Meze 99 Classics Walnut Gold Headphones (Gold & Black)

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These two was meant to be togheter, DX90 being sharp to the point of sometime making bright headphones sibilant, here the Neo earn from this approach and mix its color with perfect musicality. For the headbands it use real leather but do not have lot of cushion to it and another time : rough.

I also found the Neo to have quite a well-rounded soundstage, better rounded than the 99C due to their reduced width, resulting in impressive imaging performance. That being said, the thick, plush earpads disperse the pressure and clamp force is quite even throughout its range so they won’t clamp too hard on those with larger head sizes. Even if the earcups are made of plastic, it isn’t a cheap looking one, it have a grainy texture and mate black color that is a pleasure to watch and touch, we will not get overly sensual here but yeah, this type of details even if superficial for sound rendering is very appreciate for headphones collector.The only weak point might be the ear cup's attachment to the headband, but that's more of a haptic "weakness" than the materials would give in. As the Neo shares the DNA of the Classics, we guarantee that the 99's are serviceable if any parts ever need to be replaced.

Anyway, for a U shape headphone, I really find the vocal not recessed, just slightly veiled or coloured in lower mids by bass wich can even be benificial for some song like ‘’Comet Out your House’’ from Lali Puna that have synth bass and heavy electro kick well layered and a timbre registre of the signer that pair perfectly with Neo bassy soundsignature.The Meze 99 Classics’ volumetric cube—its soundstage—is generous in regard to width and height and provides quite good depth as well.

The bass is presented well in this headphone with good sub bass extension and the background details can be heard since the track is not a busy one.The box is pretty big with the image of the headphone printed on the front with the specs mentioned on the back. AKRMedia magazines provide reviews of audio components, music, interviews with innovators across the audio industry, as well as interviews with new and rising music makers.