Little bit more info on
ME100 for you:
Body is CNC machined aluminium, with tempered glass on the top, to make it nice pair with our players
Weight of single monitor is 5 g. Pair of monitors, with eartips and cable, weight in total just 28 g.
Ergonomically shaped and of course made for cable to go over-ears.
It was long way to get to the this great dynamic driver. And even longer until we tuned everything with two vents.
Tuning was done both in factory, with our horde of experienced audiophile employees, and with few testing groups in China. Almost final version was then presented at Canjam London and we couldn't be happier with reactions we got.
One note, drivers in ME100 and ME500 shares lot of similarities, but due to their different roles, we needed to do some changes. So for example driver in ME100 has CCAW voice coil, which helps with mids and highs, while OFC voice coil in ME500 is more suited for it's role as bas-mid driver.
Now, we are getting to the cable. Actually part where I was most involved, because I quite dislike most cables on the market, always searching for better comfort and usability, so this gave me chance to make something more to my liking.
Cable has 8 wires, it's pure copper, 5N OFC. Unfortunately no fancy bright orange, just stealthy black .
All parts are from aluminium, we tried to go with something good looking, but also subtle.
For more secure fit over the ears, we went with flexible pre-shaped PVC tubing at the end of the cable. We believe it's much more comfortable solution than industry standard with annoying metal wire, that needs never-ending reshaping.
Important thing was easy usability, because nothing is worse than good looking cable parts that are too sleek to hold and pull. So at MMCX connectors we have small "ridges" and both Y-split and jack are shaped for proper grip.
We of course has tight fitting chin slider.
Final cable is not for audiophiles that love their fancy looking, stiff and heavy cables. But we are much more happy with our really light, flexible and truly practical cable.
Later you will be able to buy separately "premium" version, 6N OCC silver plated copper, with 2.5 mm jack. Thicker, little less flexible, but with the same high-quality cable elements.
