Meze, which was established in 2010, is not only young, but also the entire operation team is young people. Reading their company's official website and browsing the Facebook of their team members, they will feel that this group is not like a sound company, but more like a group. Like-minded friends, each has their own strengths and expertise. In order to combine a common attitude towards life, they use headphones to present their persistence in sound aesthetics and lifestyle. Less icy technical professional packaging, but more human and natural temperament.
Operating this alternative style, of course, can not be separated from the principal. The owner, Antonio Meze, is a Romanian-born designer. Most of the audio brand owners are mostly engineering backgrounds, and Antonio Meze is an out-and-out designer. If you go to his Facebook or his personal website, you can see a lot of design objects from his hand, Meze headphones are also listed. How can a designer want to design headphones? Of course, this comes from the heat of music.
As a designer, I always need inspiration from the source. How can I live in an inspiring state? Meze's way is by music and reading. Listening to music, I can't help but start learning to play music. The more I invest, the more I buckle myself. In the end, he wants to design his own earphones, which can combine comfort, beauty and sound. Meze Headphone Yu Yu was born.
Since it is a product of the design department, of course, we must start with the appearance. The characteristics of the Meze headset family are still the same, that is, its wooden shell. The headphone casing of 99 Classics is made of original wood. The original version is available in walnut and maple, with black gold and silver white. Both styles are very good. The black gold walnut version is very suitable for metropolitan men, and female friends are very It is easy to be attracted by the maple silver and white models.
This time, the editorial department got the black gold version with the walnut version. When the editorial staff unpacked the box, several big men were excited to form a circle. One could not wait to try on and play, and some people even immediately wore headphones. It is shined, are we too fond of playing, or is Meze 99 Classics so beautiful?
Why insist on using a wooden shell? Meze believes that the use of raw wood can bring a natural and warm sound texture, so over the years, Meze's headphones have used a log shell, whether it is earmuff headphones or ear canal headphones. Because it is a log, each pair of headphones, and even the left and right sides of the shell, have different wood grain, so that each pair of headphones is unique.
In fact, logs also have the problem of the material itself, because each piece of wood is different, and its resonance will not be the same, which is one of the reasons why headphones on the market prefer to use plastic or aluminum alloy, because this can control the sound of the product. Consistency in performance. Meze is not an engineering project. These "engineering standards" are not his most concerned. He values ​​"art standards."
These wooden shells are all out of the CNC, and it takes 8 hours to drive out a pair of earphones from the wooden block. It takes 8 hours to go through the sanding and lacquering until the finishing, and the front and rear are just the earphone casing. It takes 45 days to complete. Is this enough "thick work"? Not only that, the assembly of the 99 Classics headphones is glued without any glue, and is completely locked by screws or by means of jacking. Meze is proud to say that this is not only a demonstration of craftsmanship, but also makes headsets more durable; this is the value they want to share with their products.
The headband is designed to be another visual focusThe visual focus of the entire pair of headphones extends upwards from the gold (or silver fixed æ‹´) in the center of the two wooden earphone casings, and the two metal brackets match the large PU leather headband to form the entire headband assembly. These two metal brackets provide the inward clamping force on both sides, while the elastic headband contains elastic bands inside, which allows you to wear the earphones in a natural and comfortable position, eliminating the mechanical height adjustments common to many earphones. The vibration factor of the headphone body.
The wide headband allows the downforce to be dispersed. I am a "big head", not only the wide distance between the two ears, but also the lower the headphones. Therefore, headphones like this design often make me feel pressure on my head after wearing it for a long time. Listening to the Meze 99 Classics process, this down pressure does not cause me trouble. When it is the clamping force on both sides, let me listen for a while. Take off your headphones and let your ears relax.
Does the headset hold the chuck? You have to wear it yourself to know that U-Audio colleagues feel comfortable, some people only said that it is okay, depending on the personal head shape and whether or not to wear glasses, even the material and angle of your glasses frame also have an impact. The 99 Classics earmuffs are made of EVA memory foam inside, and the outer surface is covered with PU leather. The touch of the finger under the pressure pad is compared with the dozens of headphones in the editorial department. The 99 Classics pad is more resilient than Q. .
The editorial department just got the headset and was trying to play 99 Classics. Colleagues are preparing to put on the headset and found a problem: how to divide it? Thinking of the previous experience, I quickly flipped out the headphone cable inside the box. As the design of the 73 Classics, the 99 Classics itself is independent of the left and right channels. The left and right headphones are completely symmetrical when the left and right angles are in the unconnected state. It depends on the wiring to distinguish between left and right.
The 3.5mm mono mini jack jack under the left and right earmuffs is used to connect the headphone cable, and the two channels are independently wired. The earphone cable terminals respectively indicate the R and L difference channels. The idea is the same as the audio speaker, you love How to change the side is free. Only the cloth outside the headphone cable is covered, and the friction with the collar will be transmitted back to the earphone during use. As for the interference, it is related to your wearing habits and the environment in which the headphones are used.
I listened to 99 Classics to write a manuscript. It only feels like a finger. If you walk around the phone and the wire is rubbed into the jacket zipper, the sound will be heard. Then why did the original factory use this kind of drape? One is to strengthen the protection of the pull, and the second is less likely to be knotted, there are benefits, and naturally there are shortcomings. This is a choice. It seems that Meze wants to use the family to calm down and listen to the 99 Classics instead of wearing a hot dance.
The earphone cable that comes with the original factory is one long and one short, and the short line length is 1.2m. It is convenient to carry the mobile phone or carry the source with you. There is a microphone under the left channel of the short line, only one button, only can control "play, pause" and answer the phone, can not control the volume. If you press the button twice, you can skip the next track and press three times to go back to the previous one.
Another 3m headphone cable allows you to sit at home 99 Classics and stay away from the sound system to enjoy a person's music world. Buying Meze 99 Classics, the original factory also generously gives you a zipper carrying case with headphones and a flannel bag inside, a zipper bag with two headphone cables and a mini jack to jack adapter, and an airplane. The adapter used.
Sound insulation is goodSince it is a closed-type earphone, of course we have to ask: Is the sound insulation effect good? I am very happy to share this experience with you: One day I was wearing it to write a manuscript, the editor-in-chief was looking for me, I didn’t even hear a few calls, and I didn’t even pay attention to it. Am I making a loud noise? No, I just went on the iPhone, and the volume of the phone was turned up to six squares. I listened to Kempf playing the Beethoven Piano Concerto. This allowed me to concentrate on writing and not be bothered (Jerry, I am not talking about you. ). What do you say about its sound insulation? If you want to find a reason not to listen to the other half, 99 Classics may be a helper.
Excellent sense of spaceBuying headphones is not for appreciation. It looks beautiful again. If the sound is not good, it is no good. Antonio Meze is a designer, and his work looks good for granted. The sound of 99 Classics can be as charming as it looks. I personally prefer open headphones, because open headphones have no earmuffs, music sounds more open, as if the tea is stretched in the pot, if you use a metal strainer or tea bag, the comfortable and comfortable Gone.
Moreover, listening to open-type headphones, the ears are less stressful, and listening for a long time is less likely to feel tired. 99 Classics sounds like a closed earphone, but it has a good sense of space and stage. If the volume is not too loud, the space will be more open (of course, you will need a quieter Listen to the environment); if the volume is louder, the sound is fuller, and the sense of freedom will be degraded.
Take the first track of the Kaohsiung Audio Show Fan CD in 2015. For example, this song is mixed with two guitars. The main accompaniment guitar is on the left and is also relatively high. The lead singer, Ms. Zhu Wanhua, is in the middle and right. There is another guitar on the side rear. The remix pulls out this sense of distance, I wonder if it is to create a situation of missing? In short, this stage space can be clearly felt on the speaker system. In the earphones, the left and right are of course separable, but the two-dimensional orientation of the stage before and after the distance is more blurred than that heard by the speaker system.
I didn't expect to hear very good space performance on the 99 Classics, and the results were unexpectedly good. However, I want to emphasize again that this sense of space will be weakened as the volume of your listening increases; if you listen to the headphones and also pay attention to the reproduction of the stage space, please consider the volume adjustment.
Rich in low frequencyAnother worth mentioning is the low frequency of the 99 Classics. If you like headphones with a little more low frequency, you usually choose the headphones for DJ, you can spend less time picking headphones. 99 Classics looks so elegant headphones, before you listen, probably anyone will look down on its low-frequency performance, but it is not. Whether I listen to classical music or jazz, the bass and plucking of the bass cello are full and full, and the electronic synthetic bass of pop music is like a rolling wave, and its low-frequency volume sounds like a DJ earphone.
Whether it is listening to the double bass of the third track of the Kaohsiung audio show in 2015, the rounded Q-sound quality, or the bass string part of the 12th track of the White Liao Shi "Fantasy Symphony Fourth Movement" It is true that the volume of the bass is not to be underestimated. Listening to Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana", the beginning of the electronic synthesis of low frequency, like a wave of influx, told me to listen, but also suspected that the specification is wrong: 99 Classics unit is only 40mm?
Analytical vocals in warmthAntonio Meze's good voice, in the 99 Classics, I personally think that the frequency and high frequency performance plays an important role, even more outstanding than the low frequency performance: its intermediate frequency is quite clear and clear, the high frequency naturally extends.
Of course, it's not as easy as a flat-lens earphone in this respect, but the depiction of music is quite enough, and I don't know because it uses a closed-type wooden earmuff shell, the intermediate frequency sounds a warm Meaning, that warmth, a little thickness, is enough for you to broadcast a song to a song. I heard Louis Armstrong from Michael Jackson and I heard it from Diana Krall. If you like to listen to vocals, 99 Classics won't let you down.
High-frequency must have brightness, but it can't be harsh. It should help to depict the details, but it can't make people feel tired. Meze has worked hard on this point. I like to listen to the piano to judge the high-pitched sound quality. The 99 Classics piano treble sounds quite crisp and solid, with a little thickness and a luster, which sounds very good.
Perhaps the slightly emphasized mid-range and mid-high frequencies make the piano sound a little bit dyed, but it is still a very healthy piano sound. Even the same piano can be adjusted to different sounds. What is the sound that corrects the "correct" and "standard"? Wearing the 99 Classics to listen to Danilo Rea's "Lirico" is really a treat. However, the high-frequency extension is not endless, I will not "floating" to describe the high-frequency performance of 99 Classics, but the high-frequency cohesiveness is quite good, this is the problem of trade-offs.
Listening to 99 Classics, probably won't break out the comments such as "the details are very incomparable", but this is not to criticize the details of it is not enough, 99 Classics details are still enough, such as the vocal swallowing and the air, the guitar playing The sound of the string (such as "Do not forget the person in the shadow"), or the player's singing in the forgotten (such as "Lirico"), or the live noise during recording, such as the cough or commotion of the audience. These are expected to be "should be heard," and you can still see the details clearly. But because of the thickness of the sound, letting these details behave will not be what you want to listen to when listening. This may be what Meze wants: just listen to music!
After reading this, would you feel that I like to put this pair of headphones too well? It’s good-looking and nice, and the inside and outside of the United States have high scores in the United States. Is it a model student? The 99 Classics sound is really good, but it has no shortcomings. I said in the previous article that it has a rich sense of low frequency. For the good low frequency, this is of course good news, but a little bit of low frequency makes the low frequency details and layers appear blurry, although it is not too loud, it detracts from the low frequency. Analysis.
In addition, 99 Classics is suitable for listening to pop music or smaller music, which does not mean that you can't listen to orchestral music, just listen to a few big pieces of music, including the fourth movement of Mahler's first symphony, Wagner Nuremberg The singer's prelude, Linmsky Gao Shakov's Arabian Nights, etc., made me feel a bit turbid, and the sound field was a bit confusing. It sounded a bit nervous compared to playing small music. But don't worry too much, don't listen to Mahler, just listen to Mozart!
99 Classics has a good sound density, a slightly warm sound, listening to Mozart is really too good, especially Mozart is a composer who is very good at using woodwind instruments, 99 Classics eat this taste!
Postscript: What exactly is Meze's Logo map?Finally, you wonder what the Meze logo is? At first glance, it was like a Lyre piano. When I first saw the logo, I thought that Meze was marked by this. In fact, this makes sense. On the Meze website, on the page of their corporate philosophy, there is a picture of Centaur. In mythology, the centaur is brave and good, so it often appears in the art with the heroic image of holding a bow and arrow. In the works.
But there is a special character in the Centaur, called Chiron. Although this person is also a Centaur, he learned music, painting, literature, etc. from Apollo and became a learned scholar in the mythology. He has a lot of students, and even Archiles is also out of his door. Therefore, in the Western paintings, this is often accompanied by a Lyre piano, indicating that Chiron is proficient in temperament.
What is Lyre? Like the Meze logo, it is a hand-held plucked instrument, the predecessor of the harp (or should be said to be more appropriate for relatives). how about it? In this way, is it still said?
I looked at the logo again and found that the figure was like a peacock-like bird. Standing face forward, is there such a bird? Yes, a bird from Australia called Lyrebird. This kind of bird gets its name because its tail feathers are like a Lyre. In addition to the beautiful tail, they also have a special skill, which is good at imitating the sound. You can find related videos on Youtube. They can vividly imitate the camera shutter sound, the negative film roll sound, and even imitate the sound of the chainsaw logging. Does Meze want to say: "Our headphones are like Lyrebird, what is it like to broadcast?"
Based on curiosity, I wrote to Antonio to ask. He told me that this logo is indeed Lyrebird, and it is chosen to be a symbol of the lyre, because the singer of the bird means the essence of music, and also expresses Meze's yearning and respect for nature. This is the same as they choose to use wood as a headphone material - to pursue music and appeal to nature.
Meze 99 Classics
Type: closed dynamic earmuff earphone unit..40mm
Sensitivity: 103dB @ 1kHz, 1mW
Impedance: 32 Ohm
Rated input power: 30mW
Frequency response: 15Hz~25kHz
Shell body: walnut, maple recommended price: 12,800 yuan NT
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