Meze Poet Headphones

The Poet is a welcome open back midpoint in the Meze range. It is the same price as the Liric 2 but because it's open back, Meze have used the same drivers as their top-of-the-range, Elite Headphones.

I hear more detail out of the Poets than the Liric 2s. Not as much expansiveness as the Empyrean 2 and of course I still think the Elites are the king of them all. The Poets don't have quite the rounded lyricism that the Elites bring to the listening experience.

And sure, if you're after a set of Headphones that won't disturb fellow travelers on public transport, the Closed-back Liric 2s are much better for that.

If you're not worried about sharing you're musical tastes on public transport, then these Poets can be the more compact version of the Elites that can venture outside the Living Room.