Audeze LCD-1

The Audeze LCD-1 headphones can fold up for easy storage and transport (requires included 3.5mm mini listening cable for use, not shown). Audeze's LCD-series planar-magnetic headphones are some of the best-sounding over-ears we offer. But their sheer size tends to limit when and where you can use them. The Audeze LCD-1 headphones take the shape of a more traditional set of over-ears, while preserving the company's signature spacious, detailed sound. These headphones weigh in at less than nine ounces. That makes them the smallest, lightest over-ear planars I've ever seen. That's no small feat, considering the basic principle behind this type of headphone driver is using a larger diaphragm to move more air. But Audeze developed a more efficient "way to play." Audeze planars are popular among studio engineers and personal audio aficionados for many of the same reasons. They deliver a clean, well-balanced sound with a high level of detail and precise impulse control. I've personally always been struck by how t...