LCD-S20 Closed Back Headphone Overview

Professional-Trusted Clarity and Accuracy
LCD-S20 brings the carefully-tuned precision of Audeze’s best-known studio headphones to an affordable closed-back model for the first time. Rely on the sound trusted by the world’s foremost recording studios.

Planar Magnetic with SLAM
Featuring our lastest advancements to reproduce fine details in spatial audio — precision engineered in our California workshop.

Great Bass without Compromise
Powerfully dynamic bass that hits hard, goes low, and never gets muddy.

Precision Crafted Design
Built from premium magnesium, aluminum, and steel to ensure long-lasting performance.
Magnetically attached earpads allow easy replacement and customization.

Effortless Comfort
Adjustable leather suspension headband and supple gel-filled earpads for hours of listening in luxurious comfort. Cable connects conveniently to either side.

Your Private Listening Space
Stylish cloth-covered earcups treated with acoustic dampening provide heightened isolation from external noise, for relaxed listening in any environment.

Dac Magic 200M Overview

Shine a Light on Music
Digital audio files can be packed with incredible musical detail, but they need to be converted to analogue first for you to hear it. And how good it sounds will depend on how well the digital audio from your computer, network player or CD is converted. DacMagic 200M’s twin ESS DACs decrease crosstalk and improve separation because there’s a DAC dedicated to both left and right channels. These fully balanced, optimised, and efficient signal paths reveal previously hidden glittering musical prizes.

Why You Need Some DacMagic
Perhaps your vintage amp lacks the digital inputs for today’s listening choices. Maybe the DACs in your hi-fi setup just need a helping hand. Or you hate how your computer down-samples audio streams before they’ve hit your headphones. One thing’s for sure, DacMagic 200M is a dedicated hi-fi separate that beats integrated DACs for pure sound performance.

Desktop Dream Team
DacMagic 200M can be used with a variety of digital sources, maybe kit you already own. Alternatively, you can pair it with its sibling – our MXN10 compact network player. These half-width hi-fi heroes share the same family look and are now available in a choice of special edition black or lunar grey. Together they make a very credible desktop hi-fi system – or ‘head-fi’ if you prefer.

Vital Connections
Being compact, but not miniscule, means that DacMagic 200M has room for a plethora of digital inputs and analogue outputs. Two pairs of co-ax and optical inputs, a USB computer in and Bluetooth aptX for wireless connection keep the most demanding listener happy. A pair of balanced XLRs, unbalanced RCAs and a ¼” (6.3mm) headphone-out complete the picture.

Sounds Like Team Spirit
Looking for fast, accurate retrieval with no upsampling to keep your music intact? Then DacMagic 200M’s powerful XMOS processor can handle 1000 million instructions per second, to send digital information to the dual DACs, which work asynchronously at a clock speed of 100Mhz to convert digital to analogue in a ‘bit perfect’ way.

Choice and Status
DacMagic 200M’s aluminium fascia has a button to select one of 4 possible digital inputs, another to pick one of 3 digital filters to suit your listening taste, and a volume control if you’re using it as a headphone amp. There are LED lights to confirm your input and filter selection, with additional ones that indicate the incoming music resolution.

MQA: Studio Quality Audio
If you’re signed up to Tidal’s premium service, you can enjoy MQA music files. A green LED, on DacMagic 200M’s fascia, confirms it’s a genuine MQA music file. While a blue MQA LED indicates that you’re listening to a file approved by the artist/producer or verified by the copyright holder as accurate to the original recording. Put simply, blue is best.

Designed for Real Life
DacMagic 200M’s small enough to fit a desktop, but big to hold its own in a stack. Within its half-width hi-fi separates form, it delivers a sonic upgrade that’s way bigger than the steel and aluminium case it comes in – now in a choice of lunar grey or special edition black finish. Take our 60-day home trial to hear it for yourself.

LCD-S20 Closed Back Headphone Features
Ideal for tracking and recording
Superior bidirectional passive noise reduction prevents microphone bleed

Low distortion protects hearing
Hear backing tracks with greater clarity — without boosting the volume

Precise response for accurate timing
Planar drivers' pinpoint impulse response helps you keep time and stay on beat

Compatible with wide range of equipment
High-output, 18-ohm drivers perform well with most interfaces, mixers, laptops and mobile devices

Dac Magic 200M Features
Desktop Dream Team
DacMagic 200M can be used with a variety of digital sources, maybe kit you already own. Alternatively, you can pair it with its sibling – our MXN10 compact network player. These half-width hi-fi heroes share the same family look and are now available in a choice of special edition black or lunar grey. Together they make a very credible desktop hi-fi system – or ‘head-fi’ if you prefer.

Vital Connections
Being compact, but not miniscule, means that DacMagic 200M has room for a plethora of digital inputs and analogue outputs. Two pairs of co-ax and optical inputs, a USB computer in and Bluetooth aptX for wireless connection keep the most demanding listener happy. A pair of balanced XLRs, unbalanced RCAs and a ¼” (6.3mm) headphone-out complete the picture.

Sounds Like Team Spirit
Looking for fast, accurate retrieval with no upsampling to keep your music intact? Then DacMagic 200M’s powerful XMOS processor can handle 1000 million instructions per second, to send digital information to the dual DACs, which work asynchronously at a clock speed of 100Mhz to convert digital to analogue in a ‘bit perfect’ way.

Choice and Status
DacMagic 200M’s aluminium fascia has a button to select one of 4 possible digital inputs, another to pick one of 3 digital filters to suit your listening taste, and a volume control if you’re using it as a headphone amp. There are LED lights to confirm your input and filter selection, with additional ones that indicate the incoming music resolution.

MQA: Studio Quality Audio
If you’re signed up to Tidal’s premium service, you can enjoy MQA music files. A green LED, on DacMagic 200M’s fascia, confirms it’s a genuine MQA music file. While a blue MQA LED indicates that you’re listening to a file approved by the artist/producer or verified by the copyright holder as accurate to the original recording. Put simply, blue is best.

Designed for Real Life
DacMagic 200M’s small enough to fit a desktop, but big to hold its own in a stack. Within its half-width hi-fi separates form, it delivers a sonic upgrade that’s way bigger than the steel and aluminium case it comes in – now in a choice of lunar grey or special edition black finish.

LCD-S20 Closed Back Headphone Specifications:
Style: Over-ear, closed-back
Transducer type: Planar magnetic
Magnetic structure: Fluxor™ magnet array
Magnet type: Neodymium N50
Phase management: Fazor™
Acoustic management: SLAM™
Diaphragm type: Ultra-Thin Uniforce™
Transducer size: 90 mm
Maximum SPL: >120dB
Frequency response: 10Hz – 40kHz
THD: <0.1% @ 100dB SPL, 1kHz
Impedance: 18 ohms
Sensitivity: 93 dB/1mW (@ Drum Reference Point)
Maximum power handling: 5W RMS
Minimum power requirement: >100mW
Recommended power level: >250mW
Weight: 550g
Shipping weight: 3 lbs.
Package dimensions: 9.5 L × 10 H × 5 W in.

Dac Magic 200M Specifications
Digital To Analogue Converters: Dual Ess Es9028q2m Dacs
Digital Filter: Selectable, Fast – Slow – Short Delay
Frequency Response:10hz To 50khz (±1db)
Thd+n @ 1khz 0dbfs: <0.0005% (A-weighted)
Signal To Noise Ratio: >115db (A-weighted)
Crosstal @ 10khz: < -110db
Output Impedance: <50 Ohms (Unbal), <100 Ohm (Bal)
Max. Output Level (Unbalanced):2.1v Rms (Fixed Or Variable – User Selectable)
Max. Output Level (Balanced): 4.2v Rms (Fixed Or Variable – User Selectable)
Digital Input Word Widths Supported:16bit (Bluetooth), 16-24bit (Optical, Coaxial), 16-24bit (Usb)
Digital Input Sampling Frequencies Supported:44.1khz To 96khz Pcm, Dop64 (Optical), 44.1khz To 192khz Pcm, Dop64 (Coaxial), 44.1khz To 768khz Pcm, Native Dsd 64x To 512x, Dop 64x To 256x (Usb)
Mqa Compatibility: Full Decoding (Core + Renderer)
Bluetooth: V4.2, A2dp Profile, Sbc And Aptx Codecs
Roon Tested: Yes
Headphone Output: Thd+n < 0.001% At 1khz 0dbfs @ 100mw Into 32ohm
Headphone Output: S/n > 115db (A-weighted)
Max Output Power: >300mw @ 32ohm, >65mw @ 150ohm
Frequency Response: 10hz - 50khz (±1db)
Recommend Headphone Impedance: 10 Ohm To 600 Ohm
Max Power Consumption: 12w
Colour: Black
Dimensions (Hxwxd): 52 X 215 X 191mm; (2.0 X 8.6 X 7.6”)
Weight: 1.2kg/2.6lbs

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In-stock products typically ship within 48 hours and should be expected to arrive in 3-4 business days. Orders outside of the UAE should be expected to arrive in 5-7 business days.

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- Free delivery within the UAE
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- Taxes and duties are calculated according to the applicable laws of the state or country an item is shipped to and are the customer's responsibility.

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Installation charges are applicable and can be paid upon delivery for our clients based in Dubai.

- Installation Charges: AED 450 Per Hour
- Speaker Cables: AED 32 Per Meter
- Trunking: AED 10 Per Meter

For clients based outside of the UAE, please contact our specialists and we will share an estimate based on your requirements.