They are not comfortable enough for me and I cannot wear them for an hour or more, which is disappointing to say the least.

I spent some time talking on the phone with Alex Rossen, CEO of Audeze, about the differences in drivers in the three models. Most of it, as you might guess, is proprietary information, but there are a couple of tid-bits I can share: Nonetheless, I’m happy to report that the LCD-X 2021 is a totally different headphone when it comes to its midrange performance. But more on that later. Large soundstage – bigger than the XTC-O, good instrument separation – slightly better than the XTC-O, but just barely. The soundstage while playing Hogwarts Legacy was pretty epic on the LCD-X while on the XTC-O it’s more intimate. When different technologies compete to fulfil the same market niche, it’s not always the best one that wins. VHS conquered Betamax, and Brunel’s broad-gauge railways were torn up to make way for the standard-gauge network. There are many such examples in the world of audio, and, just occasionally, someone comes along and revives a forgotten alternative to the dominant technology to remind us what we’re missing. In this case, that someone is American headphone manufacturers Audeze (pronounced ‘odyssey’), and the technology in question is a planar magnetic driver.

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Not really a fair comparison, since I own these primarily for gaming. Penrose is good for gaming, LCD-X is far too heavy. On the other hand, for music, Penrose sounds uneven — dark and edgy simultaneously. Truly the Cloud Strife of headphones. Connectivity:Wireless Bluetooth (2.4 GHz Wireless (16bit/48kHz) + Bluetooth (SBC, AAC) + Wired (3.5mm analog audio, USB-A-to-C charging) While the technical performance is vastly different, their tuning is really different, and that makes this comparison really interesting.

I did listen to few classic music, mozarts, but since i am not big fan of classic, i won't comment too much on this genre, over all LCD-X was better compare to LCD-2 on this area. Or are they? I don’t know, sometimes they sound a little recessed, sometimes not. Most of the time though, I think they’re even with the bass and treble — my lizard brain, expecting vocals to be forward, is caught off-guard by this. Also your ear pads should not be held in place using a adhesive circle ring, that is very poor indeed. over time", says their rep on Head-fi. The updated LCD-X 2021 has new ear pads as well as refined and newly optimised magnetic circuits. They modified the ear pad material to get a better seal around the ears on differently shaped heads for a more consistent sonic experience. My daily driver. A beautiful sounding set of IEM’s — clean, smooth, great extension and detail retrieval. The LCD-X sounds like a headphone version of these IEMs (after slight EQ). Very high praise!

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Thanks to that change, we now get a much better sense of openness, better definition, and more natural vocal presentation. It actually reminds me a bit of the LCD-4, which was brighter and more accurate sounding than its predecessor – the LCD-3. Hello hifi communities. This is my very first thread on head-fi as well as the first review. So please chill if you dislike my opinions and ignorant. I just received my LCD-X, paired up with Burson Conductor running through foobar on ASIO with flacs, excited and unboxed.........

Unlike the LCD 2 with its exotic wood, LCD X goes hardcore and is made of all metal/aluminum. Which brings to the outcome of “incredible build quality” but also incredible weight and discomfort, more so than the LCD 2.

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What’s changed you’ll probably ask. Well, compared to the original LCD-X…basically everything has changed. The headband is now this suspension type, which is way better when it comes to ergonomics. Additionally, the magnets array has been reworked to reduce the weight of the headphone, while maintaining the highest possible quality. Additionally, the newest version is tuned differently, and it’s meant to eliminate the flaws of the original LCD-X, its uneven midrange performance. Nonetheless, instead of comparing it to the original LCD-X, I’ll be focusing more on the headphone itself, and how does it stand its ground in 2021. Having the LCD-X tour unit for a few days, I decided to do an Audeze family shootout between the 2, 3, and the X – and added the Fostex TH900 for good measure. Using m2man’s experienced ear, we tested the lineup using his expensive home setup including his: Above is a compensated frequency response plot for all three current models with Fazors. Of note are the differences in low bass—and I 'm a little skeptical of the measurements accuracy here; pad material differences between the three models interacting with the artificial materials of my measurement head may be at play. My guess is they perform more similarly on real heads with acoustic leaks due to hair and such. None the less, the LCD-X did seem the punchiest of the bunch in the lows. These cans sound exceptional and are my favourite Audeze that I have heard. I previously had the LCD-2 pre-fazor, LCD-3 pre-fazor and the LCD-2 fazor cans. The new LCD-X has a brand new transducer (with the Fazor: a wave-guide that sits on top and is part of the transducer) that offers an improved phase response by helping better control the sound wave flow in the headphones and in turn, this gives an improved sense of clarity, separation and imaging over previous Audeze headphones. To clarify, the new transducer has a thinner diaphragm over the LCD-2s, but the LCD-3’s Lotus transducer is the thinnest currently offered.