Audeze LCD-4

Audeze (pronounced "odyssey") is an American company that's fast forging a name for itself with a rapidly expanding range of high-end headphones that use planar magnetic drivers. And at the very top of Audeze's audio tree are the LCD-4.

Audeze is a California-based designer and manufacturer of headphones, microphones, and amplifiers since 2008. The LCD-4 ($3,995) is the flagship headphone employing planar magnetic technology. Planar magnetic transducers suspend a flat, lightweight...

You'll know it when you hear it—there's something very right, natural, and organic about the Audeze LCD-4's sound.

In cocobolo wood and leather, £3,229. Also in black

"In a cold world of flagships, the LCD-4 gives me the warmth I have been asking for." -Probably someone (photography by Regan Hulvey) I think today is a great day to love headphones. I think today is an awesome day to sit back and enjoy one of the many...

Introduction It has been a little over ten years since I listened to Rust In Peace in its entirety through Sennheiser's much coveted Orpheus system. And since then, I have been spending the better part of the last decade trying to recapture that sound....

Introduction It has been a little over ten years since I listened to Rust In Peace in its entirety through Sennheiser's much coveted Orpheus system. And since then, I have been spending the better part of the last decade trying to recapture that sound....

I was very excited to try the LCD-4 after hearing about the improvements to the sound Audeze has made and reports that it is the best of the line yet. Comfort: The headband is great and clamp-free for those that despise clamp. However the cups are...