Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Grab a pair of LCD-1 today: scan.co.uk/products/nda-15-10-19audeze-lcd-1-open-back-planar-magnetic-headphones
or maybe a pair of HD650 instead: scan.co.uk/products/sennheiser-hd650-open-back-over-ear-dynamic-headphones-titanium-silver-300-ohm-10-41000-hz

Tom gets to grips with the lightest and smallest LCD series headphone; the LCD-1. It's planar drivers should deliver plentiful detail with an accurate tonal balance for under £/$400, but how exactly does it stack up to the old time engineers favourite, the HD650?

Then we go further down the rabbit hole and see what effect Sonarworks, Morphit and other correction plugins have, and do you really need them and what works best?

Don't forget to look out for the codeword in the video that UK & EU viewers can mail in to get access to some exclusive headphone deals.

Download Tom's Pro-Q preset
dropbox.com/s/66pm9ecb2e57ijy/tom%27s%20V2%20LCD-1%20-%20Pro%20Q%20preset%20.ffp?dl=0

Check out the rest of our Pro Audio range.
scan.co.uk/proaudio