[AlexCross]

Just from my experience, the pad swap will change the sound more, at least when going from stock to "new small" pads. On top of that, what the silver cable does is it takes the basic sound you get and refines it. Silver cleans up the overall sound so it scales higher, with slightly less bass and extended treble.

Thanks, so would you suggest to buy both? The „new small“ pads and the silver cable or only one of them? Do both complement each other?

 

[buke9]

I believe the small pads are the original pads as they switched to a bit larger ones just a few years back mine are from 2016 and can’t imagine them being any smaller than them. Haven’t tried the Silver cable so don’t know on that.

 

[PopZeus]

Thanks, so would you suggest to buy both? The „new small“ pads and the silver cable or only one of them? Do both complement each other?

It depends on how much you want to kit out your 99s. I think the pad swapping will produce more drastic tuning changes than a cable swap, but the silver cable will improve the overall tonality and timbre of whichever pads you generally prefer. If your goal is get the best sound from the 99s, get the cable. If you want to reduce bass as well, consider a pad swap. The small Meze pad won't change the sound as much as 3rd party pads, from what I've read, but the change from stock is around 4-5dB, so it's a significant reduction in bass but the bass shelf is still pretty massive.

 

[JediMa70]

I'm very new with EQ but I was getting tired for the boomy sound of my Meze, I'm using MusicBee Eq with 10 bands https://gyazo.com/b2b5108dd3d9645a5cecb68a74da43c7 to try to use your settings but I can't set them with the same accuracy, what I should use on pc please? ty

 

[JediMa70]

After few tests I found Innerfidelity one the best! It's the only one that preserve the character of nice bass of Meze 99 classic

 

[AlexCross]

After few tests I found Innerfidelity one the best! It's the only one that preserve the character of nice bass of Meze 99 classic

Mind to post them here? Idkw, but I can't find them online...

 

[lian00]

Mind to post them here? Idkw, but I can't find them online...

Here it is https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/Au...idelity_harman_over-ear_2018/Meze 99 Classics

 

[LucasKA]

2nd on the silver balanced cable upgrade. It tamed the bass and give it more clarity.

I didn’t get the Meze cable, got this one instead. It’s also silver plated.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08L33999M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_TXHXF0T2Q6HETXZ0EPVK

 

[AlexCross]

I still can‘t find a suitable EQ setting for my iPhone when listening to Apple Music. Unfortunely Apple users are limited to the stock EQ settings. What settings are you using on an iPhone?