Headphones

A beautiful Ebony Makassar wood finish a new warmer sound profile make these a distinct upgrade from the original Lirics. Still lively but with an even larger Sound stage.

I was even impressed by the beautiful box these come in. It looks like a picture of a rural scene in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania printed on the box.

Meze have continued to make waves in the Head-Fi world proving they're not just a short lived start-up, they're here for the long haul. Run by a small group of young(ish) Romanians who are passionate about keeping industry and manufacturing, as well as their families, in their native Romania. Their drivers come from just accross the border in the Ukraine. The Rinaro drivers have been the perfect match for Meze delivering the lithe, rich sound that they're renowned for.

The Liric IIs are on demo now at Carlton Audio Visual.

The LCD-24 was a special creation from the designers at Audeze and a 'pet project' of the Chief Technology Officer. These headphones use their ultra light, ultra definition Fluxor planar magnetic drivers with Nano scale diaphragms. 

In their words, 'the result is a robust and refined sound featuring the vibrant midrange, powerful bass, and treble extension iconic to Audeze's Flagship headphones'.

We're selling our Ex-Demo set that has had limited use and is in perfect condition. Come and test them for yourself!

PRICE DROP

Making way for the new Empyrean II. Our last pair of Empyrean's, Ex Demo, Black/Copper in perfect condition. Complete with hard case and 2.5m OFC cable, ending with 6.3 jack. Get them while they're still here! 

A ultra classy refined set of Headphones. It's hard to find anything bad to say about these. Except that there's now a new and improved better version with the Emprean Elite. But we were scratching our heads wondering what they could possibly do to make these any better.

The sound is detailed and precise but will let loose with kick and punch if you give them half a chance. The Soundstage is truly enormous and the quality of the finish is impeccable. 

The people who make these are Romanians and the engineers that have developed their special Isodynamic Hybrid Array Driver are Polish. Two former eastern block countries who are now part of the EU and obviously have oodles of talent to produce some of the best Headphones in the world. 

The Isodynamic driver is a variation of a Planar Magnetic driver done with a dual shaped voice coil array that makes them super light weight and super responsive. And you can definitely hear that responsiveness of the Empyreans over other Planar Magnetic designs.

The lightness in the driver makes them incredibly comfortable to wear for long periods of time as well.

Read an extensive review of the Meze Empyreans here

Meze Headphones continue to reach new heights. They're not content with their already exceptional Empyrean Headphones they've managed to take them to the next level. These are a group of people who are passionate and dedicated to creating the best Headphone experience they can.

They work closely with Ukrainian company Rinaro (now with an extra manufacturing facility in Poland!) who make their planar magnetic drivers. Rinaro has been very clever inching out all of the efficiency in the drivers by combining a switchback and a spiral design into the one driver to maximise performance.

Other beautiful details over the Empyrean Is are the options in Ear pads. Depending on your listening preferences, you can switch out the ears pads betweeen an angled and a 'duo' version. The angled version will give you an airier, more transparent signature.

We have been playing around with these Headphones now for a couple of weeks and find their detail and efficiency absolutely breathtaking. If you're after something that has that detail and has a bit more warmth, the step up to the Elite version ($7000) is still recommended.

To note: These only come in the one colour, black, at least for the moment.