[Newsee]

I won't expect Elite to best TC in TC's superior feature areas.
We should take these cans for their specific strengths.
I am looking for an Elite because of the same attributes Empyrean standard is known for but I am also looking for a TC - one day for its vast loudspeaker stage, speed, clarity and bass impact.
I want Elite to provide me lush musical enjoyment for night time listening and calming down, provide me a good wearing comfort for long term listening.
I don't expect Elite to disappoint me in that regards

Perhaps you KNOW something...

 

[FooFighter]

No one really knows before listening personally.
Just found it obvious that Empy vs TC is like a perfect complement but not a competition for each other

 

[Malevolent]

Someone might have already posted this somewhere else, but I came across this Facebook Story on Meze's page today -

Edit: This is already a topic of discussion in the Empyrean thread.

 

[PointyFox]

Some new closeups of the texture:

 

[PointyFox]

Looks like it might be a softer metal like aluminum.
The edge looks gummy:

Probably not magnesium because that's dangerous to CNC.

I assume they created this texture by cutting the material a little too fast which induced some "chatter".
Maybe it was an accident and they were like "this looks cool!" "organic design!" "the future is now!".
Or maybe they have some super state of the art technique for creating the texture and I'm completely wrong.

 

[FooFighter]

Looks like it might be a softer metal like aluminum.
The edge looks gummy:

Probably not magnesium because that's dangerous to CNC.

I assume they created this texture by cutting the material a little too fast which induced some "chatter".
Maybe it was an accident and they were like "this looks cool!" "organic design!" "the future is now!".
Or maybe they have some super state of the art technique for creating the texture and I'm completely wrong.

As far as I understood from the Instagram posts they at least claim it's designed and produced on purpose

 

[henriks]

We need the team behind Netflix series "Don't *** with Cats"

 

[Deolum]

Are we sure these should be in summit fi considering how the Empyreans sound?

Never understood the dedicated subforum for summit-fi anyway. We have 500$ cans in the summit-fi forum, 3000-6000$ iems and headphones in the normal forums, headphones that sound like crap in the summit-fi forum and absolutely beautiful sounding things in the normal forums.

 

[driftingbunnies]

Never understood the dedicated subforum for summit-fi anyway. We have 500$ cans in the summit-fi forum, 3000-6000$ iems and headphones in the normal forums, headphones that sound like crap in the summit-fi forum and absolutely beautiful sounding things in the normal forums.

At the very top of the Summit-fi section, you see this description.

This forum is for discussion of top-of-the-line (TOTL), exclusive headphones (eg: electrostats) and high-end audio and headphone rigs.

If I remember correctly, this section came about after the HD800/T1's came out. I don't know what the logic was behind it but it's possible that those who are looking in this section are quite particular in what they're looking for and might not get as much traction as low/mid-fi offerings where the market is much larger. I would think separating out the two would help those looking for TOTL feedback to not get lost with the threads that get a ton of attention.

There was discussion about flagships vs TOTL in the empyrean thread. Is a flagship considered TOTL or should TOTL be based on the collective group like headphones or IEMs?

 

[Infoseeker]

All I see is the Apple Max from those close up pictures. lol

 

[PointyFox]

Hopefully they reinforce the mesh ear cup backs. The original I just got has a couple dents.

 

[ThanatosVI]

From Facebook

Guess a fine tuned Rinaro driver.

 

[HK_sends]

From Facebook

Guess a fine tuned Rinaro driver.

The tracings DO look different, don't they?
Cheers!
-HK sends

 

[Benny-x]

They're completely different looking traces. The black part like similar, but that's just a cover.

Now, let's get on with it...

 

[PointyFox]

What about the AMT-looking accordion thing?