Audeze’s $2,995 LCD-MX4 are audiophile headphones you can power with your laptop
It’s tough to think of $3,000 headphones that engulf your head as a “lightweight” or more affordable option, but that’s exactly what Audeze’s new LCD-MX4 cans are supposed to be. Priced a thousand dollars south of the company’s flagship LCD-4, the MX4 are essentially an LCD-4 “lite”: they are 30 percent lighter than any other model in Audeze’s LCD range, but they still offer most of the same performance as the top pair.
Looking at the spec differences between the LCD-4 and LCD-MX4, the newer variant doesn’t have the Fazor elements that Audeze uses to more precisely channel sound and eliminate tiny distortions, but otherwise it’s mostly a direct match. The MX4s also lose out on the wood exterior and they don’t carry the “handcrafted in…
