Power & Performance

• Transducer Type: Planar Magnetic
• Transducer Size: 90 mm
• Frequency Response: 5Hz – 50kHz
• Sensitivity: 100 dB/1mW (at Drum Reference Point)
• Impedance: 18 Ohms
• Maximum SPL: >130dB
• Total Harmonic Distortion (THD): <0.1% @ 100dB SPL, 1kHz
• Power Handling: 5W RMS (Maximum)
• Recommended Power: >250mW (Minimum requirement >100mW)
• Performance: The Audeze MM-500 is a purpose-built professional tool designed in collaboration with 11-time Grammy winner Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios. Engineered to be the "ultimate bridge" between studio monitors and headphones, it offers a level of mix translation that Manny famously trusted to mix DJ Khaled’s award-winning tracks in a hotel room. With its incredibly flat, linear response and lightning-fast transients, it delivers a "truth-first" presentation that uncovers every nuance of a recording without the romanticized warmth of the older LCD series.

Audio Features & Drivers

• Ultra-Thin Uniforce™ Diaphragm: Implements a 90mm diaphragm that is less than 2 microns thick—thinner than a single strand of a spider web. This near-zero mass allows for instantaneous reaction to signal changes, providing the "surgical" clarity required for critical mixing decisions.
• Fluxor™ Magnet Array: Features a powerful Neodymium N50 magnetic structure that provides the industry’s highest magnetic flux density. This high-efficiency design allows the MM-500 to deliver explosive dynamics and high SPLs while remaining exceptionally easy to drive.
• Fazor™ Phase Management: Integrated waveguides manage the flow of sound waves through the magnetic structure, eliminating interference and diffraction. This ensures a natural high-frequency extension and a pinpoint-accurate soundstage that is essential for spatial audio and complex stereo imaging.
• Larrabee Studio Tuning: Specifically voiced to match the acoustics and "feeling" of Manny Marroquin's world-class mixing room. The tuning is mid-forward and ultra-consistent, ensuring that if it sounds right on the MM-500, it will sound right on any playback system.
• Reference Linearity: Unlike the "relaxed" treble of many planar designs, the MM-500 provides a more present and honest upper-midrange and high-frequency response, making it easier to detect sibilance, hiss, or harshness in a mix.
• Superior Harmonic Accuracy: With a THD of less than 0.1%, the MM-500 provides a transparent window into the harmonic saturation and reverberation tails of a recording, allowing engineers to hear exactly how much "flavor" they are adding to a track.

Streaming & Connectivity

• Professional 4-Pin Mini-XLR Connectors: Utilizes Audeze's standard gold-plated locking mini-XLR jacks. These are wired with separate grounds for each channel to ensure maximum signal purity and resistance to crosstalk.
• High-Purity Braided Cable: Includes a 2.5m (8.2ft) braided cable designed for a neutral, high-definition presentation. The cable is terminated with a professional 1/4" (6.3mm) TRS plug.
• Ultra-Low Impedance Versatility: At 18 ohms, the MM-500 is one of the most efficient reference planars ever made. It can be driven to professional levels by virtually any audio interface, console, or even a laptop, making it the perfect "mobile studio" companion.
• Balanced-Ready Design: While it ships with a single-ended cable, the 4-pin mini-XLR earcup jacks are fully compatible with Audeze's premium balanced XLR cables for use with reference-grade balanced headphone amplifiers.
• Pure Analog Reliability: A strictly passive component with no internal batteries or digital signal processing (DSP), ensuring a timeless signal path that will never suffer from latency or firmware obsolescence.

Comfort & Dimensions

• Compact Professional Chassis: Takes design inspiration from the flagship LCD-5, moving away from the massive "cup" designs of the past for a more streamlined, compact, and lighter form factor.
• Extra-Plush Premium Leather Pads: Features oversized, deep earpads that provide a secure and comfortable seal. Unlike the sloped pads of the LCD-5, these are designed to provide a more traditional reference fit and consistent acoustic pressure.
• Adjustable Spring Steel Headband: Constructed from rugged spring steel with a perforated leather suspension strap that effectively distributes the weight across the head for all-day mixing sessions.
• Unit Weight: 495g (1.09 lbs) — significantly lighter and more balanced than the LCD-X, reducing neck fatigue during long marathons in the studio.
• Machined Aluminum Structure: The yokes and grilles are crafted from high-grade machined aluminum, providing a premium "tool-like" feel that is both lightweight and incredibly durable.

Design & Build

• Modern Studio Aesthetic: Features a sleek, gunmetal-grey and black industrial design that reflects its status as a serious piece of studio hardware rather than a consumer accessory.
• Hand-Assembled in USA: Every unit is handcrafted and meticulously tested in Audeze's Southern California workshop to ensure perfect channel matching within +/- 1dB.
• Professional Durability: Every load-bearing component is made of metal (aluminum and steel), ensuring the MM-500 can survive the rigors of travel, stage use, and daily studio life.
• Economy Travel Case: Comes standard with a rugged, high-impact travel case that provides waterproof and crush-proof protection for the headphones while on the move.
• Sustainability & Serviceability: Designed with modularity in mind; the cables and earpads are easily user-replaceable, ensuring the MM-500 can serve as a primary reference tool for a lifetime.

For most products, we cover three years for the drivers and one year for the rest of the parts, and this begins from the original date of retail purchase. Warranty on Mobius (discontinued), Penrose (discontinued), Maxwell, MM-100, LCD-S20 and FILTER is one year for all parts including drivers, except in the EU and UK, where minimum warranty may be longer, or anywhere else as mandated by local laws.

 For the full text of our warranty policy, please download and view this PDF.

 Warranty coverage is limited to factory defects only, not wear and tear or cosmetic damage from use. Please note that we consider earpads, headband straps/cushions, eartips, earlocks, earhooks, and batteries to be "consumable items" and offer no warranty on those parts.

 As long as product was originally purchased from an authorized dealer, the warranty is transferable and is valid from the original date of purchase. We just ask for proof of that purchase date by using the original purchase receipt. If no original receipt is available, we use the date of manufacture or shipment from our facility for the beginning of the warranty period, and warranty coverage is discretionary.

 We reserve the right to deny warranty claims for purchases originally made from anyone NOT on the dealer list, and proof of original purchase is required to claim warranty service.

 Warranty Service Guidelines:

For direct warranty service we cover parts, labor and return shipping to the customer, so the only cost to customers is shipping the product to us for repair. If a defect occurs within the first 30 days after the original retail sale, we pay for shipping both ways from the original point of delivery by providing a pre-paid shipping label. The decision to repair or replace a defective product is solely at Audeze's discretion.

Products must be serviced either by the distributor we sold them to, or directly by us here in the USA. If a product was purchased in the USA, it must be returned for service here, not to any international distributor. Likewise, a product purchased in any specific country must be returned for service to that country (or directly to us in the USA). For this reason we recommend that international customers purchase locally when possible, so any service needs can also be handled locally by our dealers or distributors. We also recommend verifying service contracts with dealers/distributors before purchase, as they are independent businesses and have their own policies in place.