Prepare To Be Spoiled
Meze headphones hail from Romania. When I first came across them, I thought the company name was pronounced “meeese,” but in fact it is pronounced like “mez-eh” with a “z.” My first experience with Meze products was the 99 Classics headphone ($309), which I’ve owned for several years. It currently resides next to my exercise bike, attached to an Android tablet for sound during workouts. The 99 Classics is not only extremely light, comfortable, and easy to drive with a phone or tablet, it also sounds better than many of the other similarly priced headphones I’ve used. Given the excellence of its entry-level offerings, I was curious to hear how Meze’s flagship performed, and Meze was willing to accommodate.
The company was so eager for the review that it sent along its Liric closed-cup portable headphones ($2000) for me to listen to while it completed its latest production run of top-of-the-line Elite ’phones ($4000). And since I’ve got them, I will als…
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