Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone

[Zachik]

Being a cool, if these are out of this world, I might buy them. But they have to be out of this world...

You mean something like this?

 

[phthora]

...aaaaaand I'm out. Good luck, Meze.

 

[YtseJamer]

...aaaaaand I'm out. Good luck, Meze.

Yes me too unfortunately. I will never ever pay more than $1000 for a pair of headphones!

 

[roskodan]

well, probably the only way they can sell it, now that there is strong competition in the bellow $1500 bracket, is by pricing it so high, so when it turns out it doesn't sounds anything special, they can play the sour grape argument, only for audiophools, and guess what? there are many of those around! well played!

however the concept is interesting, having 2 different trace patterns on the same membrane, with different frequency responses, it will be funny to measure for sure

 

[phthora]

Yes me too unfortunately. I will never ever pay more than $1000 for a pair of headphones!

3 grand seems awfully ambitious for Meze. Even if it sounds amazing, it will be in some elite company and not at a price for which anyone buys a headphone on a whim.

But, maybe this tech will trickle down in a few years to show less expensive.

 

[Bansaku]

While I am always happy to see a company well respected such as Meze innovating and expanding their line-up, $3000 USD is far beyond my reach, heck, beyond 99% of headphone enthusiasts reach. Best of luck Meze!
And un-subbed...

 

[cho8]

Has a price actually been announced? Didn’t see 3k let alone 1k mentioned anywhere

 

[phthora]

Has a price actually been announced? Didn’t see 3k let alone 1k mentioned anywhere

It's in the CanJam preview video posted here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/can...on-rmaf-shanghai.860196/page-19#post-14036168

 

[CardinalBlood]

You mean something like this?

The guy wearing it, yes. The headphones... I dunno.

 

[Alcophone]

It's in the CanJam preview video posted here: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/can...on-rmaf-shanghai.860196/page-19#post-14036168

That's not a price announcement, it's just Jude guessing (at 27:39 in the video): "I believe the Empyrean's price will be over $3000". He may be right, he may be wrong.

 

[Zachik]

That's not a price announcement, it's just Jude guessing (at 27:39 in the video): "I believe the Empyrean's price will be over $3000". He may be right, he may be wrong.

Knowing Jude, he's not wrong! "Best case scenario" - it would be $2,999 after such statement by Jude...

 

[MaceHane2]

Yet another to as good as randomly pick a multi-thousand dollar price and gleefully slap it onto a new headphone. Everybody else is doing it, so we can too.
Extremely sad state of affairs.

 

[Dobrescu George]

Who knows, maybe 2K from their price is the price of the drivers alone, given the quite nice tech implied

 

[Dobrescu George]

Since this was about the Empyrean from the Metalheads thread @MezeTeam

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Being a metalhead, I like to think that I can invest anything I want in anything I want just to headbang.

Like, if I want a bike, even an expensive one, and if I can afford it, then why not? I'd love to rock the streets with a bike.

Same for headphones. If I see something I love with metal, why not? I'd love to rock my metal music with the best there is!

Always do all you can for your enjoyment, price is nothing in the stream of time, only memories and your own enjoyment matters.

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[jeffhawke]

Since this was about the Empyrean from the Metalheads thread @MezeTeam

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Being a metalhead, I like to think that I can invest anything I want in anything I want just to headbang.

Like, if I want a bike, even an expensive one, and if I can afford it, then why not? I'd love to rock the streets with a bike.

Same for headphones. If I see something I love with metal, why not? I'd love to rock my metal music with the best there is!

Always do all you can for your enjoyment, price is nothing in the stream of time, only memories and your own enjoyment matters.

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Reminds me of a Russian joke: Two newly made oligarchs meet outside a luxury shopping center, both sporting beautiful brand new ties. The first guy tells the other: "What a beautiful tie you have! How much did you pay for it?" "500 euro", says the other guy ." They screwed you man! Look at my tie: 1000 euro!"
LOL!