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They are also very easy to drive and the most comfortable pair of headphones from the brand that IвЂ™ve ever worn. The LCD-1 are nowhere near $3,000 their $399 price tag makes them very competitive in the open-back planar magnetic category. Audeze has made huge strides in that department but it made me rethink the idea of dropping $3,000 on a pair of headphones unless they were very lightweight вЂ“ and super comfortable to wear for much longer stretches of time. I remember trying some of the earliest Audeze models and loving the sonics but really having an issue with the industrial design and weight of the products IвЂ™m a large guy (6вЂ™3вЂќ) with a big head and I couldnвЂ™t deal with the sensation of wearing a suitcase on my head for more than 10 minutes. IвЂ™ve raised 3 avid gamers, so I know the drill. Not only have they continued to develop state-of-the-art products, but they have focused heavily on the gaming segment and that was clearly the way to go considering how many millions of people play daily. One brand that understands that there has been a quantum shift in listening habits is Audeze. Many of them will never invest in a high-end two-channel system and there is nothing wrong with that.ДЄudiophiles who judge them harshly are missing the point.ДЄudeze LCD-1 planar-magnetic over-ear wired headphones Headphones are not only the gateway drug for some into our little hobby вЂ“ they are the drug of choice for millions of people. I travel enough to notice that IвЂ™m not alone in this practice. With some degree of isolation from the rest of the office, I was able to work and listen for a few hours each day before working with our teams in China, Poland, and Germany on group projects.

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I use my MacBook Pro a lot for music listening prior to the day job going remote due to COVID-19 restrictions here in New Jersey, I would take my AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt USB DAC and a pair of HiFiMan Sundara headphones to work with me on a daily basis. With the wife and kids hunkered down for the night with their flashlights (the power would return a few hours later), I pulled back the curtains to watch the wind-swept debris pile up on a broken piece of fencing that had toppled over from the force of the onshore winds.

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The Audeze LCD-1 sat on the couch next to me.ДЄs the winds begin to howl outside, I added a dozen albums from Foy Vance, Stereolab, Nina Simone, Stanley Turrentine, Hildur GuГ°nadГіttir, and Max Richter to my Qobuz offline library for playback through my MacBook Pro.ДЄudeze LCD-1 headphones and the brand new, Clarus CODA USB DAC/Headphone amplifier had been burning in all week connected to my iMac/ Schiit Magni+ system in my home office before I decided to schlep them upstairs for the late-night listening on the sofa. Having survived more than a few major disasters here over the past decade, I had already turned most things off for the night knowing the consequences if I did not. The winds were not kind to trees, fencing, or telephone poles and it didnвЂ™t take long before all went dark. Sitting alone listening to music in the dark the other night as the winds began to howl across the Shore and blanket sections of the Garden State with debris, I was lifted out of my trance when a transformer exploded in our neighborhood.