MEZE EMPYREAN High Fidelity Orthodynamic Array Headphone Black

Empyrean is the product of two passionate companies, united to explore what can be done beyond their individual capabilities. The result is an uncompromising headphone that combines Meze's audacity in terms of design and user-centric vision with Rinaro's experience and years of research and development in isodynamic technology.

Rinaro, a company specialized in audio technologies, has been part of an R&D team at the forefront of isodynamic technology since the 1980s. What began originally as a publicly funded, innovation-oriented initiative, has entered a new chapter in the advancement of this audio technology with the opening of a state-of-the-art industrial facility in Ukraine.

Architecture of the Isodynamic Array Driver

1. FRAME : Fiberglass infused ABS.

2. RINARO ISOPLANAR DIAPHRAGM : Weighing only 0.16g while having 4650mm² of active area.

3. mAGNET ARRAY : Symmetrically placed on each side of the diaphragm, our neodymium magnets are specifically arranged into a Array to create efficient Isodynamic magnetic field required for a uniform activation across the whole diaphragm surface.

Audible benefits of a dual driven system

One of the problems with conventional Isodynamic systems comes from reflected signals that enter the ear canal with different time delays, damaging the sound scene. By combining different coil configurations, it is possible to offer a better distribution of sound intensity on high frequency waves, when directed towards the auricle and ear canal.

ISOPLANAR DIAPHRAGM MATERIAL : The diaphragm is manufactured from a custom developed isotropic thermally stabilized polymer with a conductive layer. Through unique processing methods, an ultralight yet rigid diaphragm has been achieved.

SWITCHBACK COIL : The switchback coil is more efficient at reproducing lower frequencies and is positioned in the upper part of the driver.

SPIRAL COIL : The spiral coil is more efficient at reproducing middle-high frequencies and is positioned directly over the ear canal enabling more direct sound waves to enter the ear without any time delays.

Ergonomic approach

To create a powerful and lightweight audiophile headphone, the speaker must maximize its output power while minimizing its weight. The weight has been reduced by optimizing the structure of the magnets by following an ovoid shape that fits perfectly to the ear. The power has been increased by using the custom-designed network of coils and magnets to optimize the active surface within this ovoid shape.

Pressure distribution wings

Patented suspension wings increase the leather headrest’s contact surface area with your head and relieve uncomfortable pressure points.

Lightweight Carbon / Aluminium skeleton

To offer a lightweight and therefore comfortable headphone that can be worn for many hours without any pain, Meze has worked to reduce its weight by using suitable materials: carbon fibre poles, leather support headband, sculpted aluminium earphone shells, chassis cut from a single piece of aluminium via CNC. In addition, the sculpted grille also ensures excellent airflow management for better sound transparency.

Meze Empyrean review by 6Moons

" It's wearable art which doubles as absolute-sound appliance. It really is a thing of beauty all over. Admiring its physical virtues is easy from afar. Acknowledging how sonically complete it is requires hands-on experience with it and with the best of the competition. And that makes those who will truly get the Empyrean the most hardcore of headfiers who've been around the block to understand and know the status quo. Which, in case that wasn't crystal yet, has just changed… "

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