Audeze LCD-1 or Sennheiser HD650 - What's Better for Mixing & Mastering? 

Finally, a good review from a musician who mixes and masters. All the other current reviews are just headphone geeks who compare the LCD-1 to other headphones, but without any context of what the original music was intended to sound like on speakers. How can you judge the accuracy of headphones if you don't have a good monitoring setup? You really can't. I've been using Reveal @ 80% and that seems to translate well with my new IK MTMs.

HUGE thank you for an audio engineer's review. This helped ALOT.

Great review, thanks Tom! The LCD-1 are stunning. Love them.

Hey Tom I got the lcd-1 after viewing this video and I'm very pleased with them so thank you very much!!

Very very well explained, thanks a lot.

Nice one Tom - Enjoyed that one. First notification I've had for a long while. The ups and downs of youtube algorithms goes on

Excellent video with useful details. Thanks❗️👍

Well done mate!

Thanks for the review

Great Review! thank you!

Just subscribed for the perfect tittle video or topic or mixing mastering etc

Great review. Don't be scared of that 7.9k shape in Reveal! Thats the best curve to modify a narrow frequency imbalance without affecting surrounding frequencies. That curve is an option in DMG Equilibrium.

Thanks! Bob Katz almost convinced me to buy a pair on an online seminar lol I was kind of convinced until he started naming brands he promotes

this man knows his audeze headphones. i mean, LOOK at his neck...

HD600 and 560s for working and HD650 HD660s for enjoyment

Would love to see a comparison between the Audeze lcd 1s and dt 990 pros

Thank you a lot. After your videos i really want to buy this headphones. My budget is this and i want the maximum quality for my mix. That peak worried me a little, you can tell me at what frequency it was. The only model with which i am undecuded only are the Ollo s4x. Frequency responce is really flat, but both headphones i have never tried. Can you tell me what you think and wich one do you racommend ? I hope you have also tried the Ollo for give me an answer. Thak you again. I wait you :))

Very helpful, thank you. Question: I am looking for studio reference headphones with a response similar to my DynAudio MKII monitors. My Shure 940s are too trebley, and my Sennheiser 598SE is too bassy. Which of these do you think would fit what I'm looking for?

I have a old pair of award winning Sennheiser HD-580´s, which are very much like the old Yamaha NS-10 speakers. I still love them. Very true sound. I also have a pair of Beyer-Dynamic DT-880 Pro, which are very good, but tend to have some extra highs. Once you are aware of that, it´s not a problem, but you need to be aware of that. I do mixing, and mastering, and have become curious about Audeze LCD-X. A bit expensive, but I might give them a shot. I don´t think the LCD-1 will give me what I want, nor will the Audeze LCD-2 Classic. I think the LCD-X might be my next choice. We´ll see.

Are these the best value for classical music and ultimate clarity, detail and immersion? My budget is around 5-600£. The rest of the budget is reserved for dac amp

Excellent video! I appreciate it. I own the DT880 PRO and use Reference 4 followed by a minor tweak in ProQ3. What would you recommend between the LCD and the DT1990 Pro? Many thanks in advance!

Cheers lad. Only took 15 mins to say the LCD is better :) Nah, good video.

great review and information. any thoughts ideas/comparisons about audeze.LCD-1 versus hifiman.SUNDARA

I have 560 on the way. A bit more V shaped. Can't wait.

Great review thanks! I would love your help in this please! The same battle but cheaper: Hd58x vs HE4xx/HE400i *Also the Monolith M1060 which have bigger planar driver if you heard them *I will be using Sonarworks/Morphit average profile for either one, I'll check which suits better Thanks

how do these stack up against the sundara for mixing?

Does lcd1 work perfectly with just a smartphone lg g8x with inbuilt quad dac?

Great review man. I am already leaning towards LCD 1. What do you think of Neumann NDH20 compared to LCD 1? Both very different headphones but would love to know your thoughts on it.

Can I used these for mixing and mastering without Reveal+?

omg thanks,

Hi. I noticed Sound ID lcd1,s curve is was lower from 1k down.. Any thoughts? Thanks

If you want to HEAR the difference between the two, Oluv's Gadgets channel has a great video demonstrating both with binaural microphones.

very interesting! wish you can check the "new' Avantone planar which would be a direct competition with the LCD-2...or maybe scoring higher...

You can choose the latency mode in Sonarworks just like in the fab filter eq, you can also set a preference curve in this way and adjust the standard curve from Sonarworks. And you never have to disable it, because it runs systemwide. It only sounds bad if you run It in 0 latency mode...It's a great piece of software!

Hi, I bought the lcd1 but I can hear a crinkling every time I move my head. I thought it was from the plastic but from costumer support told me "you may hear a slight crinkling sound from the diaphragm. This is a normal occurrence with planar magnetic driver" But it is actually the cheap plastic that makes that noise. I just returned them

Isn't the Hifiman Sundara better than both of these, and cheaper than the LCD-1? ._. Bettter sound profile, and the membrane is 80% thinner, making it a super fast driver.

Would be nice if you'd review the OLLO Audio's S4X's (cheaper, easy to repair, very very good feedback from users)

Hello. Are the Hifiman sundara better?

I have the LCD-1, the LCD-2F, the iSine10 and have had the LCD-2C in the past. I also tested the LCD-X and LCD-3, but I greatly favoured the LCD-2 over either one of them. (the LCD-2 sounded "right" to me, while the others did not). I also have the HD600, had the HD800, and the Beyerdynamic DT 660. The HP I use the most is the LCD-1. Its worse at everything compared to the best HP at each thing (not as good timbre as the HD600, not as good space as the HD800, not as good in slam and wall of sound as the LCD-2, not as fast as the iSine)... And yet I use it the most, I sold the LCD-2C, the HD800... It jsut does not feel like it does anything "wrong". In gaming they will hit hard in base if asked for, will give you micro detail in highs when needed and will give you a good soundstage as well. People usually test music with HPs, but I prefer games, so that is where I stick to testing. When a HP gets me hyped up in music from trailers, it usually fails at telling me enemy placement based on sound. When it has good mids, it tends to fail in the bass department (etc). The LCD-1 does everything "well". Id prefer the LCD-2, but my neck disagrees.

The 600 is a lot more neutral than the rather sweet sounding 650 and thus the one of them most used in professional applications.

dSONIQ Realphones!

Morphit made my hd650 sound broken

Neither of them.

The problem of your content is, it is sponsored and biased ... sorry dude

You voice audio hurts to listen to. Please fix it for future videos.