Audeze LCD-3

AUDEZE LCD-3 - HIGH PERFORMANCE PLANAR MAGNETIC HEADPHONE

The LCD3 is the Audeze reference and one of the best sounding headphones on the planet. This pair includes the fazers and the original accessories (primarily the XLR and TRS cables shown) and comes in a real wood case (which is no longer available). Serial No. 2716002. I am the original owner. Very low mileage, so they're essentially brand new. Maintained in a smoke-free, pet-free, child-free environment. Sell for $1945 new. I ship the phones in the same triple packing in which I received them: they will be placed in the lined wooden box, which fits in a white box from Audeze with the make and serial number, which in turn fits into a shipping box the dealer used to mail them to me.

Headphone stand is NOT included.

[ALSO AVAILABLE: Audio Guild French Silk headphone cable (in chocolate brown) custom made for these phones, 12 feet long to give you plenty of freedom of movement while listening. These are great cables that are apparently no longer available. I believe the owner-craftsman who designed and built the cables retired a while back. But his cables are still fantastic.

Features:

· Neodymium Planar Magnetic Transducers

· Open Circumaural Design

· 5 to 50,000 Hz Frequency Response

· Gorgeous Zebrano wood Ear Cups

Designed for personal Hi-Fi listening when connected to an external headphone amplifier or integrated amplifier. Instead of utilizing traditional dynamic cone drivers, the headphones implement a neodymium magnetic planar transducer designed to deliver a frequency response of 5 to 50,000 Hz with a THD of less than 1%, an impedance of 110 ohms, an efficiency of 93 dB per 1 mW, and a total output SPL of over 130 dB when driven by 15 watts.

Magnetic planar technology differs from traditional dynamic cone designs by suspending a thin lightweight diaphragm within a parallel magnetic plane comprised of an array of magnets. The diaphragm is much lighter when compared to a traditional dynamic cone and has a printed circuit spread across a thin-film substrate on the surface of the diaphragm as opposed to a cone attached to a voice coil. When the audio signal from the amplifier reaches the circuit, it magnetizes the diaphragm within the field and produces sound.

The benefits of a magnetic planar design include faster transient response due to the lighter diaphragm, a wide frequency with low distortion, better heat dissipation, fewer moving parts for greater durability, without the kind of sonic degradation that cones are susceptible to, and better amplifier compatibility because the circuit functions as an almost entirely restive load.

The headphones also implement the company's patent-pending Fazor technology to guide and manage the flow of sound for better clarity, phasing, 3-D imaging, and frequency response. The magnetic structure creates a uniform magnetic field across the diaphragm, without the need for additional ferromagnetic material traditionally found in other planar headphones to remove magnetic interference, reduce harmonic distortion, and lower overall weight.

No trades considered. Reasonable offers considered, but I don’t respond to low-ball proposals.