The Company / Why Meze?
Meze Audio got an awesome caring customer support. Fast response time, always helpful and friendly if you have any questions or want to talk about their products. I point out the great customer support because besides providing a good product this is the most important property of a company to give the customer a good feeling. In these times this experience is not self-evident.
Optics & Build Quality:
The cable length is about 1,3 m. Thats a perfect fit for portable use.
I like the clean professional optics that stand out in a forest full of fancy colored, heavy paracord-braided aftermarket cables.
The soft rubber jacket gives the cable a very good protection against bending the cable too much without being stiff.
I like that the y-splitter is made of light plastic. One thing less that could scratch your precious high-res-player.
The connectors are awesome and its a very good thing that you can also buy them from Meze if you want to use them in on of your DIY-cable projects.
All connectors are very lightweight, slim and the headphone plugs are marked L(eft) & R(ight). White letters on black background. Well done.
Great choice of components. The 2.5 mm TRRS connector fits very well into the plug of my Astell & Kern AK70 MKII audio player. The fit of the mono plugs into the female connectors of the Meze 99 headphone or similar headphone models using this type of connection is tight and secure with a satisfying haptic feedback when fully inserted.
Microfonics:
There are some microfonics with this cable but they are at a very acceptable level and not disturbing the listening experience.
Sound Quality:
Does it improve the soundquality of the headphone? I can't hear any difference to the 3.5mm stock cable coming with the Meze 99 NEO or other compatible headphones.
No distortion or unwanted interferences detectable. This cable does what it was build for. Pumping the music out of your DAP into your headphones.
A benefit for me is the 2.5 mm TRRS plug that gives me the opportunity to use the balanced output of my Astell & Kern AK70 MKII player which is highly recommended and will provide the best possible performance.
Conclusion:
This cable is a keeper.
Is it worth the money? For me it is. If you have a look at the actual market for balanced cables you can either go with one of the few cheap stiff aftermarket cables that are heavily prone to microfonics or contact a custom builder to create cables exactly to your liking and spend more money. No limits there.
Im interested in DIY cables and of course i will build my own cables in the future. But delivery times of parts especially ordered from China can take a lot of time to reach my door.
For the meantime i can use this awesome headphone cable from Meze but i have that feeling that this cable will stay as my preferred one with its current connected headphone and portable dap. I just like the combination too much to change it.
Im totally happy with my purchase.
I highly recommend getting this cable if you want a good one using a 2.5 mm TRRS balanced to 2x 3.5 Mono plug. Keep in mind that the slim connectors will fit even the tightest space.
Visuals:
This guy got somehing for ya...
Enjoy...
Meze Audio got an awesome caring customer support. Fast response time, always helpful and friendly if you have any questions or want to talk about their products. I point out the great customer support because besides providing a good product this is the most important property of a company to give the customer a good feeling. In these times this experience is not self-evident.
Optics & Build Quality:
The cable length is about 1,3 m. Thats a perfect fit for portable use.
I like the clean professional optics that stand out in a forest full of fancy colored, heavy paracord-braided aftermarket cables.
The soft rubber jacket gives the cable a very good protection against bending the cable too much without being stiff.
I like that the y-splitter is made of light plastic. One thing less that could scratch your precious high-res-player.
The connectors are awesome and its a very good thing that you can also buy them from Meze if you want to use them in on of your DIY-cable projects.
All connectors are very lightweight, slim and the headphone plugs are marked L(eft) & R(ight). White letters on black background. Well done.
Great choice of components. The 2.5 mm TRRS connector fits very well into the plug of my Astell & Kern AK70 MKII audio player. The fit of the mono plugs into the female connectors of the Meze 99 headphone or similar headphone models using this type of connection is tight and secure with a satisfying haptic feedback when fully inserted.
Microfonics:
There are some microfonics with this cable but they are at a very acceptable level and not disturbing the listening experience.
Sound Quality:
Does it improve the soundquality of the headphone? I can't hear any difference to the 3.5mm stock cable coming with the Meze 99 NEO or other compatible headphones.
No distortion or unwanted interferences detectable. This cable does what it was build for. Pumping the music out of your DAP into your headphones.
A benefit for me is the 2.5 mm TRRS plug that gives me the opportunity to use the balanced output of my Astell & Kern AK70 MKII player which is highly recommended and will provide the best possible performance.
Conclusion:
This cable is a keeper.
Is it worth the money? For me it is. If you have a look at the actual market for balanced cables you can either go with one of the few cheap stiff aftermarket cables that are heavily prone to microfonics or contact a custom builder to create cables exactly to your liking and spend more money. No limits there.
Im interested in DIY cables and of course i will build my own cables in the future. But delivery times of parts especially ordered from China can take a lot of time to reach my door.
For the meantime i can use this awesome headphone cable from Meze but i have that feeling that this cable will stay as my preferred one with its current connected headphone and portable dap. I just like the combination too much to change it.
Im totally happy with my purchase.
I highly recommend getting this cable if you want a good one using a 2.5 mm TRRS balanced to 2x 3.5 Mono plug. Keep in mind that the slim connectors will fit even the tightest space.
Visuals:
This guy got somehing for ya...
Enjoy...
