[TSAVAlan]

Focal in past had their Spirit line in the $250-$400 range and then came out with the Elear at $1000 and Utopia at $4000. Meze has the 99 Classic at $300 and then comes out swinging with their Empyrean at above the $3000 price point.

Meze has a great team behind team and I am so looking forward to giving the headphones a listen at CanJam.

 

[lambdastorm]

As much as I hope it would be a success, at 3K price bracket you'd be competing head to head with JPS's Diana which is pretty much 80% of an Abyss with 20% amp requirement. Given how visceral Diana is I doubt Empyrean's tactility and speed will come out on top. And its almost impossible to top Diana's monster bass as well.

 

[Nomono]

The first pictures are comng about the inside...
http://www.nomono.hu/empyrean-meze-empyrean-ultra-high-end-fejhallgato

 

[ATau]

Wow these are truly gorgeous, especially from the inside!
but that price...... 3750$

 

[Dobrescu George]

Cannot see any pictures anymore....

BTW, at this price range, the Empyrean becomes a direct competitor to LCD-4MX, which I happen to have and about which I'll write soon, so I'll be comparing the two when Meze has a more final version of the Empyrean

 

[ATau]

Here you go

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[ATau]

And some more details

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[ATau]

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[ATau]

I really like the fact that they're using the 4 pin mini-XLR connectors. (or at least that's what I think they are)

 

[Rowethren]

They are some damn fine looking headphones and the technology looks really interesting! Will be keeping a very close eye on impressions of these from CanJam NY.

 

[ATau]

Photos were leaked prior to official release and I was kindly asked to remove them. Sorry to the Meze team for this mistake.

 

[Beagle]

Focal in past had their Spirit line in the $250-$400 range and then came out with the Elear at $1000 and Utopia at $4000. Meze has the 99 Classic at $300 and then comes out swinging with their Empyrean at above the $3000 price point.

Meze has a great team behind team and I am so looking forward to giving the headphones a listen at CanJam.

So be patient. If, like Focal, they sell a few Empyrean flagships, when the initial buzz wears off and sales slow down, they will issue a $1000 version that's almost as good (initially).

If you can be even more patient, wait for the $1500 version that will be one of the best headphones ever.

 

[Mark Up]

At least Meze knows bass well. They could be innovators in making a planar that really satisfies bass heads. Those who say the Audeze have bass slam (all rolling off below 30 hz except for the LCD-XC, which still is lighter on the low subs) really just aren't that into bass. While I'm partially a bass head, I don't like excess, and the Meze Classic has close to a perfect level for me, using the latest (slightly thicker, apparently most recent generation) pads (that I bought separately from them, that differed from the stock pads I had and seem actually to fix the excess high bass low mid resonance issues, keeping sub bass). A half-way point between both of the 99's and the flagship that is open could really be something.

 

[YtseJamer]

Focal in past had their Spirit line in the $250-$400 range and then came out with the Elear at $1000 and Utopia at $4000. Meze has the 99 Classic at $300 and then comes out swinging with their Empyrean at above the $3000 price point.

I don't want to disrespect Meze but come one please don't compare Focal with Meze.. Focal was already a well established brand in the world before commercializing headphones while Meze is still an emerging company.

I wish them good luck but I still think it's a bad commercial move to go from a $309 product to $3750.

 

[PeteSTRADAMUS]

I don't want to disrespect to Meze but come one please don't compare Focal with Meze.. Focal was already a well established brand in the world before commercializing headphones while Meze is still an emerging company.

I wish them good luck but I still it's a bad commercial move to go from a $309 product to $3750.[/QUOTkno

I don't want to disrespect to Meze but come one please don't compare Focal with Meze.. Focal was already a well established brand in the world before commercializing headphones while Meze is still an emerging company.

I wish them good luck but I still it's a bad commercial move to go from a $309 product to $3750.

I kind of agree too, Focal was well established in the high-end market and has lot's of technology to bring to high-end headphones. Meze really has to make a groundbreaking headphone to get everyone's attention.