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hypnos1 replied to the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone.On 'tweaking' etc pushing OG Empy's performance to new heights (especially with AA pads!)... having thought I myself couldn't stretch it...
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hypnos1 reacted to turbofeet's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.I used the Lavricable Grand and it was a wonderful improvement. It's a full silver cable and the price is quite steep. I think I paid...
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hypnos1 reacted to Wladimir's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.What ever you do, just make sure NOT to use the stock cable, as that is a criminal blunder from Meze to ever bundle Empy with..
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hypnos1 reacted to unfitstew's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.I just traded a pair of Verite Opens for a pair of Empyreans 1. Got them yesterday but haven't been able to properly listen to them...
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hypnos1 reacted to Wladimir's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.Totally with @hypnos1 on the scalability of Empys. I've been in "ghost mode" for over a year, just full-time tweaking my system to the...
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hypnos1 replied to the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone.Just to round off my previous post re. system factors that can influence quite significantly OG Empy's performance, its chameleon-like...
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hypnos1 replied to the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone.Although normally very unimpressed with such showdowns, suffering almost as many deficiencies as sampling at audio fairs, I must admit...
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hypnos1 replied to the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone.Spot on J81...Empy 1 + AA pads = can give all one's heart desires. But preferably in a well resolving, not overly warm system (including...
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hypnos1 reacted to FullBright1's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.Yes....People are sheep. :) Nearly all are "easily led". "Herd Mentality". Notice when you are driving....... and you come to a busy...
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hypnos1 replied to the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone.Right on FB1. And further to your appropriate assessment of (biased) attitudes to OG Empys, I would propose that one of the greatest...
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hypnos1 reacted to FullBright1's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.The "ultimate sin" that so many reviewers of the Meze Empy 1 accused the gear of committing is this one.... "The Meze Empy 1, seems to...
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hypnos1 replied to the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone.For fear of repeating myself, these headphones are actually capable of scaling extremely well IMHO, if one is prepared to invest time...
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hypnos1 replied to the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone.As I mentioned a while back, in pretty well every sphere you care to name, the words : "New improved" can usually be relied upon to mean...
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hypnos1 reacted to FullBright1's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.Meze is a smart company. It could be that a "Ultimate Empyrean" will hit the ground running, in a year, or 2. One of the best "new...
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hypnos1 reacted to FullBright1's post in the thread Meze EMPYREAN - the First Isodynamic Hybrid Array Headphone with Like.The Meze Elite is a true TOTL Headphone. I only know of one very popular reviewer who downplays this gear, as "not quite there yet"...