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#DARKO AUDIOQUEST NIGHTOWL MEZE CLASSICS 99 DRIVERS#
#DARKO AUDIOQUEST NIGHTOWL MEZE CLASSICS 99 PORTABLE#
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#DARKO AUDIOQUEST NIGHTOWL MEZE CLASSICS 99 PORTABLE#

Still slightly less portable than the Oppo or NAD because they fold inward towards the headband but the ear cups don't swivel to flatten.

One reason I'm considering the CF2W as my main for work is how small they fold up and easy to carry they are. Team Meze if you make a 99C that folds flat, I'm certainly game to be first in line to test run those - and buy them. As former InnerFidelity editor Tyll Hertsens noted in. The 99 Classics' specifications include a frequency range of 15Hz25kHz, a sensitivity of 103dB/1kHz/1mW, and an impedance of 32 ohms.

#DARKO AUDIOQUEST NIGHTOWL MEZE CLASSICS 99 DRIVERS#

Still slightly less portable than the Oppo or NAD because they fold inward towards the headband but the ear cups don't swivel to flatten. Two 1.6' (40mm) Mylar-cone drivers are at the heart of the 99 Classics, each held in an injection-formed frame of reinforced ABS, a tough, rigid plastic. It's more comfortable to wear and the sound is more intimate making the 99C more dynamic of the two. And it's surprisingly louder than the Crossfade 2. Which brings me to the next part: The Meze still has more air, sound stage, and sparkle. I even think the voices are more pleasant than the Oppo PM-3!Īfter nearly a week playing around with them and (trying) getting used to the smaller earpads, I am wondering if Val Kolton bought a pair of Meze 99 Classics and said to his staff at V-Moda's HQ, 'We need to build ourselves our version of these.' Percussion shows up when I think it's supposed to be up front. But this new pair blindsided me, the bass plays nice with the mids and highs. But balanced can be a relative term (and it still is regarding headphones I think). I read that the 2 was the 'Most balanced' of the V-Moda headphones. I sampled the older V-Moda pairs a few years ago and found them way too bloated to even consider. Out of curiosity I went ahead and sampled a pair at the Magnolia section at Best Buy and found them much more interesting than the originals. He's nowhere near as hardcore as a lot of us are (I don't see him dropping $700 on the AudioQuest NightOwl) and we were talking about the V-Moda Crossfade 2 WIreless.

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So a buddy and I were talking headphones. Headphones: AKG K550 MKII, Apple AirPods Pro 2, Audio Technica ATH-A900X, Audio Technica R70X, AudioQuest NightHawk Carbon, AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon, Avantone Pro Planar, Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay H6, Denon AH-D5000, Philips Fidelio X2HR, Philips Fidelio X3, Sennheiser HD 650, Sennheiser Momentum MK2, Sivga SV021, Sony MDR-Z7 Amp: Audio GD R2R 11 Marantz HD-DAC 1, TEAC UD-301 Source: Denon DCD. I think if Tyll heard this pair in his review as they are for me now he'd have liked them a lot more.Just curious, are you looking for some portable headphones? The Meze still edge out the improved Sony in comfort and 3D sound that is so encompassing. I'd really found two headphones that can accommodate any need in my home studio and I could confidently mix and master with them.

They are my ideal second pair when I want a bit more infamous 'V' shaped sound (more lower lows, a touch less low mids and mids and a bit more high mids and treble than the Meze 99) and more portability, as they fold flat into a 3rd party hard case I bought for them. Now they're far above their price class (adding midrange space and ridiculous low sub bass like I've rarely ever heard before). These pads were the final magic, they even made my Sony MDR-1A cans better. Taking off the strap with a Tor6 screwdriver made the headband sit perfectly on my large head with some minor bending (not possible with the band on). Highs are detailed yet warm, mids less ringy, and now having a kind of 3D realism like I've never heard in any open or closed can and mid bass that is just right, with the same great extended sub bass. I'm currently at the 60 - 70 hour mark and have to say they have really started to improve in the last 10 or so hours. Audioquest recommend 150 hours which seems like a lot. I've always been sceptical about burn in but the nightowls have really opened me up to it. Click to expand.When did this version become official? I ask, as the very latest pads on my Meze turned them from great treble, mids that were a bit ringy, cupped hands sound, with that high bass to mid bass bloom that could annoy me, into the best sounding, for my taste, headphones I've ever used. The nightowls are very good headphones but sound awful out of the box.

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