Meze Empyrean

Fantastic planars and amazingly comfy!

First- Thanks to Tim for the great service in getting these out to me, appreciate the interaction and fixing a last minute goof up I made on my order. As for the Empyreans, as much as I know everyone is gushing over the II's, I wanted the slightly warmer/fun set for daily use and they have fit that bill perfectly. They'll run on just about anything but if you can throw more power at them they seem to soak it up nicely. Non fatiguing and versatile, just what I wanted in a daily driver. The copper/black is icing on the cake, gorgeous build quality matches the sound <3

MEZEs mean Musical

Ive gone through a plethora of cans, particularly ZMF, some Focal (both Clears and a celeste) T5 gen 3s, a HE 1000 Stealth, Zr-1s (pretty nice) and these are my favorite current production cans. They are full sounding, detailed (they just arent over accentuated like they are with chi-fi stuff or some Beyers) strong bass and very good mids (senn 600/650 and auteur OG on an OTL amp might be a bit better). These were bought with a trade back of that HE 1000 Stealth I mentioned and Headamp got it out before It even arrived so amazing to work with. Maybe Ill try out the HE 1000 SE one of these days but from what most are saying its tonality wont be as good as the Mezes even though technically it might be better (and thats probably a big MIGHT). Outstanding cans.

Perfect for me

I've owned dozens of headphones including HFM, Audeze, ZMF, Senn, among many others. These are one of the two sets of headphones I've put on my head and instantly knew I was going to keep. Incredibly comfortable with a smooth, detailed sound that is never harsh, is presented with a very generous soundstage, and is well finished in the bottom end.