Audeze LCD 4Z Planar-Magnetic Headphones

"Most Incredible" Easy-to-Drive Version of the LCD-4

Featuring a new look and greater efficiency, the design and sound of the Audeze LCD-4z is sure to thrill! Engineered with a new magnesium housing to produce a light-weight, visually appealing headphone, the LCD-4z maintains the critically-acclaimed sound signature of LCD-4.

"These Are Some of the Most Incredible Headphones We’ve Ever Heard"

"These are some of the most incredible headphones we’ve ever heard, and they are now even more real-world ready than ever," notes DigitalTrends.com, May 9, 2018. "The LCD-4z sound embodies the very best qualities available from the thin membranes of planar magnetic drivers, carving out every secret, each lonesome detail, and every rushing burst of form and color from your most complex music, stretched across a sprawling soundstage. They draw a full pulse of healthy bass, complemented by all the delicacies of the upper frequencies your best recordings can dish out."

"In the end I have to really commend Audeze for their constant innovation. They took their flagship headphones (headphones that I’ve always considered to be some of the very best in the world) and made them so efficient that I could now use them with a portable device. At the same time, there were no sacrifices to the outstanding levels of sound quality made," raves Peter Pialis, headphone.guru, August 13, 2018.

The LCD-4 Reimagined

The LCD-4z is easier to drive than the LCD-4. Audeze took the award-winning design of our top-of-the-line LCD-4 and engineered it with a special 15 ohm voice-coil, making it significantly easier to drive than the original LCD-4. This model does not replace the original 200 ohm LCD-4, but offers a perfect solution for users seeking more head room.

It also boasts a bold new look! The LCD-4z features a dark sleek aesthetic with gold accents. The magnesium rings of the LCD-4z are designed to be strong, lightweight, and non-resonant for a very clean output.

Planar Magnetic Technology

A nearly weightless nano-scale diaphragm is a hugely important feature. The LCD-4z features Audeze's most advanced diaphragm design. The company's exclusive nano-scale film actually weighs less than the air it displaces! Benefits include faster response for better transient/impulse response, imaging, and the flattest, deepest, most accurate bass response of any headphone available.

Audeze nearly doubles the magnetic force with the Double Fluxor™ Magnet Arrays. They bring the magnetic flux to 1.5 Tesla, nearly doubling the power driving the diaphragm for improved transient response and far greater resolution.

The LCD-4z provides precise imaging. Patented Fazor Element waveguide reduces diffraction of soundwaves resulting in improved treble response, transparency and imaging.

Combining Audeze's Fluxor™ magnet arrays, nano-scale diaphragm, Fazors, Uniforce voice coil, and other features, the LCD-4 and LCD-4z give you even lower distortion and greater accuracy - usually 1/10th the distortion of conventional headphones.

Designed, Engineered, and Handcrafted in Audeze's California Factory

The LCD-4z headphone is thoroughly engineered and meticulously hand-built using the finest materials combined with cutting-edge planar magnetic technology. Audeze closely matches transducers to within +/- 1 dB.

The quality of the entire structure guarantees years of trouble-free listening. Cutting-edge designs and circuit technologies have created a breathtakingly beautiful sounding headphone.

Features

• Planar magnetic drivers for better dynamics and frequency response
• Style: Over-ear, open-back
• Transducer type: Planar magnetic
• Magnetic structure: Proprietary magnet array
• Phase management: FAZOR
• Magnet type: Neodymium N50
• Diaphragm type: Nano-scale Uniforce™
• Transducer size: 106 mm
• Premium leather for style and durability

• Flux density 1.5 Tesla
• Large ultra-thin nano grade Uniforce diaphragms
• Double Fluxor™ magnetic arrays
• Fazor elements

• 1/4-in to dual 4-pin mini-XLR Premium LCD Headphone Cable
• Professional travel case

• Maximum power handling: 5W RMS
• Maximum: SPL >130dB
• Frequency response: 5Hz – 20kHz
• THD: <0.1% @ 100dB
• Impedance: 15 ohms
• Sensitivity: 98 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point)
• Minimum power requirement: >100mW
• Recommended power level: >250mW

"The LCD-4z sound embodies the very best qualities available from the thin membranes of planar magnetic drivers, carving out every secret, each lonesome detail, and every rushing burst of form and color from your most complex music, stretched across a sprawling soundstage. They draw a full pulse of healthy bass, complemented by all the delicacies of the upper frequencies your best recordings can dish out. These are some of the most incredible headphones we’ve ever heard, and they are now even more real-world ready than ever."

- DigitalTrends.com, May 9, 2018

"In the end I have to really commend Audeze for their constant innovation. They took their flagship headphones (headphones that I’ve always considered to be some of the very best in the world) and made them so efficient that I could now use them with a portable device. At the same time, there were no sacrifices to the outstanding levels of sound quality made. For anyone who might have avoided the original LCD-4 headphones because they were worried that their amplifier might not be up to the task, the LCD-4z offers you a wonderful alternative that equally brings the goods and could sound very close to its best though with significantly less investments in a high power headphone amplifier.

- Peter Pialis, headphone.guru, August 13, 2018