance, Gorgeous, ergonomic design
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Expensive, A little heavy
Audeze LCD-3
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Expert reviews and ratings
By What Hi-Fi?
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The LCD-3s use an open-backed design. This means they leak sound into the room. A lot.So they're not really ideal when you're sitting in the same room as someone else, unless you don't mind annoying them.These things apart, there's little to complain...
By Digital Trends
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We don't know what the voice of God sounds like, but we imagine it sounds a lot like the Audeze LCD-3. While we can't tell you whether any headset is worth $2,000, we can assure you that time spent with the Audeze LCD-3 is a revelatory experience that...
By Home Theater Review
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2,000 is a lot of money for anything, let alone a pair of headphones. It's an even crazier amount, considering it would be for a set of headphones that I wouldn't necessarily listen to all the time. And yet, I want the LCD3. I want it if for no other...
By AVguide
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The product that put Audeze on the high-end audio map was the original LCD2 planar magnetic headphone ($995, click here to read our review), which won critical acclaim and sold well among knowledgeable, critical listeners. Later, Audeze released...
By Headfonia
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The LCD-X has been announced and I've yet to write or publish an LCD-3 review. I'm glad I don't have a boss cause otherwise I would've lost my job by now.Why even bother writing a review about it now? Almost some two years after it's been released and...
By KenRockwell
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As of this writing, the Audeze LCD-3 are the world's best dynamic (moving conductor) headphones. What really sets these headphones apart is a complete lack of resonance or response peaks in the critical upper midrange...
By soundandvision.com
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An audience with the world's least likely reference headphone Measured: The Audeze LCD-3 See Gallery Measurements To measure the performance of the LCD-3, I used a G.R.A.S. 43AG ear/cheek simulator, a Clio FW audio analyzer, a laptop computer...
By Hifitest.de
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Audionext hat uns das flammneue „Heads-Beyond“-Set, bestehend aus dem Kopfhörer Audez'e LCD-3 und dem Kopfhörerverstärker Bakoon HPA sowie einem Kopfhörerständer von Klutz Design in die Redaktion geschickt.Obwohl das „Heads-Beyond“-Set im Koffer kommt,...
By Fairaudio
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Falls Sie hier bei fairaudio schon einmal die eine oder andere Rezension von mir gelesen haben, dann werden Sie es bereits wissen: Ich bin nicht der ganz große Kopfhörer-Liebhaber. Ich möchte Musik nicht nur im Innenohr, sondern auch in der...
By audio.de
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Mit den Musikern hautnah auf Tuchfühlung gehen? Der magnetostatische Audeze LCD-3 macht's möglich. Wir haben den On-Ear-Kopfhörer...
By Hifitest.de
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Mist, ich war vor diesem Test extrem voreingenommen. Im positiven Sinne allerdings. Die Kandidaten bestanden nämlich aus der „größeren“ Version meines bisherigen Lieblings-Kopfhörers und einem USB-DAC mit Kopfhörerverstärker eines Herstellers, dessen...
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