LCD-5s

Flagship Planar Headphones

Refinement. Precision. Luxury.

Incorporating our latest technical advancements, the new LCD-5s rewards listeners with a vast, immersive soundscape and palpably physical bass response. A. new driver design combines with SLAM technology to produce mastering-grade precision even better than the original LCD-5, with a more natural, lifelike frequency response. Redesigned earpads are precisely sculpted to ensure long-term comfort and improved seal.

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Engineered for Effortless Realism

To present listeners the most natural frequency response, LCD-5s uses a new driver design featuring our thinnest, most responsive materials. The nano-scale Parallel Uniforce diaphragm connects to a revised chassis structure, allowing the most precise midrange tuning possible.

SLAM — Punch, Detail, Presence

LCD-5s offers powerful, extended bass response and a strikingly open soundstage, thanks to the pinpoint driver control allowed by the addition of SLAM technology.

Elegant Design

Sophisticated copper accents highlight the outstanding handcrafted material quality — featuring carbon fiber, magnesium, genuine leather, and polished polymer acetate.

New Earpad Geometry

The smoothly flowing, curved forms of LCD-5s' new earpads are crafted to provide effortless comfort for hours of listening. This design also minimizes audible reflections to elevate sonic accuracy.

New Earpad Geometry

The smoothly flowing, curved forms of LCD-5s' new earpads are crafted to provide effortless comfort for hours of listening. This design also minimizes audible reflections to elevate sonic accuracy.

Ultra High-Purity Cable

LCD-5s uses our most premium cable, specially tuned with directional OCC high-purity copper strands, to provide a low capacitance, low resistance signal path, maintaining unsurpassed sonic precision and accuracy.

Ultra High-Purity Cable

LCD-5s uses our most premium cable, specially tuned with directional OCC high-purity copper strands, to provide a low capacitance, low resistance signal path, maintaining unsurpassed sonic precision and accuracy.

“The LCD-5s is upgraded and improved beyond any reasonable expectation. It's better, bigger, smoother, wider, deeper, more articulate, and more comfortable.”

-Bernie & Dale Becker
Latin Grammy Winning Mastering Engineers

Package Includes

LCD-5s Headphone
4-pin XLR premium balanced cable

4-pin XLR to 6.3mm TRS adapter

6.3mm TRS to 3.5mm adapter

Aluminum Travel Case

Package Includes

LCD-5s Headphone
4-pin XLR premium balanced cable

4-pin XLR to 6.3mm TRS adapter

6.3mm TRS to 3.5mm adapter

Aluminum Travel Case

Specifications

Style

Over-ear (circumaural), open-back

Transducer type

Planar Magnetic

Magnetic structure

Fluxor™ magnet array

Phase management

Fazor™

Acoustic management

SLAM™

Magnet type

Neodymium N50

Diaphragm type

Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce™

Transducer size

90 mm

Maximum SPL

>130dB

Frequency response

5Hz - 50kHz

Impedance

THD

30 ohms

<0.1% @ 100dB SPL

Sensitivity

90dB/1mW (@Drum Reference Point)

Minimum power requirement

>100mW

Recommended power level

>500mW

Maximum power handling

5W RMS

Weight

475g

Shipping Weight

9 lbs.

Package dimensions

16 L x 14 H x 8 W in.

Package Includes

LCD-5s Headphone
4-pin XLR premium balanced cable
4-pin XLR to 6.3mm TRS adapter
6.3mm TRS to 3.5mm adapter
Aluminum Travel Case

Specifications

Style

Over-ear (circumaural), open-back

Transducer type

Planar Magnetic

Magnetic structure

Fluxor™ magnet array

Phase management

Fazor™

Acoustic management

SLAM™

Magnet type

Neodymium N50

Diaphragm type

Nano-Scale Parallel Uniforce™

Transducer size

90 mm

Maximum SPL

>130dB

Frequency response

5Hz - 50kHz

Impedance

THD

30 ohms

<0.1% @ 100dB SPL

Sensitivity

90dB/1mW (@Drum Reference Point)

Minimum power requirement

>100mW

Recommended power level

>500mW

Maximum power handling

5W RMS

Weight

475g

Shipping Weight

9 lbs.

Package dimensions

16 L x 14 H x 8 W in.

Frequency Response