If only perspective could provide us wisdom, without the pain of first hand experience:o2smile: It's great to read you now love your headphones:L3000:

...I realised that to form an honest opinion would take much longer. That is how I would have ended that sentence. Trust someone who has owned the Denon AH-D5000 since 2007 and AH-D7200 for the past few years, if your experience is anything like mine you will find the first few days filled with...

Most of us see beauty walking past us every day, but few of us get to regularly hear beautiful audio, if ever. Meze Empyrean, as beautiful to your eyes as they sound to you within. Phototaken with my Fuji X-T2 & 56mm lens.

Thanks Pete. Light from above and below the headphones, shining through the vodka bottle and reflecting off the Meze made for something I thought, as a novice photographer, looked quite incredible. It honestly took a while to get that setup, plenty of time to enjoy some of the vodka :) I'm...

If looks could kill? My Meze Empyrean headphones on a bottle of Crystal Head Vodka (1.75 Ltr).

Using the single-ended 6.35mm TRS x 2 jacks for unbalanced headphones, the Pro iCAN is able to drive two separate headphones simultaneously, no problem. However, one person connecting their unbalanced headphones to, say, the 6.35mm jack at the same time as another listening to their balanced...

I'm heading off to buy the Meze Empyrean...

That would really surprise me. I get distinctly different sounds depending on the mode, the XBASS, the 3D, etc back screw of the DAC. Is the back screw of the Pro iDSD (sorry I assume you have this) set to Hifi Fixed or? How do you connect DAC (Pro iDSD) to Pre-Amp (Pro iCAN) I use 3-pin XLR...

Where in Sydney can I listen to a pair AND buy a pair of Meze Empyrean headphones today or tomorrow? My usual suppliers of Audio gear along these product lines (Minidisc and Addicted to Audio) do not stock it :frowning2: EDIT: it must be the power of social media; Addicted to Audio have...

I knew little of the potential benefits a pre-amp might offer in a fully integrated amp chain until I used my Pro iDSD/Pro iCAN rig (running Tidal FLAC/MQA or HQPlayer DSD) through my Denon 4520 home amp, connecting my MacBook Pro. In one word: astonishing. A system I have owned for a dozen...

1. Completely agree. That is why I am active here presently. I am considering a replacement and favouring the Meze Empyrean. 2. I'm not sure how your view of the D7200 relates to the Sony MDR-Z1 vs Denon AH-D9200?

I would agree your view 100% if the comparison was Sony’s MDR-Z7 vs Denon’s D7200. My neighbour has at least a dozen headphones, including the Z7, and I listened to those headphones again this morning, sharing your views. I don’t particularly like the Z7 cans at all! I really dislike its bloated...

And you’d describe the Sony as relatively ‘bloated’ with the Dave? Unless the 9200 is significantly different to my cans I don’t imagine the Sony is bloated. I might have to try a pair. I have owned D7000 since 2007 and D7200 for a few years. Admittedly, I listened to the Sony headphones once. I...

Surely blanket statements like this beg the honest question, what DAC / Amp did you use to compare them?

I was stunned by the Sony’s capacity to play challenging base, try: Muse, Madness or Tony Allen & Jeff Mills, Locked And Loaded for instance; the Sony has capacity to play at volumes well beyond levels my Denon D7200 is capable of achieving without distortion, which means significantly beyond...