Meze 99 Classic

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  1. Taverius

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    According to someone on reddit (yes, I know) these planars - jeez, just call these planars - will be "way more" than 1k$.

    Meze caught the Focal bug? As in, the absurd overpricing thing.

    We shall have to see.
     
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    In all fairness, HFM was there first.
     
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    I think they use a dilithium crystal coated driver.

    Seriously, I do like Antonio's tuning somewhat. I hope he's got something special here.
     
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    Oh sure.

    I love my 99s, except the cup size.

    Bassy, but coherent, and they sound great out of crap phones, tvs, the like ... I won't rehash it all.

    More great cans: yes please.

    But going from (very nice, yes) fashion cans to ultra-totl playnars ... colour me sceptical, it's all, especially with the amount of insano-price stuff that's been coming out the last few years.

    By all means screw the naysayers and jump before you can walk if you're confident, but the peanut gallery has every right to expect a trainwreck.
     
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    The Isodynamic driver of the Empyrean

     
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    The Empyrean (Jude said that they will cost more than $3000)

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    That's one ugly motherfucker, looks like a mix between a goliath spider and the backside of a fridge.
     
  8. Taverius

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    For 3k+ these better be the second coming of Michael Jackson.

    I kind of like the looks though.
     
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    The orange earcups...no, please no :(
    It would sell quite well as a package with the Holo Cyan DAC/headphone amp and a Gucci Mane poster :rolleyes:

    But hey, that's just my opinion :p
     
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    I guess somebody has to give hifiman a run for their money in the ortho-ludicrous price tier.
     
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    The gold/copper tone reminds me of a radiator cover. I like the Meze sound so I'm hopeful that they sound good, but at that price I guess it doesn't really matter. To me anyway, I can't afford them.
     
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    time to start a separate thread ? XD

    well idk what's the opinion here, the asymmetric trace patterns don't look like a hard thing to come up with, must be a reason why it hasn't been done before, maybe they rly managed to do something special there.

    however, kinnda learned to brace for a big disappointment when i see a fancy ad-fi hype(er) launch (i mean rly? they didn't even announce the thing on their own site)
     
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    Good headphone. The tone is just right. The price is right up there with the HD600 and HD650.

    I could not buy one. For about 200 Dollars/Euros less a Brainwavz HM5 does a similar job with detachable cables, easy to swap ear pads and multiple cable options.

    The 99 Classic, a really well tuned closed headphone.
     
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    New picture of the Empyrean

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    Whoa, those are deep pads, especially for the thicknesses of the walls.

    Adjustment looks smooth without detents, unless they're hidden? That's actually the only part of the Atticus that annoys me ...
     
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    The original Atticus & Eikon had the smooth adjustment...I think he got a lot of requests for the notched sliders.
     
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    It would be cool if you could order the A or E with black notched sliders.
     
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    Gotta admit this looks much better, I hope they release a full silver version (or a full black version)...the orange/bronze is...mmm...how to be polite..."muy feo"

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    I totally agree, unfortunately at CanJam NYC Antonio (Meze) said this is what it looks like before the coating is applied (anodizing I think, but I'm not 100%). I don't think they're planning on releasing this one since I also hear (not from Antonio) that they're making a very limited number.
     
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    That's a shame...a full black or full silver anodized model would look much nicer :(
     

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