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I don't do many of these written impressions (do I do any? 
) but as a promise and thank you to Todd from TVVJ for loaning out these new reference headphones to me and Meze Audio for creating such a beast, I'm going to share what my impressions have been over the last two nights. I'm going to do things perhaps a little different than most so bare with me and let me know if this review was helpful.
How I reviewed:
So i gave great thought about how to do this as I myself am an obsessive, comparison researcher. In the end, I wanted this to help all of you more than me. I wanted to give YOU the sense of how this headphone sounds as I get to listen to it and don't need any help. So I decided to do a relative comparison to one of my favorite jack-of-all-trades headphones, the Sennheiser HD650 as a reference sample since most people have heard and know what those sound like. Also, these particular tracks I've selected all sound great to amazing on the HD650 so the starting point is already great "-".
How to interpret +/- 3 Table legend:
I created a simplified table that has 3 simple functions: 1) Give you a relative score from -3 (been a good amount worse than reference) to +3 (being significantly better than reference). 2) My overall, subjective pick for the track, sometimes despite the quantitative score and 3) Some commentary on the track/experience.
"-" = Reference HD650 quality score. By default it means great as the HD650 can do amazing justice to all these tracks.
"3" = Significantly superior to reference.
"2" = Decent amount superior to reference. Most would easily notice without effort.
"1" = Just a little bit superior than the reference. May require concentration to distinguish/choose.
"-1" = Just a little bit inferior than ref.
"-2" = Decent amount inferior. Most people would notice it without much effort.
"-3" = Significantly inferior to reference.
Finally, a little background about me:
I've been an audiophile since I was 16 and got my first car sound system. Perhaps unlike many, I was drove to audiophilia because of my love for musik, and not as much the equipment. The songs are the most important to me and I choose equipment to make them sound the best they can to my tastes and not the other way around. I grew up from the age of 3 in a musikal family where i was trained to listen, appreciate musik from almost every country/region regardless if i could understand it. I'm very thankful as it has opened up so many worlds of sounds to me most people don't get a chance to appreciate. I'm including some from many different countries even in this short list from Denmark to Saudi Arabia to England to India and South Africa. I've included links in my table to YouTube so you can listen along as you read the review table to get a better sense of what i meant also.
****DISCLAIMER/WARNING*****
There is one hip-hop track by Die Antwoord called "Evil Boy" in my list. They are a highly talented hip-hop group from South Africa who's imagery is designed by a renowned, avant-garde urban/Afrikaans artist. They are, especially to western standards, many times quite shocking and sometimes disturbing to the senses before you can appreciate them. So please, take care and perhaps not watch it if you are easily offended/disturbed
Now without further ado, here are a few photos and a link to my table.
------>>>> http://www.mpcreations.com/temp/MezeEmpyrean.htm
) but as a promise and thank you to Todd from TVVJ for loaning out these new reference headphones to me and Meze Audio for creating such a beast, I'm going to share what my impressions have been over the last two nights. I'm going to do things perhaps a little different than most so bare with me and let me know if this review was helpful.How I reviewed:
So i gave great thought about how to do this as I myself am an obsessive, comparison researcher. In the end, I wanted this to help all of you more than me. I wanted to give YOU the sense of how this headphone sounds as I get to listen to it and don't need any help. So I decided to do a relative comparison to one of my favorite jack-of-all-trades headphones, the Sennheiser HD650 as a reference sample since most people have heard and know what those sound like. Also, these particular tracks I've selected all sound great to amazing on the HD650 so the starting point is already great "-".
How to interpret +/- 3 Table legend:
I created a simplified table that has 3 simple functions: 1) Give you a relative score from -3 (been a good amount worse than reference) to +3 (being significantly better than reference). 2) My overall, subjective pick for the track, sometimes despite the quantitative score and 3) Some commentary on the track/experience.
"-" = Reference HD650 quality score. By default it means great as the HD650 can do amazing justice to all these tracks.
"3" = Significantly superior to reference.
"2" = Decent amount superior to reference. Most would easily notice without effort.
"1" = Just a little bit superior than the reference. May require concentration to distinguish/choose.
"-1" = Just a little bit inferior than ref.
"-2" = Decent amount inferior. Most people would notice it without much effort.
"-3" = Significantly inferior to reference.
Finally, a little background about me:
I've been an audiophile since I was 16 and got my first car sound system. Perhaps unlike many, I was drove to audiophilia because of my love for musik, and not as much the equipment. The songs are the most important to me and I choose equipment to make them sound the best they can to my tastes and not the other way around. I grew up from the age of 3 in a musikal family where i was trained to listen, appreciate musik from almost every country/region regardless if i could understand it. I'm very thankful as it has opened up so many worlds of sounds to me most people don't get a chance to appreciate. I'm including some from many different countries even in this short list from Denmark to Saudi Arabia to England to India and South Africa. I've included links in my table to YouTube so you can listen along as you read the review table to get a better sense of what i meant also.
****DISCLAIMER/WARNING*****
There is one hip-hop track by Die Antwoord called "Evil Boy" in my list. They are a highly talented hip-hop group from South Africa who's imagery is designed by a renowned, avant-garde urban/Afrikaans artist. They are, especially to western standards, many times quite shocking and sometimes disturbing to the senses before you can appreciate them. So please, take care and perhaps not watch it if you are easily offended/disturbed
Now without further ado, here are a few photos and a link to my table.
------>>>> http://www.mpcreations.com/temp/MezeEmpyrean.htm
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