Gear reviews & listening notes
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Headphones, hi-fi, and guitars. Personal reviews by Mike Pelletier.
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Audeze LCD-S20 Closed-back Headphones
Time for another Headphone review! I purchased these a few weeks ago (early 2026). I usually like to wait a while to avoid that early excitement. But, similar to the LCD-5 headphones, I’m seeing mixed…
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